EDIT 6900: Research Methods in Instructional Technology

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EDIT 6900 Research Methods in Instructional
Technology
Lloyd Rieber Instructor
Eunjung Oh Graduate Assistant

• UGA, Instructional Technology
• Spring, 2008
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• If you have a question, click

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Next Week Spring BreakNo Live Class
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Two Topics for Today

• Lessons from the LSAT Logic in Everyday Life
  Podcast
• Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods

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Notes About the Next RDA

• Follow-up via Email

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Course ProjectWill you do this individually or
with a partner?

• Date to decide by February 5

To declare your intention, update your class
profile and write the name of your partner or the
word individual in the field titled Project
Team.
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Unchartered Territory
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Lets choose the person to briefly summarize this
weeks podcast
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Unchartered TerritoryTake away points

• ETS study showed that 4th graders at 150 (out of
  3600) charter schools performed lower than 4th
  graders at public schools.
• Vindication for public schools, or faulty
  datasloppy government stuff?
• Is the sample representative?
• When controlled for urban areas, no difference in
  test scores
• Perhaps high performing public schoolers stay
  put?
• Comparing only 4th graders is problematic
• Need to track improvement over time
• Problem of generalizing conclusions to ALL public
  schools or ALL charter schools in ALL areas

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EDIT 6900 Research in Instructional
Technology Part III. Qualitative Research

Methodologies Chapter 7. Qualitative
Research Chapter 8. Historical Research

• Dr. Gregory Clinton
• The University of Georgia
• Department of Educational Psychology
• Instructional Technology
• Athens, Georgia USA

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Quick Polls on this Chapter
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Qualitative Research Designs

• Five common qualitative research designs
• Case study
• Ethnography
• Phenomenological study
• Grounded theory study
• Content analysis

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Organizing and Analyzing the Data from
Qualitative Studies

• The Data Analysis Spiral
• (based on Creswell, 1998)
• p. 151

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Informal ActivitySDCSystematic Data Collection

• An informal, (hopefully) enjoyable activity
  designed to give you first-hand experience
  collecting research data
• Your Task Go and research something of interest
  to you!
• Report on it informally in writing
• Give 5 minute oral report
• 10, Due April 9

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Breakout room discussion

• Are any of the 5 common qualitative research
  designs (p. 135) relevant to the research you are
  thinking of proposing?
• Discuss your opinions on the skills and
  predispositions needed in order to successfully
  collect data using observation and interviewing
  techniques.

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Break Out Rooms

• Room 1
• Arboleda
• Barreto
• Blackmon
• Choi
• Coker
• Room 2
• Edwards
• Foster
• Freeman
• Hutchinson
• Kilroy

• Room 3
• Lee
• Lim
• Liu
• Moreland
• Mosteller
• Room 4
• Noh
• Parker
• Reitz
• Trail
• Wright

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Questions?

• Go ahead and enter question in message field, or
• Click and wait for my prompt to
  speak.

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To do list

• Follow the Course Learning Plan!