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EDIT 6900: Research Methods in Instructional Technology

EDIT 6900: Research Methods in Instructional Technology. Lloyd Rieber Instructor. Eunjung Oh Graduate Assistant. UGA, Instructional Technology Spring, 2008 If you can hear audio, click If you cannot hear audio, click If you have a question, click. Five Topics for Today.

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EDIT 6900: Research Methods in Instructional Technology

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  1. EDIT 6900: Research Methods in Instructional Technology Lloyd Rieber Instructor Eunjung Oh Graduate Assistant UGA, Instructional Technology Spring, 2008 If you can hear audio, click If you cannot hear audio, click If you have a question, click

  2. Five Topics for Today • Important Reminders • Eun Jung’s Report on AERA • LSAT Logic in Everyday Life • Focus on Becoming a Better Writer • Conclude Introduction to Quantitative Research Methods

  3. 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

  4. 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 Next Week!

  5. Remaining Course Calendar

  6. Course Evaluation Rubric Questions?

  7. Course Project Presentations • MP3/PPT • Audra Edwards • Marty Kilroy • Erin Noh & Amy Wright • Darin Parker & Eddie Hutchinson • Trudy Trail • Present on April 16 • Myra Blackmon • The rest present on April 23

  8. Eunjung Oh’s AERA Report

  9. “What Gives?”

  10. Let’s choose the person to briefly summarize this week’s podcast…

  11. “What Gives?”Take away points • Spending money on others leads to happiness • “Direct support for our causal argument that spending money on others promotes happiness more than spending money on oneself.” • Study 1: In a national sample, happiness correlated with money given to charity • Flaw in drawing causal relationship from correlation • Study 2: Workers happier when bonus money spent on others • Controlled for bonus size • Sample size too small • Study 3: Students given $5 or $20. • Happier when spent on others • Not an authentic design • Does giving away money cause happiness? • Maybe happy people like to give away money. • Maybe people who have more money than others are just happier!

  12. This concludes our use of…

  13. Holy APA, Batman!In Pursuit of Excellent Writing

  14. Here are some of my writing “pet peeves.” What are some of yours? Utilize vs. Useeffects vs. affectsUse & inside parentheses, use “and” outside

  15. Other IT Faculty Pet Peeves about Writing • Use of the word “key” • Missing articles (e.g. a, an) • Run on sentences • Sentence fragments • Anthropomorphism • Use of passive voice • Use of unnecessary words • Paragraphs not linked together meaningfully

  16. EDIT 6900 Research in Instructional Technology Part IV. Quantitative Research Methodologies Chapters 9-11 Dr. Lloyd Rieber The University of Georgia Department of Educational Psychology & Instructional Technology Athens, Georgia USA

  17. Final Thoughts on Research Methodologies • Research methods follow from the research questions • Consider your predispositions to research methodologies as you write your research questions. • Don’t think of it as “qualitative versus quantitative” • Be skilled and comfortable in a variety of research methodologies. • Think triangulation

  18. Concept of Triangulation: “Where are you” in the data collection?

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

  20. To do list • Follow the Course Learning Plan!

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