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Old courses
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2008)
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T-106.5550
Research Methods
Research Process
and Data Collection Methods in Computing and Engineering Education,
Spring 2009 (5 ECTC)
General information & practicalities
- The course will be organized in four full
intensive days that interleave with home assignments. The course
comprises of pre-assignments, lectures, and home exercises. Completion
of this course will entitle to 5 ECTS (the work load of this
course equals roughly 130 hours).
- Students from other Finnish universities
are asked to apply for
flexible study rights (JOO). The course is free of charge for students
from other
countries.
- The course will use wiki pages as its
primary information distribution
forum. Wiki pages will be set up a week before the course starts.
Objective:
The course aims at providing tools and insight
for PhD students in fields of computing and engineering education or
educational technology to help them get started successfully on their
own research projects. The course provides students with understanding
of different parts of the research project including aspects, such as,
problem definition, setting hypothesis, research design, and data
gathering.
The participants learn how to brainstorm, operationalise research
questions, and plan projects. The course also provides students the
skills to plan and use some data collection methods. The concrete
outcome of the course is an extensive research outline, which contains
a considered and justified plan to implement own research project.
Content
- The
nature of research process
- The research question as the basis of
the project
- Determining types of research
(quantitative vs. qualitative)
- Identification and operationalisation
of key-variables
- The role of the theoretical framework
- Data collection methods, e.g.
questionnaire, different types of interviews
Schedule
The course is organized in four intensive full
working days interleaving with pre- and home assignments. Active
lecture
attendace is required.
Part I: February 26 - 27 (Dr.
Erik de Graaff, Delft University of
Technology)
Part II: March 20
Part III: April 17
There will be a pre-assignment before the part I and home assignments
before part II and III.
Participants
- The course is directed for doctoral level
students and researchers working in fields of computing and engineering
education or educational technology. However, students from other
science education -relating disciplines may also find the course
interesting and fit for their needs. Students close to graduating
as MSc, for example, working with their MSc thesis project may also
enrol. The course is beneficial especially to students who are starting
their research projects.
At most 15 students are accepted, and in case of more people enrolling,
preference is given to students working in computing education research
/ educational technology.
Teachers
Dr. Erik de Graaff Delft University of Technology
Invited speakers
Organizers
Päivi Kinnunen, TKK (practical arrangements)
Lauri Malmi, TKK
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