EDIT 7340
Planner
Updated 11-17-09
This document lists all tasks required for 7340, in the
approximate
order you should do them.
It's under development as the semester goes on; links will come alive
here as soon as an item is available.
| Cycle
5: Nov 15 - Dec 6: 3 weeks finalized 11-17-09 |
| Attendance on Dec 5 is optional
- for presentations of your EDIT 6900 colleagues. Making a Difference:
AP Implementation: []Reading: Farmer 24-27
[]will discuss on 11/14. Your focus this cycle should be on accomplishing (or planning to accomplish) the First Step of your AP. The Progress Report of AP Initiation (due 12/6) requires you to report on this. Our class IRB has been approved, so proceed with any scheduled AP activities that I have reviewed and approved. Consult with me if you have additions to or deviations from your design, or any other questions. Nothing online for the moment - due to IRB restrictions. We plan to build a private wiki to house your final projects.* [] Submit Progress Report of AP Initiation by 12/6. [] Submit Notebook by 12/6. We agreed on Nov. 17 that the best vehicle for this is a Googledoc shared with maryannfitz at gmail dot com. There was some confusion over this assignment. Consider it a journal that documents the implementation of your AP. It need not be cleaned up for my benefit. [] Submit Reflection by 12/6. [] Course Eval: watch for instructions via the blog. [] Submit Permission form(s) in ELC. [] Watch for grading announcements. [] Happy Holidays! |
| Cycle
1: Aug 29 - Sep 19 Tasks to complete by this date, in order (as much as possible): |
| Topic |
Required |
Supplemental |
| Course
Overview |
[] Read
the Syllabus; and explore the website and ELC
to figure out where things are. [] Organize your calendar around all the dates provided, especially the meeting dates and the due dates. [] Read/review all of Farmer. |
[] Identify an SLM blogger who watches and applies new ideas and research; follow for the semester; incorporate ideas as appropriate. |
| Logistics |
[]
Subscribe to the AP Blog using your favorite Reader. [] Attend Class Sep 19. |
[] Open a Skype account and add me to your contact list (my ID is maryannfitzgerald). You can IM me or "call me" (for free) anytime I'm logged onto Skype. |
| Researchable
Questions |
[]
Complete Researchable
Question Lesson (no deliverable, but an opportunity embedded
within) - do before you submit. |
|
| Assignments |
[]Submit
Profile by Sep 6. []Claim your Star as soon as possible; submit name to Jennifer Gillespie. [] Submit Researchable Question by Sep 13. |
|
| (Internship) |
[] (If you plan to do an internship this academic year, explore the Internship site.) |
| Cycle
2: Sep 20 - Oct 10 3 weeks Status: finalized |
| [] If I gave you
"to-do" items in your RQ feedback, proceed as instructed. [] Design (covered pretty thoroughly in class; audio can serve as review, if needed) [] If you would like to "trial balloon" your Design, do so on your ELC discussion board - and be as brief as possible. Provide just the RQ and a bulleted list of procedures. [] Designs are due on Oct 4. [] Stadium Advisement preparation: [] Review Graduation
Checklist
[] Plan remainder of your graduate program [] Start drafting your POS. Optional: POS Coaching Design into Development, Development of Instruments and Materials Research methods and techniques
[] Farmer
3-8
Ethics[] Farmer 14-16 [] Survey (Leonard) in eLC-7340/Readings [] Interviews (Jones) in eLC-7340/Readings [] Explore as needed to help you design and develop: research-methods (Beginner's Guide to Action Research; Structured focus groups) [] Explore
one of these three
problematical examples:
[] After receiving your Design feedback, it's not too soon to start
drafting instruments and materials.
Use the resources listed
above as necessary for guidance. [] Readings for SLM classic research, research stars [] Attend next class, Oct 10, 11am-3pm |
| Cycle
3: Oct 11 - Oct 24 2 weeks |
| [] If you don't have
access to WebCT 7460, let me know. I will put you
in temporarily. [] Exhibition preparations:
Readings: []Methodology, as appropriate, to help you develop your instruments: []Farmer 3-8, 14-16
[]Survey (Leonard) in ELC 7340 Readings []Interviews (Jones) in ELC 7340 Readings []Supplemental resources in MAF's Delicious: research-methods (tag) []Attend next class, Oct 24, online. []Complete Midterm Survey online by 10/24. []Work on your I&M as indicated in your Design feedback. Do prep readings and exploration about the types of instruments you're planning to use. |
| Cycle
4: Oct 25 - Nov 14 3 weeks finalized 10-26-09 |
| []Incorporate feedback from
Design into Instruments &
Materials. []Submit Instruments & Materials by 11/1. []Research methods and techniques: pick up some "toolbox" info about techniques you are NOT using in your AP. Browse through some of these readings that are different from your AP methodology:
[] POS: if
you have not done this yet, bring a paper print-out of your
POS. Consider it a first draft. I want an update on everybody's
status
on this, whether I'm the advisor or not. Also, bring a
stamp. If Dr. Clinton is your advisor, give me an update on this
process. |
Updates: 2009: 8/26: reconfigured for 09;
inserted known dates, changed obvious things; shifts will be needed due
to rearranged Star and Crit dates.
2008:11/3: cycle 5 complete.
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