(other readings may be assigned)
- Overview of Course
- Introduction to Course Web Site
- Discussion of Course Tasks
- Participant Introductions
- "A Research Agenda" Presentation
1. A Meta-Analysis of the
Effectiveness of Teaching and
Learning With Technology on
Student Outcomes by Hersh C.
Waxman, Meng-Fen Lin, and Georgette M. Michko
2. The Impact of Media and Technology in Schools by Thomas C. Reeves
- "Paradigms Lost and Evolving" Presentation
- Research Activity
- Readings Discussion
1. Paradigms
and Research Methods by Robert
Gephart
2. Questioning the Questions of Instructional
Technology Research by Thomas C. Reeves
- Social Constructivsim versus Logical Positivism Assessment
- "A
Private Universe" Video
- Research Activity
-
Readings Discussion
1. What is
the Place of Science in Educational Research? by Richard
Mayer
2. The Impact of Educational Technology: A Radical Reappraisal of Research Methods by P. David Mitchell
- "Questioning the Questions of Educational Technology Research" Presentation
- Research Activity
1. What is a
survey? (Chapters 1 - 5)
2. Educational Research in the Internet Age: Examining the Role of Individual Characteristics by Kendall Hartley and Lisa D. Bendixen
- Gov. Sonny Perdue, HOPE, & the SAT Activity
- Readings Discussion
1. What
is a survey? (Chapters 6 - 10)
2. Observing
Classroom Processes in Project-Based Learning Using Multimedia by
William R. Penuel and
Barbara Means
- "Can We Believe Our Eyes?" Video
- Research Proposal for NSF Exercise
- Readings Discussion
1. Communicating educational research data to general, nonresearcher audiences by Gail S. MacColl and Kathleen D. White
2. How to Write a
Scholarly Research Report by Lawrence M. Rudner
and William
D. Schafer
- ONLINE
WEB-CT CLASS MEETING DAY
Sign-in to Web-CT at : http://my.uga.edu/
Read article emailed to you and participate in online discussion during the week. - Task 1
Due (Please send one MS Word file as attachment to Professor
Reeves)
1. The Concept of
Statistical Significance Testing by Bruce Thompson
2. Pitfalls of Data Analysis by Clay Helberg
- Survey Research Methods Workshop
- Readings Discussion
1. How
Does Technology
Influence Student Learning? by
John Cradler, Mary McNabb, Molly Freeman, and Richard Burchett
- Task 2a (10-15 pages)
or Task 2b (1-2 pages) Proposals Due - USDA Study "Bring It Home:
Healthy Generations"
- Research Activity
- Readings Discussion
1. Asking the Right
Question: What
Does Research Tell Us About Technology and Higher Learning by
Steve Ehrmann
2. Role of
Design in Research: The
Integrative Learning Design Framework by Brenda Bannan-Ritland
- "Before It's Too Late" Video
- Research Activity
- Readings Discussion
1. The Future of Research Publishing: the eReport and eJournal by Murray Krantz
2. A Development
Research Agenda for Online
Collaborative
Learning by
Thomas C. Reeves,
Course Exam (Task 3)
1. Design-Based
Research: An Emerging Paradigm for Educational Inquiry by
The Design-Based Research Collective
2. Evidence-Based Education Policies: Transforming Educational Practice and Research by Robert E. Slavin
Research on Media
- Research Exercise
- Readings Discussion
The
Peculiar Problems of Preparing Educational Researchers by
David Labaree
Growing up with
Interactive Media: What we know and what we don’t about the impact of
new media on children by
Ellen Wartella, Barbara O’Keefe and Ronda Scantlin
ONLINE WEB-CT CLASS MEETING DAY
Sign-in to Web-CT at : http://my.uga.edu/
Read article emailed to you and participate in online discussion during the week.
Action research: action and research by Bob Dick
Action Research
- Research Exercise
- Readings Discussion
- What have we learned about educational research: The Game
- Research Activity
- Readings Discussion
Presentation of Research Reports
Task 3 Due - Final Research Report
