This week’s topics
EdTech Research Planning and Literature Sourcing
- Defining research scope in educational technology
- Research project timeline development
- Systematic database searching
- Source credibility and critique
- Writing a literature review, getting started. Part 2: The research timeline
- Steps 2 and 3 of a systematic literature review: Refining and Searching
What you will be able to do
- 4.1 Produce a plan for research on a chosen topic.
- 4.2 Carry out research using different sources.
Activity
Start with this week’s 2 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: produce a plan for research on a chosen topic.
Study materials
Videos
- Writing a literature review, getting started. Part 2: The research timeline · YouTube · RMIT University Library Videos · 3 min · for registered students
- Steps 2 and 3 of a systematic literature review: Refining and Searching · YouTube · Northumbria University Library · 6 min · for registered students
- How To Write A Literature Review | Research Project Tutorial · YouTube · Dr Hayley Stainton | Tourism Teacher · 16 min · for registered students
Further resources
- How to perform a literature review with free and open source software · PDF · ERIC, article · for registered students
- Writing Guide, 14.1: Judging Credibility and the CRAAP Test · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 458–459 · for registered students
- Foundations of Information Systems, 9.2: Project objectives and schedule · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 348–349 · for registered students
Materials marked “for registered students” open in the student portal, which is set up as soon as you receive final acceptance.
