COURSE UNIT TITLE

: RESEARCH PROBLEMS IN EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGIES

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
EBT 6019 RESEARCH PROBLEMS IN EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGIES ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

Educational Technologies

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Educational Technologies

Course Objective

The purposes of this course is to let the students analyze and evaluate the research studies published in educational technology and related disciplines, according to the scientific research codes. Moreover, it is aimed that the students will conduct their probable future studies by taking into consideration of the information acquired from this course.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Explain the common issues encountered in scientific research reports.
2   Clarify the general problems encountered in designing scientific researches.
3   Express the research problems that are done during collecting the data.
4   Discuss data analysis procedure and indicate the problems encountered in validity&realibility studies.
5   Evaluate holistically the existing research studies in educational technology field, in terms of research problems.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Science and scientific methods: Descriptions, functions, types and stages.
2 Research in social sciences: Characteristics, types and functions of educational researches
3 Common issues encountered in research reports: Form and abstract
4 Common issues encountered in research reports: Organization and ethics
5 Common issues encountered in research reports: In-text citations and references
6 Introduction part: Research problem, main purpose and significance of the study.
7 Mid-term exam
8 Introduction part: Research questions, premises and literature review
9 Methodological part: Research method and design.
10 Methodological part: Participants, data gathering procedure and tools
11 Methodological part: Data analysis and validatity and realibility
12 Findings and interpretations: Common issues encountered
13 Results and Discussion: Common issues encountered.
14 Reviewing and evaluating the research studies in educational technology.
15 Student reflections and overall course evaluation

Recomended or Required Reading

Burgess, R. G. (Ed.). (2005). The ethics of educational research. Routledge.
Cohen, L., Manion, L., & Morrison, K. (2013). Research methods in education. Routledge.
Fraenkel, J. R., Wallen, N. E., & Hyun, H. H. (1993). How to design and evaluate research in education (Vol. 7). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill.
Feuer, M. J., Towne, L., & Shavelson, R. J. (2002). Scientific culture and educational research. Educational researcher, 31(8), 4-14.
Thompson, B. (1999). Common Methodology Mistakes in Educational Research, Revisited, along with a Primer on Both Effect Sizes and the Bootstrap.
Wellington, J. (2015). Educational research: Contemporary issues and practical approaches. New York, NY: Bloomsbury Publishing.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, , Discussion, Question-Answer, Case Study, Preparing&presenting reports.

Assessment Methods

Successful / Unsuccessful

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

In-class participation, written homework, presentations, discussions.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Dr.Öğr.Üyesi Elif Buğra KUZU DEMIR
Bilgisayar ve Öğretim Teknolojileri Eğitimi Bölümü,
Hasan Ali Yücel Binası, Kat-3
elif.demir@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 30 30
Preparation for final exam 1 40 40
Preparing assignments 13 3 39
Preparing presentations 1 5 5
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 181

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.252433211
LO.352433211
LO.441313111
LO.552543322

CONTACT INFORMATION
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