Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Help with Citation

Not sure how to cite using the required APA, Turabian,AMA or MLA style? Use an automated tool to help you get the citation right:

http://citationcenter.net/index.php5

Friday, October 15, 2010

Literature Review

Here's a helpful set of slides on what you should focus on when doing a review of literature. Remember to carefully select literature that are aligned with your focus of research and when doing the review, it pays to quickly focus on what's relevant for your review.

http://www.authorstream.com/Presentation/grewalbs-63805-literature-review-social-research-litreview-education-ppt-powerpoint/

Research Methodology

A good and quick overview on the elements of research. View:

http://www.authorstream.com/Presentation/drpattron68-138583-Research-Methodology-CONTENTS-Constitutes-Topic-Select-Limitations-method-Entertainment-ppt-powerpoint/

A brief research proposal

If you're thinking of carrying research on eLearning, here's a sample of a brief proposal that could help you get started:

http://ivythesis.typepad.com/term_paper_topics/2010/02/a-research-proposal-on-the-impacts-of-elearning-and-academic-performance-of-university-students.html

And, if you need a quick overview, this may help:
http://www.authorstream.com/Presentation/drpattron68-315472-write-basic-research-proposal-science-technology-ppt-powerpoint/

Thursday, October 14, 2010

Research on Learning based on the Community of Inquiry Framework

The COI (Community of Inquiry) framework is very popular amongst online educators. Primarily used to drive learning in discussion forums, the framework focuses on three elements: Teaching Presence, Cognitive Presence and Social Presence. More from the slides below as well as the web site: http://communitiesofinquiry.com/model. If you're keen to read an article on COI, you may access: http://people.ucalgary.ca/~nvaughan/coiissues.pdf