Special Research I

Assignment Submission: Study you would like to do (report) [Assignment 1]

 In this block, we have studied instruction system research methods by reading the textbook titled “Getting Started in Instructional Technology Research.” How have your thoughts about “research you would like to conduct” in Task 1-1 changed? Or, have they deepened? Let us look back and review. The report on “what kind of research you would like to conduct” should consist of the following two parts. Do not make your report too long (to the extent that reading it will become tiring). Make it simple and submit it as an attachment.

1) Research Plan: Rewrite your message about “research you would like to conduct” that you submitted first in [Task 1-1] in an “academic way.”
2) Reflection: Compare your posting message submitted in [Task 1-1] and the one rewritten this time, and conduct a self-analysis on how and what changed.

[Evaluation Criteria]
 In Block 2, we are going to read study cases introduced by each instructor. Whether you have become ready to read the cases will be evaluated. To be more precise, the following criteria are used:

Regarding 1), in what degree your message has become “academic” will be checked. The state of being “academic” is examined as the degree in which you apply to your writing what you have learned in this block. Having clear paragraph structure and proof reading (having no wrong/misspelled words) will be considered to be prerequisites for being “academic.”

Regarding 2), how you reflect the change and whether or not your reflection is written clearly, appropriately, objectively, and persuasively are judged.

Deadline for Assignment Submission: 31.12.2008

*Submit the following “report on research you would like to conduct [Assignment 1]” (using the assignment tool).