CEIT712 QUALITATIVE RESEARCH IN INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY: THEORY AND APPLICATIONS
| Course Code: | 4300712 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 8.0 |
| Department: | Computer Education and Instructional Technology |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Graduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Assoc.Prof.Dr. OLGUN SADIK |
| Offered Semester: | Fall and Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
At the end of the course, students will:
- Articulate the historical and theoretical foundations of qualitative inquiry;
- Describe the common characteristics of qualitative research;
- Discuss common practices associated with designing qualitative research studies;
- Discuss the basic characteristics commonly associated with phenomenology, narrative, ethnography, case study, action research and grounded theory research.
- Describe the various types of data collected in qualitative research studies;
- Review qualitative research studies;
- Carry out fieldwork, including making observations;
- Create an interview protocol;
- Carry out interviews;
- Discuss the process of preparing qualitative data for analysis;
- Discuss the ways in which digital tools might support the qualitative data analysis.
- Practice the qualitative data analysis process (specifically associated with ‘thematic analysis’);
- Outline the arguments associated with establishing quality in qualitative research studies;
- Outline ethical considerations common to the qualitative research process;
- Describe issues related to representation and writing up findings in qualitative research.
- Write a qualitative research report
Course Content
Qualitative research methods; instructional technology; case study; ethnography; phenomenology; grounded theory; qualitative data collection and analysis techniques.
Course Learning Outcomes
At the end of the course students will
- participate to eleven forums discussing weekly course readings, answering assigned questions and completing activities.
- participate to an online plagiarism training and receive a certificate of the training.
- write one paper discussing epistemology and reflefivity of qualitative research paradigm.
- write two journal article critiques on selected qualitative papers.
- write a mini qualitative research study.