CEIT520 RESEARCH METHODS & ETHICS IN INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY
| Course Code: | 4300520 |
| 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: | Masters |
| Course Coordinator: | Prof.Dr. İBRAHİM SONER YILDIRIM |
| Offered Semester: | Fall Semesters. |
Course Objectives
This course aims to provide students with the necessary background and skills:
- To identify the major approaches to educational research and related models for planning, analyzing, implementing and critiquing research.
- To understand the essential characteristics of basic research methods and their applications to substantive educational questions.
- To provide the knowledge and skills necessary to conduct research and to apply these skills in the development of a search proposal that investigates a question of personal interest.
Course Content
The history of science and research design, ethical issues in scientific research, integrated framework for research, qualitative & quantitative approaches to research, experimental, correlational, and survey research, mixed method and developmental research methods.
Course Learning Outcomes
- To identify the major approaches to educational research and related models for planning, analyzing, implementing and critiquing research.
- To understand the essential characteristics of basic research methods and their applications to substantive educational questions.
- To provide the knowledge and skills necessary to conduct research and to apply these skills in the development of a search proposal that investigates a question of personal interest.