Gournelos, T., Hammonds, J., & Wilson, M. (2019). Doing Academic Research: A Practical Guide to Research Methods and Analysis. Review Part 2, Chapters 5 through 9, to prepare for the rest of the course. Focus on gaining an overview of good selections. Later, you might return here for further details.
Ellis, T. J., & Levy, Y. (2008). Framework of problem-based research: A guide for novice researchers on the development of a research-worthy problem. Informing Science: The International Journal of an Emerging Transdiscipline, 11, 17-33. This paper discusses what constitutes a research-worthy problem and how it can be expressed through a problem statement.
Mrug, S. (2010). Survey in Salkind, N. J. (2010) Encyclopdeia of Survey Design (Vol 3), pp. 1472-1474, Sage Publications. Review the content for a concise overview of survey design.
Best, S. J., & Krueger, B.S. (2008). Internet survey design. In The sage handbook of online research methods. Sage. https://doi.org/10.4135/9780857020055 The design of internet surveys in this chapter provides more of the conceptual items and adds detail.
Ritzhaupt, A. D., & Martin, F. (2014). Development and validation of the educational technologist multimedia competency survey. Educational Technology Research Development, 62, 13-33. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11423-013-9325-2 This study demonstrates the creation of a valid and reliable survey instrument that is administered to educational technology professionals.
Doody, O., & Noonan, M. (2013). Preparing and conducting interviews to collect data. Nurse Researcher, 20(5), 28-32. Three styles of interviews are described in this paper, along with the issues that accompany the planning and execution of interviews.
