scholarly journals Mobile(izing) Educational Research: Historical literacy, m-learning, and technopolitics

2015 ◽  
Vol 49 (3) ◽  
pp. 583-602 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bryan Smith ◽  
Nicholas Ng-A-Fook ◽  
Julie Corrigan
Keyword(s):  
Educational Research ◽  
Digital Literacy ◽  
Teacher Candidates ◽  
Mobile Application ◽  
History Textbooks ◽  
Canadian History ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Digital History ◽  
Historical Literacy ◽  
Curricular Materials

This research project explored the nexus between historical literacies, digital literacy and m-learning as a praxis of mobilizing technopolitics. To do this, we developed a mobile application for teacher candidates to study the absence of the Indian Residential School system as a complement to history textbooks and other curricular materials. Building on the findings of our SSHRC-funded digital history research project, we sought to engender a “technopolitics” as a form of critical historical literacy. Out of this work, we sought to understand how digital technologies contributed to recent calls to mobilize educational research and more specifically, while working to decolonize existing narratives of Canadian history beyond traditional modes of dissemination.

scholarly journals Using playful methods to understand children’s digital literacies

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pekka Mertala
Keyword(s):  
Digital Literacy ◽  
Research Data ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Digital Literacies ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
Context Sensitive ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Meaningful Research

This chapter is the final for Section 3 and in many ways stands as an example of how many of the individual elements presented thus far in the book, can come together in a holistic way. This chapter demonstrates how we can adopt play, make it unique to the project and the children and still arrive at meaningful research data. This chapter describes a research project wherein 3- to 6-year-old Finnish children’s digital literacies were studied and supported via playful methods. The key theses this chapter advocates are:-The use of playful methods in early childhood education (ECE) research is one way to acknowledge and respect the characteristics of the research context.-The ambiguity of play should be acknowledged when planning, conducting, and evaluating playful research projects.-Studying and supporting children’s digital literacies do not always require digital devices.The chapter is structured as follows. First, a reflective discussion on the ambiguity of play and the use of playful methods as a context-sensitive research approach is presented. Then, an overview of the research project and its objectives are provided. In the end, three concrete examples of how the children’s digital literacy was studied and supported using playful methods are given.

scholarly journals Palate: The App for Finding Restaurant Faster

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick Gioseffi
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Application ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Design Principles ◽  
Major Research ◽  
Research Project ◽  
On Demand ◽  
Current Process ◽  
The Moment ◽  
The Impact

This Major Research Project (MRP) aims to investigate the impact of the on-demand economy, millennials’ digital habits, and the emergence of super apps on the restaurant-finding process. Currently, restaurant-goers are presented with multiple specialty applications to complete different tasks when evaluating restaurants. The current process of deciding on a restaurant is both time-consuming and inefficient. This project aims to propose a solution to this problem in the form of an early-stage super app called Palate. Palate is a mobile application that aims to streamline the process of discovering restaurants from the moment a restaurant-goer begins their search to the moment they confirm a reservation. This paper will discuss design principles, theories of the on-demand economy, restaurant-goers digital habits, super apps and the rationale for designing a restaurant super app interface.

scholarly journals REFLECTION OF METHODOLOGIES OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH: DOES ACTION RESEARCH EXPERIENCED BY THE STUDENTS AFFECT LEARNING DEVELOPMENT AND SHIFTED MINDSET ON RESEARCH OF EDUCATION?

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 44-53
Author(s):  
Abdul Halim ◽  
Wei-Shan Chang
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Educational Research ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Mobile Application ◽  
Personal Experience ◽  
Analysis Data ◽  
Reflective Process ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Learning Development ◽  
Phd Programs

Abstract: This paper reports reflections of one of the courses I took in this semester namely Methodologies of Educational Research. To construct this paper, I used qualitative biographical-reflective method which is aligned with interpretive paradigm of narrative inquiry research methodology to describe my own experience in the learning process. The data I used were the postings from Zuvio mobile application designed for advising learning process with online platform and personal experience from reflective process of the course. I analyzed the data with three-stage qualitative data analysis: data reduction, data display, and conclusion. The findings report that the classroom undergone with classroom action research has successfully overcome the difficulty faced by professors and students at international PhD programs. The students were found to perceive positive attitudes towards the carefully selected instructions design of action research with Flipped-Jigsaw approach. The implications were also proposed. Abstrak: Artikel ini melaporkan refleksi dari salah satu mata kuliah yang saya ambil pada semester ini yaitu Metodologi Penelitian Pendidikan. Untuk menyusun makalah ini, saya menggunakan metode kualitatif biografis-reflektif yang selaras dengan paradigma interpretatif metodologi penelitian inkuiri naratif untuk menggambarkan pengalaman saya sendiri dalam proses pembelajaran. Data yang saya gunakan adalah postingan dari aplikasi mobile Zuvio yang dirancang untuk proses pembelajaran dengan platform online dan pengalaman pribadi dari proses reflektif kursus. Saya menganalisis data dengan tiga tahap analisis data kualitatif: reduksi data, penyajian data, dan penarikan kesimpulan. Temuan penelitian ini menunjukan bahwa kelas yang dilakukan dengan penelitian tindakan kelas telah berhasil mengatasi kesulitan yang dihadapi oleh profesor dan mahasiswa di program PhD internasional. Para siswa merasakan sikap positif terhadap desain instruksi penelitian tindakan yang dipilih dengan cermat dengan pendekatan Flipped-Jigsaw. Implikasinya juga diusulkan pada artikel ini.  

scholarly journals Developing A Comprehensive Tool to Support Requirements Analyst During Elicitation Interviews [Kennesaw State University]

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Norah Jean-Charles ◽  
Paola Spoletini
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Application ◽  
State University ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Ongoing Research ◽  
Need Support ◽  
Voice Data ◽  
User Friendly ◽  
The Voice ◽  
Data Requirements ◽  
Voice Recording

This research is being conducted to provide requirements analysts with a supportive tool to use during elicitation interviews. In these interviews that were conducted as part of the overall project, stakeholders were asked a series of questions while wearing the Empatica E4 wristband and being recorded through various voice recording platforms. As a part of an ongoing research project, stakeholders have been interviewed using voice recordings and the Empatica E4 wristband to gather biofeedback data. Requirements analyst need support during elicitation interviews because of the ambiguity that arises during communication making it harder to collect proper requirements. In order to provide features such as visualizing the biofeedback collected from the Empatica E4 wristband and the voice waves, questions such as how to create a user-friendly application and how to synchronize the biofeedback and voice data must be researched. In conclusion, creating this mobile application would to assist requirements analysts in carrying out assessments during elicitation interviews.

CONTEXTUALIZING THE FIESTA IN ITS TERRITORY. EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH PROJECT IN TEACHING MUSIC, VISUAL ARTS AND EXPERIMENTAL SCIENCES

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana María Botella Nicolás ◽  
Amparo Hurtado Soler ◽  
Rosa Isusi Fagoaga ◽  
Silvia Martínez Gallego
Keyword(s):  
Educational Research ◽  
Visual Arts ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Teaching Music

An Introduction to Educational Research

2012 ◽  
pp. 319-340
Author(s):  
Tim Dedeaux
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Educational Research ◽  
Human Subject ◽  
Human Subject Research ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Academic Field ◽  
Data Collection And Analysis

Within the field of educational research, there are several methods, approaches, and concerns a potential researcher must be made aware of. This chapter serves as an introduction to the process of educational research, and as such, is intended for novice researchers seeking to gain an overview of the process of envisioning, designing, and carrying out a successful research project. Further, this chapter addresses the kinds of research that are possible within the academic field, some of the ethical and practical considerations involved in human subject research, and best methodological practices. Four major methods of research are discussed: qualitative, quantitative, mixed methods, and action research. Each method is provided with information on the subtypes of research within each area, appropriate methods of data collection and analysis, and acceptable formats for reporting results for each methodological type.

Developing Digital Literacy

2017 ◽  
pp. 670-685
Author(s):  
Carolyn Haviland Obel-Omia
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Elementary School ◽  
Teacher Preparation ◽  
Elementary Education ◽  
Digital Literacy ◽  
Teacher Candidates ◽  
Teacher Education Programs ◽  
Literacy Teachers ◽  
Education Programs ◽  
Reading And Writing

Teacher education programs are increasingly responsible for preparing teachers who use technology fluently across curricula. Future teachers must define literacy more broadly than they have in the past to include digital modes of reading and writing. Experience with digital tools in literacy methodology courses provides opportunities for teacher candidates to reflect critically on these tools, preparing teachers to use technology to its advantage in elementary school classrooms. This chapter describes four digital practices designed to engage teacher candidates in participating in and reflecting on authentic reading and writing to develop next-generation literacy teachers. These practices include examples of activities that can be adapted to both teacher preparation and elementary education classrooms.

scholarly journals Simulation of a Real Call for Research Projects as Activity to Acquire Research Skills: Perception Analysis of Teacher Candidates

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (18) ◽  
pp. 7431
Author(s):  
Manuel Rodríguez-Martín ◽  
Diego Vergara ◽  
Pablo Rodríguez-Gonzálvez
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Education ◽  
Educational Research ◽  
Teacher Candidates ◽  
Secondary School Teachers ◽  
Secondary Teacher ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Research Skills ◽  
Master's Students ◽  
Student Groups ◽  
Master's Thesis

In this research, a novel methodology based on the simulation of a call for research projects was applied for the training of STEM secondary school teachers, with results raised and analyzed to determine the response of the students to this new methodology. The activity was applied in the same course during two academic years with student groups from very different teaching specialties such as mathematics, physics and chemistry, biology and geology, technology and health processes who were studying the Master’s Degree in Secondary Education, specifically, the 3 European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS) course of Initiation to Educational Research (IER), this Master’s course being mandatory for working as a secondary professor. The Master’s students are asked to write their own research project proposals for a fictitious call on a topic freely chosen by them, which might have been related to the research line of the final Master’s thesis. In it, they had to propose all the contents studied in the course (such as writing a brief state of the art, establishing a research team, setting objectives, a description of the methodology for educational research, instruments, a plan for the dissemination of the results, the needed resources, etc.). The students’ perceptions of the usefulness and reality of what they had learned for their professional development and for writing their final theses were assessed. The results based on the perceptions of the students demonstrate that the activity had been useful for assimilating concepts related to educational research in the context of secondary education (research skills), which will be useful for improving the critical sense of the students (teacher candidates) and for their professional future in the context of applied research in day-to-day secondary teacher activities. Furthermore, the results show the activity was useful for the development of the final Master’s thesis. The difficult aspects that the activity presented for them were analyzed. The results were statistically compared for the students of the different specialties, deducing, in all cases, a homogeneous good acceptance with slight differences between them.

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