Today,
we began our class by discussing the recent initiative by the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, the Woodrow Wilson Foundation, and the former
president of Teachers College at Columbia University, Dr. Arthur Levine. This
collaborative project plans to develop online courses which will enable
teachers to learn hands-on skills and be involved in mentoring relationships
with highly qualified teachers. The courses will be open source so that all
institutions offering degrees in education can employ the lectures and
supplementary materials.
We then
discussed Computer Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis Software (CAQDAS) programs
such as QSR NVivo and the importance of analyzing not only the words spoken by
participants interviewed but also the overall structure of multi-person
conversations such as the competitive bragging discourse evinced in The Four Yorkshiremen skit by Monty
Python. Subsequently, we reviewed the dissertation review process, including the
defense and noted that an online presentation of a defense is available on the SharePoint
website under the category, “Doctoral Support Videos.” I mentioned that a list
of the dissertations which receive the best
quantitative and best qualitative awards be placed on the digital commons so as
site to assist students in locating appropriate role models for their own
dissertations.
We also
discussed resources available to students such as PsychInfo, which allows users
to limit fields by “empirical studies,” and Microsoft Access Database software,
through which researchers can collect and analyze survey Information. An exceptionally tech savvy classmate noted that
Google Forms provides similar capabilities. I retrieved two YouTube videos
which will enable me to review the process of using these programs:
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