Digital and Collaborative Learning Mind Lab - Jo Pearson

Introduction to Research in Education Education =  Research, Policy and Practice.  What research is and the roles that it can play:  "Research is a process of steps used to collect and analyze information to increase our understanding of a topic or issue. At a general level, research consists of three steps."  "Research adds to our knowledge and improves practice." The basic steps in the research process Pose a question. Collect data to answer the question. Present an answer to the question." (Creswell, 2011, p.3) The nature of quantitative and qualitative research Different types of research design in education http://johnwcreswell.com   Caro-Bruce, Flessner, Klehr & Zeichner (2007) suggest some questions that might help you to identify an area: What would I like to improve? eLearning tools used at my school to support learning. Engage children in their learning and put children in the driving seat for which ...

Next part of the course: Online participation - 4 contributions on Social Media. Google  +, Twitter, Professional Facebook group.  What we've done so far/course overview: Sensors and Sensibility: http://www.nquire-it.org/#/home?type=sense-it A website where children can get involved in Inquiries.  Research and Community Informed Practice: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6A02hfhr9l6dnh1S0ZXeEtTVUk/view  Avoid secondary quoting - Go to the actual source to avoid misquoting.  You could compare: 'This person said this.." "this person said this..."  Try and make digital and collaborative.  No personal comment.  https://docs.google.com/document/d/17URW2R8dOe5IWyaxcikwW38ZZuCY3E7nMkLpvUtnMo8/edit https://www.onlineexambuilder.com/plagiarism-apa-in-text-referencing-test-march-2017-intake/exam-162575 STP:  PL: Inquire into and reflect on the effectiveness of practice in an ong...