Distancelanguagelearning/English Web/writing/Academic Writing/Research/Qual Design/class/Unit I

Week 1 (August 9-15, 2010)

 * This week you will become familiar with Wikieducator which is where you will submit a lot of your work for this class.
 * Get familiar with the online resources available at your school (UAA). Make sure you have the proper passwords so that you have full access to the databases you need.
 * This is the academic writing rubric that we will use for this class. Please refer to this rubric each time you complete a writing assignment.

Readings

 * Wikieducator workshop
 * UAA Virtual Library
 * Review the MEAL plan and follow it every time you write a paragraph.

Activities

 * Once you have created an account in WE add a user page boilerplate to your user page. Include a section that includes the following:
 * I would like to conduct research on...
 * My idea job would be...
 * As an English language learner, my greatest challenges when conducting qualitative research are...
 * Add your name to the main page.
 * Click the discussion tab above and answer the discussion question.

Outcomes

 * Create a user page in Wikieducator (WE)

Student Works
Include a hyper link to your work related to this outcome.

Readings
What do you know and how do you know it?

Outcomes
Develop possible research questions.

Readings and Videos
Grounded theory (part 1) | Grounded theory (part 2) | Grounded Theory - Open Coding Part 1 | Grounded Theory - Open Coding Part 2 | Grounded Theory - Open Coding Part 3 | Grounded Theory - Open Coding Part 4 | Introducing ethnography | Ethnographic Research | Analysing Case Studies Part 1 | Narrative Analysis | The Phenomenological perspective (Part 1) | The Phenomenological perspective (Part 2)

Activities

 * Include references (according to APA) of each of the following types of qualitative research:
 * grounded theory
 * ethnography
 * case study
 * narrative
 * phenomenology

Outcomes
Frame a research design based on a topic of interest.

Readings

 * Watch this video on what is a thesis statement.

Activities

 * Complete this Webquest (five-paragraph essay).
 * Activity due September 8, 2010.

Outcomes
Webquest (Five-paragraph essay)