Week 1. Course Introduction/Overview

ETT642 Seminar in IT researchWei-Chen Hung, Ph.D.

August 25th, 2005

Agenda

• Welcome & Announcement• Syllabus review & Q&A• Readings (instructor assigned and self selected)• Assignments• Seminar formats• Course timeline• Break• Knowledge to share• Professional Opportunities 04-05

Welcome

• Congratulations! -- 80% complete of your course requirements

• Anyone not belong here?– ETRA doctoral students

– Prereq is 641

– When were you in 549? 640? 641?

Announcement

ETRA New Faculty

Dr. Pi-Sui Hsu

Dr. Hayley Mayall

Syllabus Q&A

• Go on-line – http://www.cedu.niu.edu/~hung

Readings (instructor assigned)

• Instructor assigned reading– 4 sets of reading for weeks 2, 3, 4, & 5

– Set 1: IT oriented research methodology

– Set 2: IT oriented quantitative method

– Set 3: IT oriented qualitative method

– Set 4: IT oriented mixed method

• Account information:• User name: action

• Password: pbl2005

Readings (self selected)

• Self-selected reading– Minimum 3 referred based journal articles pertaining

your research interest/topic/agenda

Assignments

• Reading summary– 12 records/see summary paper spec sheet

• Literature review paper (based on your self selected papers)

• Seminar on your self selected papers• Research prospectus (6-10 pages) • Class contributions

Seminar format

• Community of learners– Individual presentations & discussions

– Group presentation & discussions

• Reflection not description• Thinking not memorizing

Class Timeline

Consultation

08/25

09/01

Disciplined inquiryReading discussion

12/01

Intro

Thanksgiving

10/27

11/2411/17

email address

12/08

09/22

11/03

Research project presentation

Final project due

on-line meeting as needed

finals

09/08

Literature review presentation

Researchweek

09/15

09/29

10/20 10/13

Seminar: group 1

10/06

Research workshop (individual

consultation)

11/10

Lit review paper due

Research workshop (individual

consultation)

Reading set 1Reading set 2 Reading set 3 Reading set 4

ConsultationConsultation

Seminar: group 2Seminar: group 3

Seminar: group 4

Research methodology

Reading discussion

Data collectionReading discussion

Literature reviewReading discussion

Group 1 summaries

Group 2 summaries

Group 3 summaries

Group 4 summaries

Knowledge to share

• Tell us your research interest, including:– Literatures/theories/models you have reviewed/learned

(e.g., 641) and what they are in terms of their impacts, trends, patterns, theoretical frameworks, researches, etc.

– What other areas of literature need to be reviewed, if any, in order to substantiate your research?

Professional opportunities 05-06

• AECT — Orlando, Florida October 18-22, • AACE — SITE, Ed-Media, E-Learning, . . .• AERA — April 7 - 11, San Francisco

MWERA — October 12-15, Columbus, OH

Communications

• Send your preferred email address to me (whung@niu.edu) within 24 hours after this class. (confirmation will be given upon receiving)– Subject line: ett642 email

• Email communication is preferred (usually within 24 hours during weekday).

• Voice mail may take up to 72 hours to reply.

Next week

• Reading: set 1 • Reading assignment: summary paper• Disciplined inquiries (types 1 – 6) and their

impacts

698(05)

642

699(3crs.)

643(05)

Research Candidacyexam 1

Candidacyexam 2

passed

699(1cr.)

Proposal approval

Proposal

C

Dissertation defense

AB

DE

dD

IRB

C

C

C

Program committee

Dissertation committee

The roadmap of dissertation in IT

Coursework - Program filing & response

- Responsibility for changes

- Timing of changes

698(05)

642

699(3crs.)

643(05)

Research Candidacyexam 1

Candidacyexam 2

passed

699(1cr.)

Proposal approval

Proposal

C

Dissertation defense

AB

DE

dD

IRB

C

C

C

Program committee

Dissertation committee

The roadmap of dissertation in IT

Candidacy Exam (Part1)- When?

- Who?

- Policies for writingNotification of intent to write

Response times (1 semester)

Repeats (total 2 times)

698(05)

642

699(3crs.)

643(05)

Research Candidacyexam 1

Candidacyexam 2

passed

699(1cr.)

Proposal approval

Proposal

C

Dissertation defense

AB

DE

dD

IRB

C

C

C

Program committee

Dissertation committee

The roadmap of dissertation in IT

Candidacy Exam (Part2)- When?

- Who (committee(s))

- Policies for writingNotification of intent to write

Response times (1 semester)

Repeats (total 2 times)

If Passed= Part 2 exam (passed)

= Proposal (possible)

diss. committee

698(05)

642

699(3crs.)

643(05)

Research Candidacyexam 1

Candidacyexam 2

passed

699(1cr.)

Proposal approval

Proposal

C

Dissertation defense

AB

DE

dD

IRB

C

C

C

Program committee

Dissertation committee

The roadmap of dissertation in IT

Dissertation (ETT699)- Continuous registration

After passing candidacyLeave of absence (see catalog)

- Director (Chair)- Committee Members- As faculty load

Committee- Role of chair & members- Your duties- Meetings (N=??)

Proposal & Along the way

698(05)

642

699(3crs.)

643(05)

Research Candidacyexam 1

Candidacyexam 2

passed

699(1cr.)

Proposal approval

Proposal

C

Dissertation defense

AB

DE

dD

IRB

C

C

C

Program committee

Dissertation committee

The roadmap of dissertation in IT

Office of Research Compliance / Institutional Review Board (IRB)

- Protect Human Subjects- Reviews all research- Monitors until done

698(05)

642

699(3crs.)

643(05)

Research Candidacyexam 1

Candidacyexam 2

passed

699(1cr.)

Proposal approval

Proposal

C

Dissertation defense

AB

DE

dD

IRB

C

C

C

Program committee

Dissertation committee

The roadmap of dissertation in IT

Defense - Scheduling - Participants (reviewer)

Post-defense - Finalizing the dissertation - Joint presentations

& publications - Copies for committee

Suggested dissertation roadmap!

699(1cr.)

Dissertation defense

Ed

D

698(05)

642

699(14crs.)

643(05)

Research Candidacyexam 1

Candidacyexam 2

passed Proposal approval

C

IRB

C

C

Dissertation process mgmt.

• What if a committee member quits/leaves NIU/ etc?

• Timelines

– 9 years– Figured how? (Check program)

• What if I run out of time?– Time extensions & course revalidation