Issues in Research & Publication
- Summary Notes of Writing for Social Scientists: How to Start and Finish Your Thesis, Book, or Article, by Howard S. Becker (Malhotra) A thought provoking piece that reflects upon the essence and the philosophy of writing, and the fears, anxieties, joys and frustrations involved in the process, in a down to earth tone. A "must read" for any aspiring writer and highly recommended for more prolific writers.
- Delphi Method (edited by Harold Linstone and Murray Turoff) Also see applications in electronic forms of Delphi and original Delphi paper and pencil approach.
- Bibiography of Web Sites On Writing
- Computers
as Tutors: Solving the Crisis in Education (Online Textbook) (by Frederick Bennett,
Ph.D.) "Computers thus far
have been little more than a new gimmick in education, and despite a few examples of good use of the machines by a tiny number of teachers,
overall classroom gains have been negligible. There are cogent reasons why computers, if they
continue to be used as they are today, can never change education..."
- Knowledge Base: The Knowledge Base is an online textbook for an introductory course in research methods. (Bill Trochim). Also of
interest, Bill Trochim's Center for Social Research Methods
- Statistical Analysis: Electronic Textbook
- An Analogy to a Competitive
Intelligence Program: Role of Measurement in Organizational Research
(Malhotra) This paper uses Competitive Intelligence Program as
an analogy for
explaining the critical aspects of measurement in organizational
research.
A conceptual model of Competitive Intelligence Program is developed
based on extant practitioner literature. Key aspects of this model are
then used for defining the 'critical ingredients' of
measurement in organizational research: constructs, validity, and
reliability, as well as their interrelationships.
- On
Science, Scientific Method And Evolution Of Scientific Thought
(Malhotra) This paper reviews the various
interpretations of the role of science in discovering truth in the
process of theory
development and knowledge creation. This process is then analyzed
with respect to the
evolution of scientific thought from logical positivism to
scientific realism.
-
Survey Research Planning and Design (Malhotra) Presentation to the
faculty and doctoral students in
the Research Methodology Seminar at Graduate School of Industrial
Administration, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, 1995.
Essentially, a presentation on the survey research methodology based
upon Warwick & Lininger, 1975. (Needs
Microsoft's Word
Viewer:
444K)
- National Adult Literacy
Database Compendium of information literacy and workplace
education issues. Of particular interest are their full-text reports on
workplace literacy issues.
- Practical
Steps for Identifying Information Needs of Clients (Devadason &
Lingam) Provides an overview of various methods for selecting,
researching, filtering and compiling information for the information
needs identifier (INI).
- Evaluating World Wide Web Information
- Evaluating Information Found on the Internet
- Criteria
for Evaluation of Internet Information Resources
- Evaluation of
Information Sources
- Resource
Selection and Information Evaluation
- Useful Sites for Methodology
- Statnotes: An Online
Statistics Textbook by G. David Garson
- More Online Statistics Texts and
Courses
- Statistics on the World Wide Web
- An Introduction to SPSS: Under the OpenVMS Environment
- KrackPlot: A Social Network Visualization Program
- MindMap:
Crossing the Writer's Block
- Rasch
Measurement Tools And Techniques [Institute for Objective
Measurement: Rasch Measurement SIG & Transactions] See their article
On Specific
Objectivity: An Attempt at Formalizing the Request for Generality
and Validity of Scientific Statements and the related post on
Applying
Rasch Analysis for Knowledge Management.
- Wired
Science (Herb Brody) This Oct '96 Technology Review
article suggests that the technologies of the Internet are providing
evidence of fostering collaboration and dissemination of new data
among the various research communities. Specific discussion includes
the use of Usenet, E-mail, and World Wide Web for research endeavors
that span time and space. Examples of specific electronic research
and publication projects are also profiled.
- The
Evolution from ICIS 1980 to AIS 1995: Have the Issues Been Addressed
-
Transformed Information Systems Management
-
Bridging Research and Practice (MISQ)
- Editorial
Statements from MIS Quarterly: On Information Systems
Education, Research, and Practice
- How To Do
Research: Do you know how to conduct formal research? (New and
Improved!)
- How
Statistics can Mislead You (Arnold Barnett) This Technology
Review article elaborates on how numbers shown by research
studies could be misleading or deceiving. The author discusses the
'Six Deadly Sins of Statistical Misrepresentation' to develop a more
skeptical outlook toward research findings reported in press reports.
- A
Million Random Digits with 100,000 Normal Deviates (RAND) Tables of
random numbers that serve as a standard reference in engineering and
econometrics textbooks and are widely used in gaming and simulations
that employ Monte Carlo trials.
- Paradigm
Online Writing Assistant
- Better
Writing Guide
- ISWorld
Research and Scholarship
Publication & Citation Styles: Online and
Offline
Digital Journals & Electronic Publishing
- Statistical
Journals Online
- Methods of
Psychological Research
- Waiting
for Thomas Kuhn First Monday and the Evolution of Electronic
Journals (First Monday, December 1997)
- Intellectual
Property Meets Information Technology Addressing the issue of
individual versus institutional control of intellectual property, given
the evolving nature of education, research and publication in institutes
of higher education.
- Provosts
Push a Radical Plan to Change the Way Faculty Research Is
Evaluated (The Chronicle of Higher Education, June 26,
1998) Provosts Push a Radical Plan to Change the Way Faculty
Research Is Evaluated... Publishing in journals would no longer be
the key to getting tenure or disseminating ideas... However, the
issue of the ownership of intellectual property needs further
deliberation?
- The
Economics of Electronic Journals (First Monday, August 1997) This
paper explores the question: "Can electronic publications be
operated at much lower costs than print journals, and still provide all
the services that scholars require?"
- The
Hundred Years War Started Today: An Exploration of Electronic Peer
Review
- Papers on
the Peer Review Process
- The
Electronic Document in the Informated Organization (Kreitzberg)
- Scholarly
Electronic Publishing Bibliography (Bailey)
- Electronic
Journals and Legitimate Media in the Systems of Scholarly
Communication
- An
Agenda for Digital Journals: The Socio-Technical Infrastructure of
Knowledge Dissemination
- Papers on
Academic On-line Publishing
- SuperJournal Project
"SuperJournal will develop multimedia journals and set the standard for
academic publishing in the 21st century. SuperJournal is a major
collaboration between publishers, universities, and libraries to
identify the factors that make electronic journals successful and to
develop successful models for network publishing."
- How
to Review (Michael Bieber)
- Reviewing
a Manuscript for Publication (Allan S. Lee)
Survey Research
Qualitative, Interpretive & Intensive Research
- Qualitative
Research in Information Systems
- The Qualitative
Report: Online Journal on Qualitative Research & Critical Inquiry
- MISQ
Special Issue on Intensive Research
- The Media and
Communication Studies Site One of the absolutely excellent resources
focusing on the study of media and communication. Topics include General
Issues (Communication and Media Theory, History of Communication Media,
Mass Media in Specific Countries and Regions, Media Institutions,
Media Studies, Media and Cultural Studies, Phenomenology of Media Use,
Research into Media and Communication, and Technology and
Communication), Textual Analysis, Media Influence, Written & Spoken
Word, News Media, Active Interpretation,
Gender, Class & Ethnicity, Visual Image, Advertising, Film Studies, TV &
Radio, IT & Telecoms.
- Links on
Qualitative Research
- Reflective
Dialogue & Hermeneutics in Research: Mapping Community out of
Diversity
- ATLAS
Software Tool for Text Interpretation Qualitative Research
- Research
Methods & Tools (Heskes & Partners, Netherlands) Qualitative
market research such as small sample focus groups and in-depth interviews.
Also, self-extracting downloadable demo of quantitative research software
tool for CAPI, CATI and data-entry.
Action Research
Case Research
- Complex Systems
& Knowledge Development
- Related Topics:
Philosophy, Psychology, Sociology & AI
- Tenure
and Labor Relations in Academe
- Technological Horizons
in Education (T.H.E. Journal) This magazine
provides coverage of latest technologies, case studies, and products
relevant to the use of information technology in education.
- Holistic
Education (Articles) Critique of the existing educational system as
being isolated from reality because of its inability to provide systemic
understanding. Attempts to offer an educational framework for studying
"reality." Seems consistent with Churchman's criticism of "current
division of human knowledge into disciplines" in "Management Science:
Science of Managing and Managing of Science," Interfaces, 24(4),
July-August 1994, pp. 99-110.
- WPI Seminar in
College Teaching "The seminar in college teaching was developed as
an experience for upper level Ph.D. students and also WPI college faculty
as a way of providing an
opportunity to enhance their academic teaching performance. Research
has been conducted over many years showing that there are effective ways
of teaching, and college
faculty can improve what they are doing with their undegraduate students
and with
graduate students. Characteristics of effective teaching are out there,
they are identified."
- Institute
for Academic Technology: Subject Listing of IAT Library Publications
A comprehensive metaindex of bibliographies with links to online
resources for several topics ranging from Conferences and Copyrights, to
Software and Technology for Classroom. Must See!!
- Who's
Killing Higher Education? Increasing irrelevance of most courses
offered in educational programs offered in cafetaria mode with little
concern for developing self-learning capabilities of students and
increasing corporate influence on design of education in terms of 'trade
skills' leaves much to be desired.
- The Role of Online
Communications in Schools: A National Study This study, conducted by
the Center for Applied Special Technology, demonstrates that students
with online access perform better. The results were based on a sample of
500 students in fourth-grade and sixth-grade classes in 7 urban school
districts.
- Institute
for Academic Technology: Library Publications Listed by Title
The same bibliographic index in an alphabetical listing by subject
format.
- Institute for
Academic Technology's IAT Infobits Monthly review of a
selection of information technology and instruction
technology sources relevant to educators in general as well as more
specialized subject areas.
- Current
Cites A monthly review of information technology related articles,
books, and electronic documents relevant to everyone, but of
special interest to educators and librarians.
- The Future of
Networking Technologies for Learning White Papers & Reports
- ICONnect: Get
Connected to Learning Using the Internet Includes Internet Basics,
tips on Integrating Internet Resources into the Curriculum, information
about Collaborative Grants to Develop Curriculum, and an Internet Q&A
Service.
- The
Institute for Learning Technologies: Pedagogy for the 21st Century
- Teaching
and Learning on the Internet Links to Several Articles
- AskERIC: Service for Educators
- The Online
Chronicle of Distance Education & Communication
- Public-Access
Computer Systems Review (PACS Review)
- On-Line
Resources and Journals Related to English Language Teaching and
Linguistics (Kitao & Kitao)
- Supporting
Collaboration through Multimedia Digital Document Archives
- Teaching and Learning on the World Wide
Web
- Use of
the WWW in Teaching and Learning
- World Lecture
Hall: Using WWW to Deliver Course Material
- Creating
Community Online Negotiating students' needs and desires in
cyberspace.
- Not-So-Distant
Competitors: How New Providers Are Remaking the Postsecondary
Marketplace
- Executive
Education and Corporate Universities
- The Value of Information Lies in
How it is Organized
- American Association for Higher
Education
- Association for Educational
Communications and Technology
- American Association of School
Librarians
- The
MediaMOO Project: Constructionism and Professional Community
- Journal
of Computer-Mediated Communication: Collaborative Universities
- Space, Collaboration, and The Credible City: Academic Work in the Virtual University
- Telelearning
Web Page (ISWorld)
- Teaching
in the Virtual Classroom
- Designing
the Virtual Classroom
- Global
Virtual Team Collaboration
- The
Globewide Network Academy: "Virtual" Education
- The New School's Distance Learning
Program
- Virtual Online University
- Video and
Presentation Technologies (Syllabus Jan '96)
- Suggestions
for Computer Based Presentations
- The Internet,
Telecommunications, and Education (Syllabus Nov-Dec '95)
- Classroom Products
and Technology Infrastructure (Syllabus Oct '95)
- Software for the
Curriculum (Syllabus Sep '95)
- Telecommunications and
Networking (Syllabus Jun '95)
- The
Future of Multimedia in Education (First Monday, Nov. 1997)
- Multimedia
for Spontaneous Interactive Lecturing -- Three
Platforms Compared (Larson & Wright)
- Multimedia in
Instruction (Syllabus May '95)
- Mathematics and
Quantitative Tools in Education
(Syllabus Apr '95)
- Graphics and
Visualization on Campus (Syllabus Mar '95)
- Desktop Technologies
(Syllabus Feb '95)
- ENMU Virtual
Classroom Resource for faculty interested in integrating technology
into their teaching. Contains links to Generic Course Templates, Full Web
Courses, Teaching and Instructional Practices, Technology Concepts, and
HTML/Technical Courses.
- Horizon Home Page This
site's intended purpose is to inform educators about the challenges that
they will face
in a changing world and steps they can take to meet these challenges.
- Teachers' Guide for
the Professional Cartoonists Index
- Netskills:
Network Skills for the UK Higher Education Community
- EdWeb:
Exploring Technology & School Reform
- Asssociation
for the Advancement of Computing in Education
- Instructional
Technology Connections Excellent Resource, Must See!!
- AcademicNet For educators
interested in echnology-mediated instruction and learning in higher
education.
- Education World
- Education Related Online
Newsletters: Council of the Great City Schools
- School Sucks: Pre-written
College Papers
- Maslow's
Motivation Theory And Its Application to Education
- Explorations in
Learning & Instruction: The Theory Into Practice Database
Compilation of summaries and bibliographies of
Theories of Learning &
Instruction, Learning
Domains, and Learning Concepts.
- Study Guides and
Strategies Preparing to learn; Participating in the Classroom;
Studying; Testing Skills; Writing Skills; Reading Skills; Other Learning
and Studying Skills and Resources.
- Learning
Theories
- Film-Philosophy
- CSS Journal: Computers in the Social Studies
- Inspired
Learning Adult Learning Theories, Career
Development, Constructivism & Related Theories,
Instructional Design, Self-Directed Learning
- The
Rediscovery of the Human Mind
- Personal Construction Theory & Its Applications
- Personal
Construct Psychology Home Page
- MIT
Epistemology and Learning Group
- EASI -- Access to
Information for Persons With
Disabilities
- Project
SYNERGY: Technology-based Learning Environment (Miami-Dade)
- Syllabus Top 20
Education Sites
- Scholarly
Societies Project: University of Waterloo Library
- National Science Foundation (NSF)
- Federal Information Exchange, Inc. Home
Page
- Federal Networking Council (FNC)
- FinAid: Financial Aid
Information
- NSF
Grants/Fundings/Programs
- Research & Education Resources
(RAMS Inc. & Federal Information Exchange)
- Community of Science Web
Server: Funding for Research
-
Impact of Internet on Academia: A survey
-
GVU's WWW User Survey Home Page
-
Results From The First World Wide Web User Survey
- Newsletter of the
National Research Center on Student Learning
- National
Association of Graduate-Professional Students An excellent resource
for graduate and professional students [besides others] for academic
tools,
student guides, intellectual property rights, funding and job research
resources.
- Learning Resource Server
at the University of Illinois: Advancing Learners from "Surfing" to
"Serving"
- The
HyperJournal Discussion
List: Debate on Electronic Publishing of Scholarly Works
- Internet Public
Library MOO & MOO Basic Commands
- Institute for
Advanced Technology (IATH) in the Humanities
-
PostModern Culture (Electronic Journal)
- Working Group on
Scholarly Communication (Chapel Hill)
- Education
Resources (University of Missouri: Columbia College of Education)
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