Getting to grips with educational technology research

After spending last semester in EDPK5003, I feel like I am needing to re-orient my thinking more specifically towards educational technology research and methods.  So I am going to get started on Multidisciplinary Methods in Educational Technology Research and Development (Randolph, 2008). After reading the first few pages, it looks like this is going to provide a good overview to what we are trying to develop in EDPC5025.

On determination of the research question: "While the research question may be of primary importance in determining the right research methods, there are a variety of factors that are of primary importance in determining the right research question – (a) the research problem, (b) the research purpose and its associated tradition, and (c) the state of the previous research" (Randolph, 2008, p.15).

A useful distinction suggested by Randolph to categorise research questions: knowledge based vs empirical research questions; procedural and structural research questions (Randolph, 2008, p. 15).

Reference:

Randolph, J. J. (2008). Multidisciplinary Methods in Educational Technology Research and Development. Hameemlinna: HAMK University of Applied Sciences.