But first...

• Mini-project submissions (verify that your is linked)

Visions of UIUC in 2016

• our individual visions
• our joint vision

Casper's "roles of universities"

• education and professional training
• credentialing
• social integration
• providing a rite of passage
• "networking"
• knowledge assessment and creation
• selection of academic elites and peer review
• fostering a worldwide community of scholars
• transfer of knowledge

Research on Educational Technology

• the process of research
• the process of research funding
• the parallel to the structure of this course

The Process of Educational Technology Research

• diversity of methods
• qualitative and quantitative
• formative and summative
• narrow and broad implications

The Process of Research Funding

• RFPs (Requests for Proposals
• Pre-proposals
• proposals
• awards
• progress reports
• presentations at conferences
• final reports
• prospects for further funding

The structure of this course

• Proposals
• Progress reports
• draft of final report
• Final reports (written and oral)
• Evaluation

Milestones for the rest of the semester

• Major project proposals due next week (Oct 10)
• Feedback by October 17
• Oral progress report (October 24)
• Written progress report (November 7)
• Feedback on progress report (November 14)
• Draft of final report (December 5)
• Final report, oral and written (December 12)

Your project proposals

• What questions or issues do you want to address?
• What audience or subject population will be involved?

Questions or issues related to technology uses in education

• by the end of the semester, what would you like to know
• What is interesting and important?

Audience or population

• Do you have access?

Strategy

• can start with a question or issue and find a relevant and accessible population
• can start with a relevant and accessible population and look for an important and interesting question or issue

Proposals

• length: page or two
• submit via: print or email or web