But first...

• Progress reports
• Project URLs

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

Progress report due March 21st (two weeks)

• What have you done so far?
• What do you plan to do?

• What problems or barriers have you run into?

Milestones for the rest of the semester

• Progress reports: March 21st
• Draft of final report: April 18th
• Feedback by April 25th
• Final report on May 9th (oral and written)

Short oral reports of progress