Research Areas in ICTs in Education

Sanjaya Mishra

Major Research Questions in ETRD

• How can we theoretically understand educational technology?

• How can theory be applied to educational technology?

• What are the effects of a given technology on practice?

• What factors affect the implementation of a technology?

• How can the development process be improved?

Types of Research in ICTs

• Opinion and Attitude Studies• Effectiveness and Impact Studies• Descriptive and Policy Studies• Quantitative Trends Analysis• Evaluative Studies• Multi-disciplinary approaches

Research Areas in ICTs

• Policies(eg. National and State Policies in ICT application in education)

• Resources(eg. ICT availability, penetration, usage, etc)

• Curriculum(eg. Extent of ICT integration in curriculum, course and

programmes using ICTs)

• Organization(eg. Use of ICTs for management of educational processes,

cost issues, etc.)

• Teaching(eg. Pedagogical issues, teacher training, etc.)

• Learning(eg. Student achievements, effectiveness, etc.)

What You May Like to Research?

• Use of Wikis and Blogs as collaborative learning tools

• Discussion forums as a place to develop team spirit and co-construction of knowledge

• ePortfolio as a tool to track competence development (longitudinal studies)

• Social Bookmaking as a cognitive tool• Quality indicators for ICT based courses