Postgraduate Course: Research Methods (MSc in Digital Education) (REDU11063)
Course Outline
| School | Moray House School of Education and Sport |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
| Course type | Online Distance Learning |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | This course will give students the framework and contextual knowledge they need in order to plan, design and execute a programme of independent research for the dissertation element of the MSc in Digital Education. The course will enable students to formulate a research question and an outline project plan. It will give them key skills in research design and enable them to position their own programme of research within the broader context of social science enquiry. It will introduce them to data collection and analysis and to key methods for analysing both quantitative data and qualitative research texts. |
| Course description |
Not entered
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | Regular access to a networked computer is required. |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Demonstrate critical awareness of key aspects of epistemology, validity and ethics as they relate to social science and digital education research
- Locate and critically analyse published research
- Engage with a range of data collection and analysis methods and approaches
- Effectively plan a programme of research, identifying appropriate research questions and how they might be addressed by particular methodological approaches
- Demonstrate an awareness of academic conventions in the presentation of research
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | research,methods,digital,online,education |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Jen Ross
Tel: (0131 6)51 6133
Email: jen.ross@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Shannon Payne
Tel: (0131 6)51 1196
Email: spayne2@exseed.ed.ac.uk |
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