Week 1. Course Introduction/Overview

1. Week 1. Course Introduction/Overview ETT642 Seminar in IT research Wei-Chen Hung, Ph.D. August 25th, 2005

2. Agenda • Welcome & Announcement • Syllabus review & Q&A • Readings (instructor assigned and self selected) • Assignments • Seminar formats • Course timeline • Break • Knowledge to share • Professional Opportunities 04-05

3. Welcome • Congratulations! -- 80% complete of your course requirements • Anyone not belong here? • ETRA doctoral students • Prereq is 641 • When were you in 549? 640? 641?

4. Announcement ETRA New Faculty Dr. Pi-Sui Hsu Dr. Hayley Mayall

5. Syllabus Q&A • Go on-line • http://www.cedu.niu.edu/~hung

6. Readings (instructor assigned) • Instructor assigned reading • 4 sets of reading for weeks 2, 3, 4, & 5 • Set 1: IT oriented research methodology • Set 2: IT oriented quantitative method • Set 3: IT oriented qualitative method • Set 4: IT oriented mixed method • Account information: • User name: action • Password: pbl2005

7. Readings (self selected) • Self-selected reading • Minimum 3 referred based journal articles pertaining your research interest/topic/agenda

8. Assignments • Reading summary • 12 records/see summary paper spec sheet • Literature review paper (based on your self selected papers) • Seminar on your self selected papers • Research prospectus (6-10 pages) • Class contributions

9. Seminar format • Community of learners • Individual presentations & discussions • Group presentation & discussions • Reflection not description • Thinking not memorizing

10. Class Timeline

11. Knowledge to share • Tell us your research interest, including: • Literatures/theories/models you have reviewed/learned (e.g., 641) and what they are in terms of their impacts, trends, patterns, theoretical frameworks, researches, etc. • What other areas of literature need to be reviewed, if any, in order to substantiate your research?

12. Professional opportunities 05-06 • AECT — Orlando, Florida October 18-22, • AACE — SITE, Ed-Media, E-Learning, . . . • AERA — April 7 - 11, San FranciscoMWERA — October 12-15, Columbus, OH

13. Communications • Send your preferred email address to me (whung@niu.edu) within 24 hours after this class. (confirmation will be given upon receiving) • Subject line: ett642 email • Email communication is preferred (usually within 24 hours during weekday). • Voice mail may take up to 72 hours to reply.

14. Next week • Reading: set 1 • Reading assignment: summary paper • Disciplined inquiries (types 1 – 6) and their impacts

15. Coursework - Program filing & response - Responsibility for changes - Timing of changes The roadmap of dissertation in IT

16. The roadmap of dissertation in IT • Candidacy Exam (Part1) • - When? • - Who? • - Policies for writing • Notification of intent to write • Response times (1 semester) • Repeats (total 2 times)

17. The roadmap of dissertation in IT • Candidacy Exam (Part2) • - When? • - Who (committee(s)) • - Policies for writing • Notification of intent to write • Response times (1 semester) • Repeats (total 2 times) If Passed = Part 2 exam (passed) = Proposal (possible) diss. committee

18. The roadmap of dissertation in IT • Dissertation (ETT699) • - Continuous registration • After passing candidacy • Leave of absence (see catalog) • - Director (Chair) • - Committee Members • - As faculty load • Committee • - Role of chair & members • - Your duties • - Meetings (N=??) • Proposal & Along the way

19. The roadmap of dissertation in IT • Office of Research Compliance / • Institutional Review Board (IRB) • - Protect Human Subjects • - Reviews all research • - Monitors until done

20. The roadmap of dissertation in IT Defense - Scheduling - Participants (reviewer) Post-defense - Finalizing the dissertation - Joint presentations & publications - Copies for committee

21. Suggested dissertation roadmap!

22. Dissertation process mgmt. • What if a committee member quits/leaves NIU/ etc? • Timelines • 9 years • Figured how? (Check program) • What if I run out of time? • Time extensions & course revalidation