Classes & Reading

Month/Day		Slides	Topics	Additional Reading		Activities
		Preparing for a scholarly study
July	8th	Class 1	Orientation		Download Chapter One from Course Textbook An Incomplete Guide to the Art of Discovery by Jack Oliver	Get ready
	15th	Class 2	Introduction to Research Design		Chapter on Methodological and Epistemic Framework: From Positivism to Post-positivism Paper on Participatory Research	Identify a research question in a journal article and discuss which design would be best to study the question and why. Select a topic that you would like to study. Use the four combinations of worldviews, strategies of inquiry and research methods, to think about whether the design would be quantitative, qualitative, or mixed methods research.
	22nd	Class 3	Review of Literature		Technical report Guidelines for performing Systematic Literature Reviews in Software Engineering Paper on tool for Conducting Literature Reviews in Information Systems Paper entitled Systematic literature reviews in software engineering – A systematic literature review A systematic review On Information Systems Offshoring Mapping of Studies on ITIL	Write a Concept Note
	29th	Class 4	Use of Theory		Creswell (Chapter 3) A Grounded Theory Model of Mobile Technology Addiction Sustaining a Nepali Telecenter: An Ethnographic Study Using Activity Theory Variables influencing information security policy compliance: a systematic review of quantitative studies	Work on Assignment #1
August	Research Writing & Ethics					Final Week on Assignment #1
	5th	Class 5	Writing Strategies, Research Ethics, and Critical Thinking		Ethics for IT Professionals/Professional Code of Ethics Read Oxfam's 2014 report on poverty
	Designing Research
	12th	Class 6	The Introduction and Purpose Statement		Towards a Guide for Novice Researchers on Research Methodology: Review and Proposed Methods (paper) On the Benefits and Challenges of Mixing Methods and Methodologies (paper)	Submit Assignment #1
	26th	Class 7	Research Question and Hypothesis		Creswell, Chapter 7 Papers: The impact of cybercafés on information services in Uganda (Quantitative example) ICT and the Democratization Process in North Africa: Tool of Freedom or Instrument of Oppression? (Qualitative example) Integrating Technology and Problem-based Learning: A Mixed Methods Study of Two Teacher Professional Development Designs (Mixed Methods example)	Work on Assignment #2
September	2nd	Class 8	The Research Proposal and Thesis		(2013) Tajalizadehkhoob  “Online Banking Freud Mitigation” (Quantitative approach) Sørensen (2012) “Social Processes Influencing Knowledge Sharing and the use of Information Communication Technology” (Qualitative approach) Engebretsen (2005) “Acceptance of Information Technology by Health Research Projects in Low-income Countries” (Mixed Methods approach) O'Sheedy (2012) ”A study of agile project management methods used for IT implementation projects in small and medium-sized enterprises” (Mixed methods approach) Sobhani (2008) “Impact of IT on Productivity” (Mixed methods approach)	Work on Assignment #2
	Research Methods
	9th	Class 9	Quantitative Methods		Creswell’s: Chapters 7, 8 and 9	Last week on Assignment #2 Part 1
	16th					Submit Assignment #2 Part 1
	23rd	Class 10	Qualitative Methods			Last week on Assignment #2 Part 2
	30th	Class 11	Mixed Methods		Creswell’s Chapter 10 Papers: Mixed Methods Research: A Research Paradigm Whose Time Has Come The Death of Mixed Methods: Research Labels and their Casualties	Submit Assignment #2 Part 2
October	7th	MOCK EXAM/REVISION CLASS
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