Administrative information

 

Title

 Research design
Duration 60
Module D
Lesson Type Lecture
Focus Ethical Research in Practice
Topic Literature

 

Keywords

research questions, hypotheses, data collection, data analysis and interpretation,

 

Learning Goals

 

Expected Preparation

Learning Events to be Completed Before

None.

Obligatory for Students

  • Search and select a research report on the web individually or in a small group (chosen/assigned by lecturer). Focus on the details of the planning and objectives selection part; what is it, how it were followed by research actions, what choices were made during the research project. Prepare a brief (maximum one page or 3 slides) report on your observations

Optional for Students

  • Check in the documentation of an EU research call (e.g. Horizon Europe calls) what elements of a research project should be defined in the plan to submit.

References and background for students

  • Creswell, John W., Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Approaches, 4th Edition, SAGE Publications, Inc, 2023.

Recommended for Teachers

  • Check the slides attached, revise the students brief report and select some of them to introduce.

Lesson materials


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Instructions for Teachers

Please check and consider to apply the following outline.

 

Outline

Duration (min) Description Concepts Activity Material
5 / topic (3 selected student work from obligatory preparations) Short presentation (by students) on design aspects of examplary research project What are the objectives and hypothesis of the research project?

How research actions were planned? How was data collection and analyses perfromed?

 Student presentations Student's brief reports
5 Discuss the common elements of the reports, weaknesses or best parts Structure and elements of research design Class discussion  
20 Discuss the principles of research design Role of research design, elements, some details of the parts Presentation Slides (No: 1-6)
15 Discuss typical research design processes in selected domains Designing process steps, variety in different domains Presentation Slides (No: 7-10)
5 Wrap-up discussion Discuss findings from examples, conclude on best practices Class discussion  

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Acknowledgements

The Human-Centered AI Masters programme was co-financed by the Connecting Europe Facility of the European Union Under Grant №CEF-TC-2020-1 Digital Skills 2020-EU-IA-0068.

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