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Introduction of the Instructional Team Orientation to Adobe Connect Discussion of social media and your use of it in research Using Facebook to your benefit Discussion of the syllabus Introduction of participants
 * 5.3 Introductions and Orientations **

**Assignment during the class ** In the “Chat” section of Connect, give us your name and offer a few comments about yourself, such as your research interests, your workplace, or your goals. Please be brief. We will provide the full list to everyone through email.

**7.3- What is data analysis? ** Linking the state of dissertation research in Europe and North America with data analysis approaches Placing data analysis in context of research tasks in both inductive and deductive traditions Current trends in qualitative research.

**Assignment: ****Personal Skill Assignment #1 ** Determine the data analysis approaches of three dissertations that focus on topics similar to yours. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Describe the success of those approaches. No more than five pages.

**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Social media activity: ** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">TBD

**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">12.3- Data Analysis Techniques ** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">How to find them and how to use them <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Why use one approach rather than another? What are the choices?

**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Assignments: ** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Personal Skill Assignment #2 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Describe your dissertation topic and the data analysis aspect of the research, in a half page. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Email your response to both Paul and Marianna by 11.3.

**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Read the suggested readings. **

**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Social media activity: ** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">TBD

**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">14.3- The Role of a Researcher’s Philosophy in the Data Analysis Process ** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">How does one’s culture shape the way data are analyzed? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">How does one’s individual outlook on life influence how data are treated? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What is the role of autoethnographic insight and how do researchers keep their convictions in check?

**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Assignments: ****<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Personal Skill Assignment #3 ** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">How do your experiences shape the way you hope to present your conclusions? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What key experiences influence the way you view your topic? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Name key critical events that shaped the way you will analyze data? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Three to five pages. Use references.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Read about the importance of, and how to maintain, a research journal. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Read about autoethnography as a research approach.

**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Social media activity: TBD **