Syllabus

Phase I – Determining your data analysis orientation
This phase is well structured, with suggested readings, papers and activities. All classes will feature a mini-lecture and a social media activity.

Phase II – Research Philosophies, Frameworks and Approaches
This phase of the course will be devoted to selecting frameworks for analysis of data and explanation of various approaches to data analysis. We believe learning can be done on more of a democratic basis, once everyone is focused on similar goals. How you use social media will be an integral part of this phase.

Resources






Week 5
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Short Assignment (Thursday 04.04)
@Expressions of digital experiences : How about creating a digital artifact to illustrate your insights of what Semiotics is? That could be a fB or blog post, tweet, image, video or voicethread. No matter what the tool is Your use of Imagination is what counts >)

Critical Issues in Social Media and Virtual Worlds
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Discourse and Narrative Analysis
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16.04.2013 Techniques of data analysis
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18.04.2013
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23.04.2013 Inductive Policy Analysis
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= Phase III – Finding congruence in research = Successful dissertations and manuscripts are found to be congruent. That is, the parts fit; the reasons for using the various approaches, labels, terms, questions, literature, data collection and data analysis plans are understandable and consistent. Of course to be congruent one must know the audience. This phase will offer at once an examination of what makes research congruent and also ample opportunity for participants to find their own congruence. From the instructors’ points of view the role of social media and communities of scholars are invaluable for success.

25.04.2013 Data analysis techniques
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30.04.2013 Congruence - Ontology
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02.05.2013 Epistemology, Ontology, Methodology
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07.05.2013 Recognizing congruence in research
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