1. Pesquisa Quantitativa e Educação à Distância
Ramesh Sharma
Wawasan Open University, Penang, Malaysia

2. Quantitative Research
Systematic Scientific Investigation
Quantitative properties
Phenomena
Relationships
Applications in both Natural and Social Sciences

3. Quality of Research: people involved and their workload
“Distance educators, the one who know their system well usually are newcomers to the field and have their roots in other disciplines, even when they do have solid research skills, they still must ‘re-tool’ for this new research area. Furthermore, the emphasis in distance education system is in doing, not contemplation, most people in the field are administrators carrying a heavy workload. When special research units are established, they generally serve administration and focus on practical day-to-day issues” (p.1).
Calvert, J. (1984). A perspective on distance education research, Paper presented at Working Group Meeting on Distance Education Research, Universiti Sains
Malaysia, Penang

4. Research Challenges Choosing right topic
Choosing the right methodology
Individual or Team Research?
Finding study participants
Obtaining data
Survey tools – paid vs free like Google Forms
Dealing with Data (Statistical inferences)
Publishing

5. Challenges of Research in the age of Big Data
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6. Research Design Approaches in Distance Education
Priority areas of research
Issue of quantitative versus qualitative research
Enhancing different types of research
Methodology of research in distance education

7. Research Methods
Olaf Zawacki-Richter, Eva Maria Bäcker, and Sebastian Vogt

8. Ladder of Publication

9. Ladder of Publication Seminar and Workshops In-house publications
Conferences – host
Professional Bodies – ABED, ICDE,
Chapters – Collective publication
Articles – Create a Journal
Books – Create a Series

10. Classification of Research Areas
Micro
Meso
Macro
Olaf Zawacki-Richter, Eva Maria Bäcker, and Sebastian Vogt

11. Micro level: Teaching and learning in DE
Instructional design
Interaction and communication in learning communities
Learner characteristics

12. Meso level: Management, organisation and technology
Management and organisation
Costs and benefits
Educational technology
Innovation and change
Professional development and faculty support
Learner support services
Quality assurance

13. Macro level: Distance education systems and theories
Access, equity and ethics
Globalization of education and cross- cultural aspects
Distance teaching systems and institutions
Theories and models
Research methods in distance education and knowledge transfer

14. Advance your research

15. Join a Community

16. Google Scholar

18. IEEE Xplore

19. http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/ A reservoir of Indian Theses
The Centre provides a platform for research students to deposit their Ph.D. theses and make it available to the entire scholarly community in open access. The repository has the ability to capture, index, store, disseminate and preserve ETDs submitted by the researchers.

20. OpenDOAR

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“EBSCO" is an acronym for Elton B. Stephens Co.

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