1. Module 2 Data Colletion instruments and Instructional Design María del Pilar Fernández Chía, Colombia September 1st, 2017
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2. Agenda
Compare and contrast advantages and disadvantages of different techniques for data collection.
Refine the instruments designed for data collection process based on feedback.
Discuss guidelines on how to write chapter 3.

3. Research design Research methodology Ethical issues Piloting
Constructs operationalization or data collection
Time frames
Validity and reliability

4. Qualitative and quantitative data
Aspect  
Quantitative
Qualitative
Objectives
To confirm hypotheses  
To predict casual relationships
To describe a population characteristics
To explore phenomena
To describe and explain relationships
To describe individual experiences or group behaviors
Methods
Highly structured 
Semi-structured  
Study design
Rigid or stable from beginning to end
Flexible in some aspects
Type of data
 Numerical
Textual
Taken from: Mack, Woodsong, MacQueen, Guest, & Emily. (2005).

5. Task 1: Challenges
Make a list of challenges you may encounter in your data collection process.
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6. Task 2: Data collection techniques
General characteristics
Types
Advantages and disadvantages
Ethical issues
Piloting
Layout or protocol
Tips

7. Task 3: Workshop on data collection instruments

8. Why is piloting important?
To elicit posible problems in the design.
To revise if the intrument has a balanced structure.
To know if instructions were properly followed.
To eliminate ambiguous or superfluous questions
To revise if questions are too general or too detailed

9. Design research protocols (Creswell, 2012)
Forms designed by the researcher to record information when observing or interviewing.
Observer: _____________
Lesson: _______________
Date: _________________
Time: _________________
Course: _______________
Students: _____________
Research questions:
____________________________________________
Objective: _____________
Observation
Reflection

10. INTERVIEW PROTOCOL SAMPLE
(Creswell, 2012, p. 234)

11. Chapter 3 template
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12. Task 4: Final reflection
Go back to the list you created with the challenges or difficulties at the beginning of the lesson and complete it with suitable solutions you propose to deal with those situations.

13. Assignments
Submit your data collection instruments following the corresponding criteria (Due date September 4th).
Read samples of research projects focusing mainly on the “instructional design” section (chapter IV).
Complete a field note, log, or journal of a class you teach this week.

14. References
Burns, A. (2003). Collaborative action research for English language teachers. Cambridge: CUP.
Creswell, J. (2012). Educational research: Planning, conducting, and evaluating quantitative and qualitative research (4th ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson Education.
Mack, N., Woodsong, C., MacQueen, K. M., Guest, G., & Emily, N. (2005). Qualitative research methods: A data collector’s field guide. Research Triangle Park, NC: Family Health Internationa
Mertler, C. (2006). Action Research: Teachers as Researchers in the Classroom. Thousand Oaks: Sage.
Siniscalco M. T. & Auriat N. (2005).Questionnaire Design. In Kenneth N. Ross (Ed.) Quantitative research methods in educational planning. Paris: UNESCO.