1. Tilak College of Education, Pune 30
Use of ICT in
Educational Research
Dr. Suresh G. Isave,
Associate Professor,
Tilak College of Education, Pune 30

2. What is Research ? Research is an attitude.
Research is ongoing continue process.
Formal Research is rigorous, exhausting and multicentre process.

3. Factors Influencing Research Nature of Researcher Nature of Guide
Support from employer
Cooperation of stakeholders
Availability of Resources
Family issues
Financial conditions
Motivation
Factors

4. What is ICT ?
Online
Offline
ICT

5. Planners / Organizers
Accomplishment of a research is an output of Planning and its execution.
Google Calendar – to plan, to set reminder, to set target dates, to maintain record of activities etc.
Sticky Notes – Keep record of dates
MS OneNote – To maintain Diary

6. Educational Search Engine

7. Educational Search PDF - detailed study e.g. reports, articles, stats
Presentations – to understand the basics
Web sites – to get the more relevant material
Write web links immediately

8. Online Data Repository
ERIC - Education Resources Information Center
Social-Science-Research-Network-
CORE. CORE is a multidisciplinary aggregator of open access research.
EBSCO-
Directory of Open Access Journals
Public Library of Science OpenDOAR.

9. Online Data Repository

10. Online Data Repository

11. Online Data Repository

12. Online Data Repository

13. Online Journal http://journals.sagepub.com/home/jte

14. Online Survey-Google Form
Development of questionnaire -Data collection-Data Analysis- Interpret –download-further analysis

15. Cloud Services

16. Online Communities https://www.mendeley.com/research-network/community

17. Word Processor Page Setup –Mirror margin Grammar Thesaurus-Research
Water marks

18. MS Word –Review options

19. MS word-Comment

20. MS Word - Citation

21. MS Word –APA types

22. Reference

23. MS Word -Table of Content

24. Presentations Software

25. Statistical Analysis –Quantitative

26. Statistical Analysis –Qualitative

27. MS Excel

28. Learn – How ? What ? Why ?
Search, Like , Subscribe,
Comment, Share

29. Precautions Keep back up of work Use DVDs or Cloud for storage
Take experts help if you not techno savvy in e-skill
Maintain hard copies
Avoid to share soft copy

30. Precautions
Research should be done manually, use technology as a tool to overcome limitations.
Check all typed material carefully, don’t trust blindly.
Maintain the dignity and confidentiality of research.
Always give hard copies to experts and a guide for corrections /suggestions.

31. Precautions
Give proper names and locations to the typed files Folders, to avoid the confusion about the latest /corrected copy.
e.g. – corrected / date/ new1,2/ +names etc.

32. Precautions Save files separately point wise
Save files in Chapter wise folder
Don’t rely on pen drives for storage.
Prefer PCs than smart phones

33. Netiquettes Take permission from guide for all activities.
Use technology as substitute way of communication.
Give priority to face to face communication with informants, respondents, subjects, experts etc.
Don’t share details of the research work online unless its completed and authenticated.

34. Plagiarism Read the guidelines of Plagiarism by respective agency
Level & type of acceptance may defer
Don’t upload research work online on free site to check plagiarism

35. Authenticity & Reliability
Printed material should be preferred.
Visit to academic site with domain type of .edu, .ac, .gov, .uni
Check the online source.
Rectify the social networking information e.g. Wikipedia
Compare with other sources

36. Copyright Don’t copy and paste
Check the copyright of the information taken
Ask the permission to use it research
Acknowledge and Mention in citation
Don’t allow your work to use without your permission

37. Cyber Security
Avoid to upload/share soft copy of research work before degree
Don’t disclose the identity of informants, respondents, subjects & experts on social networking
Take technical help from reliable and trusted elements

38. Conclusion Consistency Involvement Smart planning Proper Guidance
Sincere Efforts