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Redesigning Research Methods

When: Tuesday, April 28, 2015
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Where: OFD Lounge, Library 220
Description: Presented by Prof. Viviane Hanna, Tammi Arford (CJS)

The focus of our curricular redesign was the new Research Methods for Justice Studies course (CJS 315). Research Methods is a core, required course in which students learn and develop skills that are fundamental to success in their other coursework and applicable in their future careers. As we were still creating the Department’s learning goals and objectives last year, this project provided the opportunity to develop both the departmental objectives related to research as well as the specific learning outcomes for the Research Methods course. Additionally, we were able to: 1) redesign the course so that it has a greater emphasis on epistemology and the ethics of conducting research; 2) create new assessment tools related to the course learning outcomes; and 3) locate and assign Open Education Resources so that students do not have to purchase expensive materials. The focus on epistemology and ethics proved to be beneficial for student learning, while the use of Open Education Resources was met with mixed results.

Lunch will be provided, please register through the main calendar.
Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Faculty, topic: Faculty Development
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