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  • Course Details

    Course Rationale

    Research and Innovation (RI) is the best way to establish a new understanding in any domain of knowledge. In the current era of dynamicity, new finding carries vital importance irrespective of the knowledge domain. Research is the key to create new ideas, technologies, methodologies that eventually resulted in innovation. The course focuses to formulate the pathway to walk in the area of research and innovation. The course starts the journey with the understanding basics of research, furthermore the process of conducting research to eventually innovate some useful ideas.

    Course Objective

    Upon successful completion of this course, students should be able to:

    • Describe the fundamental aspects of formulating research questions.
    • Explain the procedure of conducting a literature review to understand the importance of the research question.
    • Design methodologies to answer the research question posed using appropriate tools and implementation.
    • Explain analytical aspects of answering research question to formulate knowledge
    • Describe the basics of innovation, the relationship with research and the way to have a fruitful innovation from detailed research.
    • Maintain ethical aspects in formulating, designing and implementing research.

    Course Outcomes (CO's)

    CO1

    To be able to apply analytical skills to map out the conceptual design for a real-life problem and formulate research questions to answer the real-life problems and innovate the solution.

    CO2

    To be able to conduct detailed study to have a fruitful innovative model for solving any research problem.

    CO3

    To be able to evaluate the logical problem to translate into a specific research problem and design model to have an innovative solution for the same.

    CO4

    To be able to build the knowledge outcome from findings using a framework of literature review and analytical model.

    CO5

    To be able to select appropriate approaches for the innovating solution of research problems through an exhaustive methodology.


    Evaluation Criteria

    1. Attendance: 10%
    2. Presentation 1 :  15% 
    3. Literature Review: 10%
    4. Presentation 2: 15%
    5. Final Paper: 30%
    6. Quiz : 20%


  • Week 1: Introduction

      Topics of Discussion

      • Introduction to Research
      • Why Research is important?
      • How to begin to work on research topics? 
      • Overview of Types of research works. 


      Expected Learning Outcome

      • Appreciation of the needs of research
      • Understanding the necessity of research
      • Able to start research work 

      Learning Material 

      Introduction to Research Paper
      • Week 2: Research Formulation

        Topics of Discussion

        • Identification of research problem 
        • Formulating research questions

        Expected Learning Outcome

        • Understanding the necessity of research questions
        • Testing the validity of the question in the context
        • Setting the target research output

        Learning Materials


        Searching Papers for Literature Review


        • Week 3: Evaluating Existing Knowledge

          Topics of Discussion

          • The existing knowledge around the research question
          • Evaluation of the existing knowledge
          • Literature review

          Expected Learning Outcome

          • Writing a concrete literature review around formulated questions
          • Correlating the existing knowledge with research questions
          • Identifying the research gaps to be bridged
          Learning Material 



            Using Reference Manager (Mendeley) to Organize Literatures



            • Week 4: Quantitative Research Analysis

              Topics of Discussion

              • Introduction on quantitative research design 
              • Types of variables in quantitative research design
              • Measuring techniques

              Expected Learning Outcome

              • Understanding the diversity of variables in the quantitative approach
              • Able to apply different tests to justify the hypothesis
              • Understanding different measuring techniques of quantitative approach

              Learning Materials

              • Week 5: Qualitative Research

                Topics of Discussion

                • Introduction to qualitative research 
                • Diversity in research with qualitative research 

                Expected Learning Outcome

                • Understanding the diversity of the qualitative approach
                • Able to implement qualitative research approach 

                Presentation 1 Guidelines

                • Student Can give a group Presentation
                • Each group should not be having more than 4 Students in any case 
                • Each Student in the Group Needs to Present at least 4 to 8 Papers of Respective Domain 
                • The Presentation needs to be in English 
                • The Camera should be Switched on While Presenting own Portion 
                • Single Presentation will be more Appreciated
                • The Groupings and Research Topic should be Shared by 15th June 2021 in a consolidated Google Sheet
                Learning Material

                • Assignment 1
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              • Week 6: Designing Methodology

                Topics of Discussion

                • Sampling, Methods, Framework
                • Conceptualize research problems into implementation
                • Linking data with proposed concepts

                Expected Learning Outcome

                • Able to conceptualize the framework/s needed for the research
                • Combining both quantitative and qualitative approaches
                • Understanding the implementation procedures 

                Learning Material


                • Week 7: Midterm Exam/Assessment

                  • Week 8: Research Ethics

                    Topics of Discussion

                    • Ethical procedures & principles in research 
                    • Challenges of ethical research in education 
                    • Ethics of student research

                    Expected Learning Outcome

                    • Able to identify unethical practices of educational research 
                    • Understanding the role of students in maintaining research ethics 

                    Learning Material



                    • Week 9: Introduction to Innovation

                      Topics of Discussion

                      • Introduction to innovation
                      • Diversity & frameworks of innovation

                      Expected Learning Outcome

                      • Understanding innovation & its importance
                      • Able to identify different configurations of innovation

                      Discussion Slides


                      • Week 10: Strategies for data collection

                        Topics of Discussion

                        • Strategy design: questionnaire, interview and observation
                        • Ethical aspects of these strategies
                        • Diverse types of approaches in these strategies

                        Expected Learning Outcome

                        • Understanding different strategies for data collection in research
                        • Able to design multiple strategies to collect useful data

                        • Week 11: Styles of Educational Research

                          Topics of Discussion

                          • Surveys, longitudinal, cross-sectional and trend studies
                          • Designing and planning of these types

                          Expected Learning Outcome

                          • Understanding diverse types of approaches in educational research
                          • Able to conduct and design research in different approach


                          • Week 12: Reporting

                            Topics of Discussion

                            • Writing techniques and choices
                            • Communicating through writing 

                            Expected Learning Outcome

                            • Able to prepare a research paper with proper conceptualization
                            • Expressing ideas with proper explanations

                            Learning Materials

                            Refining or Finding Publication Venues and Articles from Any Journal 



                            • Week 13: Overview

                              Topics of Discussion

                              • Linking or conceptualizing research into innovation
                              • Importance of proper presentation in papers
                              • Innovation models in research

                              Expected Learning Outcome

                              • Understanding the importance of converting research into an innovative model 
                              • Able to represent the idea properly in the communication


                            • Week 14: Final Assessment



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