Topic outline

  • Welcome to Research & Innovation Course

    WELCOME LETTER

    Dear Students

    Welcome to the Research and Innovation (CSE 326) courses, I, Sharun Akter Khushbu will be your co-pilot in this online journey of learning.

    I care about your success in these courses. I'm glad you are here.

    Sharun Akter Khushbu
    Lecturer, Department of Computer Science and Engineering
    Daffodil International University

    Sharun Akter Khushbu

    Lecturer, Department of CSE

    Daffodil International University

    Office: Room: 317(8), AB-4

    Email: sharun.cse@diu.edu.bd

    Phone: +8801730599307

    Course Rationals

    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 Objectives

    O1
    Describe the fundamental aspects of formulating research questions.
    O2
    Explain the procedure of conducting a literature review to understand the importance of the research question.
    O3
    Design methodologies to answer the research question posed using appropriate tools and implementation.
    O4
    Explain analytical aspects of answering research question to formulate knowledge
    O5
    Describe the basics of innovation, the relationship with research and the way to have a fruitful innovation from detailed research.
    O6
    Maintain ethical aspects in formulating, designing and implementing research.

    Course Outcomes

    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.

    TEXT/REFERENCE BOOKS

    01
    Research Methods in Education
    by Louis Cohen, Lawrence Manion and Keith Morrison, Sixth Edition
    02
    Introduction to Research Methods in Education
    by Keith F Punch and Alis Oancea, Second Edition
    03
    Introduction to Research in Education
    by Donald Ary, Lucy Cheser Jacobs and Chris Sorensen, Eighth Edition
    04
    A New Approach to Research Ethics
    by Henriikka Mustajoki and Arto Mustajoki
    05
    The student’s guide to research ethics
    by Paul Oliver

    Assessment Plan

    Final Exam
    40
    Mid-term Exam
    25
    3 Class Tests
    15
    Attendance
    07
    Assignment
    05
    Presentation
    08
    Total
    100

  • Course Details

    Week 1

    Introduction

  • Week 2: Research Formulation

    Week 3

    Evaluating Existing Knowledge

    • 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 



        Searching Papers for Literature Review


      • 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


        Using Reference Manager (Mendeley) to Organize Literatures



        Refining or Finding Publication Venues and Articles from Any Journal 



        • Week 14: Final Assessment



          • Paper Submission