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  • Welcome Note

    Greetings Students.

    I am MD Assaduzzaman, welcoming you to Research & Innovation Course.  

    I hope we will learn together to enrich ourselves, and together, we can make this journey memorable. 
    May the Almighty grant you peace and happiness always.


                             Welcome video for my beloved students


                                                      

    Course Instructor Information:

    Instructor Name   :  Md Assaduzzaman                                                      
    Designation           :  Lecturer  
    Office Address       : Room: 316, AB-04 Building, DIU
    Contact No             : 01824089009
    Email                       : assaduzzaman.cse@diu.edu.bd


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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 need of research
      • Understanding the necessity of research
      • Able to start research work 

      Learning Material 



    • 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

      • Opened: Sunday, 14 August 2022, 12:00 AM
        Due: Monday, 15 August 2022, 9:00 PM
    • 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 



      • 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

        • Opened: Friday, 23 September 2022, 12:00 AM
          Due: Saturday, 24 September 2022, 12:00 AM
        • Opened: Friday, 23 September 2022, 12:00 AM
          Due: Saturday, 24 September 2022, 12:00 AM
      • 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 

        Learning Material

        • Opened: Friday, 23 September 2022, 12:00 AM
          Due: Thursday, 29 September 2022, 12:00 AM
      • 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 



                • Final Paper Report with plagiarism-PC-F Assignment
                  Opened: Friday, 9 December 2022, 12:00 AM
                  Due: Monday, 12 December 2022, 12:00 AM
                  Restricted Not available unless: You belong to PC-F
                • Opened: Friday, 9 December 2022, 12:00 AM
                  Due: Monday, 12 December 2022, 12:00 AM
              • 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



                  • Submit your Final presentation slide - PC-F Assignment
                    Opened: Friday, 9 December 2022, 12:00 AM
                    Due: Monday, 12 December 2022, 12:00 AM
                    Restricted Not available unless: You belong to PC-F
                  • Opened: Friday, 9 December 2022, 12:00 AM
                    Due: Monday, 12 December 2022, 12:00 AM