IS40640

Learning Outcomes:

Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the module students should be able to:
1) Conduct the research planning and execution process with integrity with awareness and ability to consider research ethics
2) Choose appropriate research and analysis methods and apply them to research questions
3) Discuss considerations needed for specific methods and analysis techniques
4) Communicate issues relating to key areas in research methods

Indicative Module Content:

Course Syllabus (Note that this is subject to change):
Week 1: Lecture: What is Research Methods? Tutorial Exercise: Literature Search & Referencing Software
Week 2: Lecture: Research & Information Ethics Tutorial Exercise: Research Ethics Quiz
Week 3: Lecture: Research Integrity Tutorial Exercise: Plagiarism Quiz
Week 4: Lecture: Recruitment & Research Conduct Tutorial Exercise: Participant Information Sheet & Consent Form
Week 5: Lecture: Designing Quantitative Experiments Tutorial Exercise: Experiment Structure & Confounds
Week 6: Lecture: Self Report Questionnaires Tutorial Exercise: Item development/PCA analysis (basic stats for MLIS)
Week 7: Lecture: Writing Quantitatively Tutorial Exercise: APA writing exercise
Week 8: Lecture: Interviews Tutorial Exercise: Interview question development
Week 9: Lecture: Ethnography/participant observation Tutorial Exercise: Observation/Fieldnotes
Week 10: Lecture: Content Analysis Tutorial Exercise: Content analysis exercise
Week 11: Lecture: Thematic Analysis Tutorial Exercise: Thematic Analysis exercise
Week 12: Lecture: Summary Lecture

Student Effort Hours:

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:

Approaches across the course include:

- Lectures
- Tutorials
- Critical writing & reflective learning
- Debates & discussion
- Case-based/Project based learning

Students are not allowed to use Generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI), or other machine learning technology, in their assignments for this module except where explicitly stated otherwise in an assignment brief.

Students should familiarise themselves with UCD’s
- Academic Integrity Policy: https://hub.ucd.ie/usis/!W_HU_MENU.P_PUBLISH?p_tag=GD-DOCLAND&ID=274
- Student Academic Misconduct Procedure: https://hub.ucd.ie/usis/!W_HU_MENU.P_PUBLISH?p_tag=GD-DOCLAND&ID=275

All assignments will be checked with UCD’s text-based similarity detecting software.

Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.

Module Requisites and Incompatibles

Not applicable to this module.
 

Assessment Strategy

 

Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 

Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Research Plan - Poster: Written feedback will be given individually through Brightspace post assessment Research Plan - Written Assignment & Tutorial Exercise Appendix: Written feedback will be given individually through Brightspace post assessment

Timetabling information is displayed only for guidance purposes, relates to the current Academic Year only and is subject to change.