WEEKLY MATERIAL

2020	Day	Slides	Topics	Reading	Activities
Month		Preparing for a scholarly study
September	14	Class 1	Orientation	An Incomplete Guide to the Art of Discovery by Jack Oliver	Get ready
	21	Class 2 Video	Introduction to Research Design	Chapter on Methodological and Epistemic Framework: From Positivism to Post-positivism   Paper on Participatory Research	Identify a research question in a journal article and discuss which design would be best to study the question and why. Select a topic that you would like to study. Use the four combinations of worldviews, strategies of inquiry and research methods, to think about whether the design would be quantitative, qualitative, or mixed methods research.
	28	Class 3	Review of Literature	Information security culture: a systematic literature review	ASSIGNMENT #1: Writing a Concept Note
October	5	Class 4 Video	The Use of Theory	Variables influencing information security policy compliance: a systematic review of quantitative studies	Work on Assignment #1
	12	Class 5 Video	Writing Strategies, Research Ethics, and Critical Thinking	Ethics in Computing Programming Ethics Cloud Computing and Developing Nations	Work on Assignment #1 (Last Week)
		Designing Research
	19	Class 6	The Introduction and Purpose Statement	Towards a Guide for Novice Researchers on Research Methodology: Review and Proposed Methods (paper) On the Benefits and Challenges of Mixing Methods and Methodologies (paper)	Submit Assignment #1
	26	Class 7 Video	Research Question and Hypothesis	The impact of cybercafés on information services in Uganda (Quantitative example) ICT and the Democratization Process in North Africa: Tool of Freedom or Instrument of Oppression? (Qualitative example) Integrating Technology and Problem-based Learning: A Mixed Methods Study of Two Teacher Professional Development Designs (Mixed Methods example)	ASSIGNMENT #2: Develop a Research Proposal
November	2	Class 8	Research Proposals & Theses	Masters Theses and Project Reports 2019 (Brown University) Computer Science Theses and Dissertations 2019 (Iowa State University)	Work on Assignment #2
		Research Methods
	9	Class 9 Video	Quantitative Methods	Read Creswell Chapter 8	Work on Assignment #2
	16	Class 10 Video	Qualitative Methods	Read Creswell Chapter 9	Work on Assignment #2
	23	Class 11  Video	Mixed Methods	Read Creswell Chapter 10	Work on Assignment #2 (Last Week)
	30	Revision Class			Submit Assignment #2