CEDU520 Action Research 1

Dr. Linda Simmons is teaching CEDu520, Developing Action Research for Instructional Technology. Thus far, the knowledge I have gained from the course that I would most like to retain includes the following:

1. This was the first time that I actually entered the Stritch library to obtain scholarly articles on-line. I am glad that I was encouraged to utilize this resource because it has proven very beneficial to my research.

2. It is has been very helpful to have the Powerpoint presentation, "Action Research: What is it?" on our Wiki page. After the first face-to-face class everything was pretty much a blur due to my own level of exhaustion, to have that Powerpoint available to review helped to clear up the purpose and direction of the class and the research process.

3. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Extramural Research web-based training course “Protecting Human Research Participants” was very interesting. My husband, a high school history teacher, was familiar with The Nuremburg Code and The Syphillis Study at Tuskagee, AL, but this was a new part of history to me that I believe is important to learn about.

4. Using Educator to access the Powerpoints of other researchers was very beneficial to help me brainstorm potential ideas for my research and to understand the big picture of what needs to be done for the IRB Powerpoint.