A Review of Dissertations from an Online Asynchronous Learning Design and Technologies Educational Doctoral Program

Autor: Lucas Vasconcelos, Michael M. Grant, Hengtao Tang, Fatih Ari, Ismahan Arslan-Ari, Yingxiao Qian
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Impacting Education, Vol 9, Iss 2 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2472-5889
DOI: 10.5195/ie.2024.406
Popis: Practitioner-focused educational doctoral programs have grown substantially in recent years. Dissertations in Practice (DiPs), which are the culminating research report and evaluation method in these programs, differ from traditional PhD dissertations in their focus on addressing a problem of practice and on connecting theories with practice. As part of our ongoing program evaluation, we reviewed DiPs from doctoral students who graduated from an online asynchronous Educational Doctoral program in Learning Design and Technologies at the University of South Carolina. Findings revealed that most students chose a pragmatic philosophical paradigm, adopted a mixed methods research design, reported an action research intervention implemented with populations in K-12 schools, used surveys and interviews as data sources, and analyzed data with descriptive/inferential statistics and thematic analysis. Implications for the program curriculum are discussed.
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