- Title
- Methodological capacity within the field of "educational technology" research : an initial investigation
- Creator
- Bulfin, Scott; Henderson, Michael; Johnson, Nicola; Selwyn, Neil
- Date
- 2014
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/92649
- Identifier
- vital:9604
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.1111/bjet.12145
- Identifier
- ISSN:0007-1013
- Abstract
- The academic study of educational technology is often characterised by critics as methodologically limited. In order to test this assumption, the present paper reports on data collected from a survey of 462 "research active" academic researchers working in the broad areas of educational technology and educational media. The paper explores their familiarity and expertise with various methods of data collection and analysis. Data from the survey highlight a preference for relatively basic forms of descriptive research, coupled with a lack of capacity in advanced quantitative data collection and analysis. The paper concludes with some directions for "methodological capacity building" to broaden the use of methods in educational technology research.
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Relation
- British Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 45, no. 3 (2014), p. 403-414
- Rights
- Copyright © 2014 British Educational Research Association
- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
- Subject
- 1303 Specialist Studies In Education; Educational technology; Methodological capacity; Academic study; Academic researchers; Educational media
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