Introduction
This course is about developing basic research skills to conduct
qualitative, quantitative or mixed-methods research and to
develop your academic writing skills. You will learn how to clearly
define a research problem and how to formulate research
questions. You will also define and describe various research
paradigms and research designs. Various sampling techniques,
data collection methods and tools, data analysis methods and
quality assurance techniques will be investigated. Furthermore,
this course covers ethical principles in research. In the end, you
will be guided to design a research proposal for your intended
research.
Assessment
You will have several assessment opportunities, which include
posts to the discussion forum, assignments and quizzes, among
others. You will have various learning activities to engage with and
tasks to complete. In the end, these tasks will help you to design
your research proposal which will be submitted as the final
summative assessment.
Course Design
This course is an eLearning (online) course with three virtual
sessions scheduled after hours.
Who Should Enrol
Researchers, undergraduate and postgraduate students that
want to learn more about basic research -and writing skills and
how to design a research proposal.