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Apostolos Koutropoulos (“AK”)
Cohort 7
EDDE 805 Assignment 1
@koutropoulos
ΑDissertation 1
(something imported)
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Corpora and language education: exploitation potentials in teaching Greek and construction of pedagogically relevant corpora - by Giagkou, Maria
(2009)Σώματα Κειμένων και Γλωσσική Εκπαίδευση: Δυνατότητες αξοιποίησης στη διδασκαλία της Ελληνικής και συγκρότηση παιδαγωγικά κατάλληλων σωμάτων κειμένων. Γιάγκου, Μαρία (2009)
Dissertation Layout1.Introduction 2.Applied Linguistics and Corpus Linguistics 3.Contributions of Corpus Linguistics to language education 4.Corpus Linguistics and the teaching of Greek 5.Characteristics of appropriate learner corpora 6.Readability of texts 7.Organization of Greek texts by readability criteria 8.Summary of findings 9.Bibliography10.Appendices
263 pages
(chapters 1-8)
1.5x spacing
30 pages Greek, English, French
RGs, RQs and Methodology
RG1: The derivation of pedagogically useful conclusions using (or guided by) linguistic research data.
RG2: The creation (collection) of pedagogically appropriate corpora, meaning corpora that can be included in teaching practices and useful to learners
Research-based position paper (chapters 2-4)
RQ1: What are the measurable text characteristics that influence the reading difficulty of a text?
RQ2: How can this influence be quantified so that a Greek text can be evaluated on its reading difficulty?
RQ3: How can readability be used as a criterion for automatic collections of appropriate texts for specific groups of learners, and hence create a pedagogically appropriate corpus?Creation of new formula for readability based on
existing formulas for English. Validate using those formulas and learners of a specific grade range (chapters 5-7)
Methodological Approach (for Goal 2)
It’s all
Greek to
you
Let me explain this chart...
Research Participants✘1,970 middle school students from 20 different schools in
Greece (7th, 8th, 9th grade)60% return rate913 of the returned tests were valid for study
✘Unnamed experts *
(Positives)✘Very (very!) well researched✘Bibliography draws from more than just Greek and English
works✘Reads well and has logical structure✘Contributes to field by means of a new computational
model
(Points of improvement)✘Very long setup (lost sight of the ‘prize’?)✘Felt like two related dissertations (not one connected
whole)✘Makes assumption that textbook texts are appropriate for
learner level (replace unnamed experts with actual human participants)
✘A dissertation idea: analyze language use of community participants in an online social network (Fb or Twitter)
✘Corpus Linguistics Analysis is an interesting approach to use: creation of corpora from social media communities to be used for analysis.
✘Could compare corpus-derived findings to other findings, such as SNA derived findings (compare language use of in- and out- groups)
✘Verdict: a little too math-focused for me (at this time)
Connections
ΒDissertation 2
(something domestic)
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Collaboration in Online Environments: Student Perceptions of Purpose, Process, and Product. - by Rochelle, Gail
(2004)
Dissertation Layout1.Introduction2.Literature Review3.Methodology4.Data Analysis & Findings5.Findings, Implications, Suggestions6.Bibliography7.Appendices
185 pages
(chapters 1-5)
2x spacing
11 pages English language works
RQs and MethodologyRQ1: What are student perceptions of collaborative research as it occurs using a web-based electronic portfolio?
RQ2: How do students view the effects of such collaboration on their learning purpose, process, and product?
✘ Case study approach✘ Using Naturalistic Inquiry Model✘ Emergent design✘ Use of Content Analysis
Research Participants✘Students in a uVA class (EDIS 542: Language, Literacy,
and Culture) who are undertaking a collaborative project✘18 students taking entry survey✘2 students acting as cases✘13 (of original 18) students taking exit survey
✘Builds on work of 2 previous dissertations✘Researcher has a emic & etic perspectives as a former
student in that class✘Not just approached from one lense
Collaborative learningComputer & collaborationePortfoliosOnline Learning Communities
(Positives)
✘Author didn’t quite understand Case Study method?✘Entry survey more on focused on tech skills (connection to collaboration?)✘Some sections a little short?✘Surface-level literature review✘Repetitive final chapter✘Too much focus on future research (connects to lit-review)✘Too specific in its implementation (title suggest something more abstract)✘Missed opportunity for collaboration vs cooperation✘Whither COP and CoI?
(Points of improvement)
Connections✘Provided me with some literature that might have been
overlooked✘Similar approach envisioned for my dissertation proposal✘Case Study, emergent design, collaboration context✘What about a research data retention policy? ✘Researcher-as-human-instrument statement
ΓMy Proposal
(hopefully a fine blend of domestic approaches and international actors)
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Working Title
Open Course Collaboration: A case study of emergent collaboration in Rhizo14 and Rhizo15
Rhizo ‘14The community that piqued (kindled?) my interest in collaborative research in online communities
What happened in Rhizo?✘We learned...✘We interacted… (student-student, and student-content)✘We formed voluntary groups to research… (wait...what? This wasn’t in
the syllabus!)
Not unprecedented, something similar happened in MobiMOOC in 2011
The Big QWhy initiate? Why participate? Why complete? Why
repeat?
Why?
Research Questions (currently brewing)
RQ1Watch this space...
RQ2Watch this space...
RQ3Watch this space...
Research ParticipantsIndividuals who enrolled in Rhizo14 and/or Rhizo15 and who collaborated an extra-curricular research project that was published or presented at a conference. These individuals participated in groups of 2 or more people
Locations of Potential Participants
Challenge: multiple lenses
LeadershipMotivation ANT(Actor Network
Theory)
PLN, COP, CoI, &
LearningOrg.
TheoryOnly some of what’s coming to mind
“Be ruthlessly pragmatic(paraphrased
)Marguerite KooleEDDE 806 (01/2016)
Thank you!Any questions?
You can find me at@koutropoulos