Week 3 DQ3 DQ3 –Searching for Research Suppose your university or college wants

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Week 3 DQ3

DQ3 –Searching for Research

Suppose your university or college wants to modify its course scheduling procedures to better serve students. Please answer the following questions with that scenario in mind:

1. What are some secondary sources of information that might be used to conduct research into this topic?

2. Describe how these sources might be used.

3. Describe a method you could use to gather primary research data about the topic.

4. Develop questions – 2 structured and 2 unstructured – to use in the primary research method chosen in part 3.

Explanation / Answer

1.
The source of secondary information is the other universities and colleges as well as their own course scheduling procedure. It will give detailed idea or the direction of change. The second source of secondary information is the research reports that are focussed to find out the correlation between the course scheduling and the student’s learning. The third source is the reports or templates provided by the accreditation agencies and board. Any course scheduling procedure must comply the guidelines prescribed by these bodies.

2.
These sources will be used as follows:
A.   To make complete compliance with the guidelines prescribed by the accreditation bodies
B.   To prepare the best course scheduling procedure on the basis what is being done in the industry
C.   To understand what is preferred by the students
D.   To do a benchmarking analysis and select the best factors while designing the course scheduling

3.
I will go with questionnaire survey of the target audience to collect the primary data. It will help me capture the required information to be used for course scheduling work.

4.
2 structured questions are:
A.   Are you satisfied with the existing course scheduling of your program:
1.   Yes   2. No
B.   What is your preferred factor in the new course scheduling procedure:
1.Timely classes 2. Subject preferences 3. Longer enrollment timing
2 unstructured questions are:
A.   How do you think to improve the course scheduling procedure in the college?
B.   What are the necessary changes suggested by you in the new scheduling procedure?

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