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RES701 Blog #7

The IT area/subject I have most enjoyed is my WEB classes, especially WEB601. The IT area/subject I least enjoyed is DAT classes The IT area/subject I am most interested in is web development The one IT thing I never want to have to do again is quite a few things but mostly because of theContinue reading “RES701 Blog #7”

RES701 Blog #6

This week we are required to analyse two academic articles that we have found. Paper 1 TitleHow Big Data and Artificial Intelligence Can Help Better Manage the COVID-19 Pandemic Author(s) of the articleNicola Luigi Bragazzi , Haijiang Dai, Giovanni Damiani, Masoud Behzadifar , Mariano Martini and Jianhong Wu APA referenceBragazzi, N. L., Dai, H., Damiani,Continue reading “RES701 Blog #6”

RES701 Blog #5

Since I was never assigned to a group for the presentations on a research method, I will write about all of the research methods as I understand them. If my interpretation of a method is incorrect please leave a comment and let me know. Secondary ResearchSometimes also called desk-research, this method utilises already existing data.Continue reading “RES701 Blog #5”

RES701 Blog #4

Computational ThinkingSource 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computational_thinkingSearch terms: Computational ThinkingHow I found it: Google searchAuthor of source: Wikipedia (Multiple authors)Date published: Latest edit @ 20th February, 2020Publication type: Wikipedia ArticleCredibility (1 least credible, 10 very credible): Since this is a Wikipedia article that, in theory can be edited by anyone I’d say it is relatively credible at aboutContinue reading “RES701 Blog #4”

RES701 Blog #3

This week we looked at research paradigms, building on to last weeks session about Ontology and Epistemology. Different ontological and epistemological believes lead to different approaches to educational research. I will try my best to summarise the most common paradigms to try and gain a better understanding. PositivismPositivists have the ontological belief that there isContinue reading “RES701 Blog #3”

RES701 Blog #2

What is ontology? How is it relevant to research?The word ontology comes from the Greek words “Onto” and “Logia“. Onto = “Existence, being real”Logia = “Study or science”Ontology is the study of reality and being. It looks at the nature of existence and how people experience reality. It essentially covers everything that is observable, whatContinue reading “RES701 Blog #2”

RES701 Blog #1

What do you think ‘research’ is?I think research is gathering useful information and then analysing this information to extract important data. By doing so you can strengthen proposals for ideas, understand new concepts, develop existing concepts among many other things. Do you think you will ever need research skills?I don’t think I will ever needContinue reading “RES701 Blog #1”