Implementing the PE Academy’s Research (co)Laboratory (PEARL) Using Google Workspace

A Participatory Review of the Design Using a Case Study: Supporting Development of an IJPE Submission


August 24  5:30pm EST

 

Part A:  PEARL Overview

Part B:  Work in PEARL

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Facilitator(s)

David Leasure, Univ of Maryland Global Campus

David's purpose is to help people unleash their unlimited potential. He serves as the research advocate (i.e. director) of the Academy and also as collegiate professor, first-term experience, at the University of Maryland Global Campus. He has over 25 years' experience in higher education administration. His research interests include teaching, learning, mind-tools, and personal development. His PhD is in computer science from the University of Kansas.

Grace Onodipe, Georgia Gwinnett College

After earning her Ph.D. (2003) in agricultural, environmental and development (AED) economics from The Ohio State University, Grace taught economics and business statistics at fully online universities for 15 years. She is currently an Assistant Professor of Economics at Georgia Gwinnett College. She has published papers and presented at conferences and workshops relating to the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. Her articles highlight core concepts of innovative use of technology in the teaching of economics and business statistics. She has led several faculty learning communities with themes such as Flipped Learning and Growth Mindsets.

Steve Beyerlein, University of Idaho

Steve has a long-term passion for faculty, staff, and student collaboration in the pursuit of process-oriented active learning and accompanying personal/professional growth. Over the last 35 years, he has taught a wide variety of design methodology and thermal systems courses at the University of Idaho, initiating a nationally renowned multi-disciplinary capstone design program with external clients, organizing the longest running academic design show in the northwest, and serving as department chair from 2015-2020. His work in the second discipline of teaching/learning includes being a project director for the Faculty Guidebook and long-time service on the PE Conference committee as well as the editorial board for the International Journal of Process Education.

Why?

In previous research workshops we identified opportunities for enhanced collaboration in all phases of the research process using technology. We will discuss a case study using the Academy’s Google Workspace to support collaborative research. Our case study is the preparation of a draft submission to the Academy’s scholarly journal (IJPE) of an on-going project advanced by using the Educational Design Research Framework shown in the diagram below. The workshop will first cover the EDR requirements, process, and how the case study fits the model. The second part will be a breakout into small teams to assess the case study and perform an opportunity analysis for the PE Academy Research Laboratory (PEARL) to support the needs of Academy members through the functions identified in the EDR framework.

Figure: EDR Framework.

Outcomes

Resources

Skim prior to workshop

Workshop Links

Exploration Questions

Based on a quick review of the resources listed above, answer the following questions and post them on the appropriate topic of the Forum for this workshop session.

  1. How do you currently collaborate on papers and other research?
  2. Which items did you find most useful in the resources? Why?
  3. What other items might be useful to support a research project in PEARL?

Plan

Before the session:

  1. Skim the resources provided.
  2. Record your answers to the Exploration Questions on the forum for the session before the session begins.
  3. Come with ideas for scholarship that you would like to pursue with others

Part A (PEARL Overview)

During the session (35 min):

  1. Overview of the workshop (5 mins) 
  2. Summarize exploration responses (5 mins)
  3. Walk through PEARL using the case study (15 mins)
  4. IJPE Author Guidelines (10 mins)

(Work in PEARL)

During the session (55 min):

  1. Breakout teams of 3-4 people and assign roles of captain, and recorder/spokesperson (5 mins)
  2. Verify members have access to the team’s workspace in PEARL (5 mins)
  3. Assess strengths & improvements of the materials and folder structure of PEARL (there is a forum topic available for recording these assessments) (10 mins)
  4. Compose an insight about using PEARL for a chosen research area (there is a forum topic available for recording these insights) (15 mins)
  5. Report to large group on key insights and results (15 mins)
  6. Assessment of the session using the session assessment feedback form (5 mins)

    7. I'm ready to Assess the Workshop!op!