ALLANA MANAGEMENT JOURNAL OF RESEARCH, PUNE - Volume 5, Issue 1, January 2015 - June 2015

Pages: 21-29
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INITIATING THE COMPUTER SAVVY YOUNG STUDENTS INTO RESEARCH : RESULTS OF AN EXPERIMENT WITH ICT BLENDED APPROACH

Author: Dr. H. S. Acharya

Category: Information Technology Management

Abstract:

Creating interest in research and initiating the young into research is a real challenge. When research methodologies are part of curriculum one has to teach a bunch of students with various degrees of research aptitude. This heterogeneity complicates the matter further. However the reality is that student now days are more computer savvy, hence an intelligent use of ICT should help.

This research effort identifies six factors, inherent in the target audience in general which need to be property understood, property measured and estimated, before the challenge can really be tackled. An experimental approach with planned ICT blended teaching methodology was adopted at Allana Institute of Management over last four year.;. The methodology is presented, and critically analyzed in this paper.

An analysis of the tendency of students to use ICT in conduct of projects, use of analytics and report generation is also discussed.

Two Selected graduate projects, one using e-survey, the other using experimental design are briefly discussed as independent case studies. These serve as evidence of effectiveness of the change in teaching methodology.