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Hi, everybody.

Hello.

My name is Andrew Rather Kanye.

I'm the module leader for academic research skills,

academic research skills Chronic or it's also fashionably known as a R s.

All right, so it's a model.

It's a skill based module that we offer at the free university level.

It's a very unique model because this model is usually offered

at undergraduate level in most of the tertiary institution education, uh,

institutions.

But here in Asia Pacific University in AP,

you we introduce it at a very initial stage so that we could prepare

the students. We could prepare you to have a smooth transition.

When you shift from the free university programme

and even go to your degree programme.

You will not have a shock like Okay, what is this? What is an article?

What is a research article? Do I have to do a research?

Why do I have to do assignment at this land?

How do I read

this book? It's in English. Oh my God, It sounds so great.

You will not have all these problems because because we're going to introduce

all these and a very preamble stage itself which is in the foundation programme

So this is briefly,

this is what we do in this model,

all right? And and from the School of Foundation.

So school of foundation,

we prepare students to progress to the degree to undergraduate programmes.

And, uh, if you would like to reach me, this is my email and rather at stuff email dot

eu dot e d you don't mind? And of course, we are also available on teams.

You can reach me on teams as well.

All right,

and, uh yeah. So what are the topics?

Students always have this question. So what are we going to do in this morning?

What are we gonna do for 12 weeks? Well, this is a rough coverage.

In fact, a comprehensive coverage of what you're gonna do in this 12 weeks.

The first topic will be on introduction to research. So in this,

um, topic, you will be introduced to many new terminologies.

You go through the definitions of the term research

and you will look at a lot of elements.

Very basic elements that are required for you to

understand any simple research articles that you read.

And then we will take you to the next topic which is quantitative research,

as the name spells out

quantitative deals with numbers.

Don't worry, you're not gonna do any mathematics. No double nuts. Nothing.

We will introduce you to the basic concepts

of how data is important in conducting research.

Alright and moving on. Number three.

Literature REVIEW Nothing to do with Shakespeare.

It's literature Review is basically reading previous research articles or

reading about basically reading about your research topic or assignment.

Any topic given to you when you read about your topic.

Meaning you read work done by other scholars. Other writers. Then it's briefly.

We call that literature review.

Moving on.

The fourth topic is critical. Thinking

critical thinking is not a new what

it's. In fact, I think it's already used everywhere.

So in this module we will take you through step by

step on how to think critically because this is survival.

Without this, you will drown in this model.

It's just like a compass when you're in a forest. Yeah,

and then moving on. Research and ethics.

Very simple topic, but it has got very important content because

no matter what we do, you could be an expert in anything.

But if you're not ethical, it will not take you further. So it's the same.

So we will introduce to some important key elements that you need as a student here.

So that's ethics and research.

Qualitative research is the opposite of quantitative quantitative talks.

Our numbers

qualitative talks about interpretation, for example, historical research.

You can put statistics frequency

percentage, you know. Yes, you may have all that, but that is not the

prominent. That's not the main thing in that research.

If you take that numbers away, you could still understand the context.

Because historical research is not a type of research where

you need numbers to analyse the data and historical research.

We listen to a lot of storeys. That's why it's history, right?

Okay, so that's qualitative.

Of course, there are many types of qualitative researchers which we will,

um, deal with during the lecture. Moving on referencing.

I'm not sure if you've heard of this term. Referencing is a very important aspect in,

um, in in the field of academic, you can't run away.

You do an assignment, you have to cite the writers.

You have to acknowledge the contributors. So, yeah, that's referencing.

And then moving on, we have this topic on question and designing.

So, questionnaire designing,

um, is a session where we will guide you through on designing questionnaire.

We will use online questionnaire,

and then this is very important for your group assignment,

because you will be in a group assignment.

You will be designing a questionnaire, and you will also do a survey.

You do data collection, data analysis and so on.

And the last topic here is Internet research.

So an Internet research we will talk about important,

definitely importance of researching,

uh, internet in research. You can take Internet away.

Not this research, but, you know, it has been part and parcel of our life today,

but we will see how useful how powerful the Internet can be in research.

So these are the topics. Okay, moving on.

I

okay, assessment the most important thing. Yeah. So, no matter.

You know, whatever it is, how passionate we are if we feel

and the model you've got to repeat received retake,

so we don't want to get into all that.

So if you get your assessments right, you escape from all that. So assessment.

The good news is 100% in course. meaning there is no final exam.

There are three components.

First individual assignment, number two,

group assignment and number three class tests.

Okay, let's look into the individual components here.

So class test is 20%

and

M. C. Q. Questions.

Yeah, you'll be given and seek your questions for your class test

and then

individual assignment constitute 20%. You'll be given research articles.

You've got to cross analyse the articles.

That's your task for individual assignment

and for group assignment.

Uh, it's 50%.

So you've got two components. Their number one designing questionnaires.

So remember you had one topic on questionnaire designing. So that's the purpose.

And then after designing the questionnaire, you have got to

disseminate the questionnaire. You've got to collect data.

You have to analyse your data, and eventually you have to share your data.

So the entire assignment is about this.

So these are the three components individual group and class test class,

Texas individual attempt

and

yeah,

so delivery style.

Very simple. Every topic. We've got a standard delivery style.

The first thing you do is recall.

Recall is for you to remember what you did in the last in the previous topic,

and then the second, um, staff is warmer. Warmer is to introduce the present topic.

So in warmer, you may be participating in a forum.

You may watch a video, you may see some graphics.

Uh, it's a lead in, basically, to get you into the topic.

And then step three is to go through the entire content

and finally squeeze me is a very simple assessment to understand your mastery

of for you to understand your mastery of knowledge about the topic.

So very simple. Four steps we have in this, uh, model for every topic.

And

this is Ralph Ralph Effect. Ralph is actually a model.

Uh, it's an embedded model in the delivery of this entire online,

of course. So the first thing you do is you recall information

and then

auditory element.

I mean, some of you, some of the learners, maybe auditory learners.

You are a person who like to listen.

You absorb when you listen, so we cater to your needs.

We've got videos where you have to listen. Some of the videos are from

existing resources. Could be from YouTube somewhere.

We have recorded the lectures,

and for some of you, you like to read.

You're not audit arena You like to read. No problem. You have notes for you.

For you to read. Some of you could be visual.

So you have got Yeah, videos and infographics.

Some of the notes have been compressed in the form of infographics.

We have compressed it.

And finally, there's one more component here called Engage.

So engages one aspect that you have to participate because that's

the only opportunity you have to connect with your classmates.

So if you take this away, you're going to be a Lone Ranger.

And if it's the whole purpose, because you need to be connected

with others in order for you to succeed in this module,

because learning is an element where we do it together,

especially a group assignment and all that.

So these are the five elements we have in this model. So

there you go. Good luck. Happy to have you on board and we'll see you again.

Thank you very much.

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