Select a Research Topic

Ikona obiektów Research topic

You as a teacher / facilitator should be able to select the research topic needed for using during the lessons or maybe for a conference paper. Here we invite you to ask your facilitator [in this specific course] to help you in the research topic. He/she is often the best guide in helping you select an appropriate academic research topic, especially one which will satisfy the requirements of the course.

Instructors often suggest topics in class or in the course syllabus. Remember that these ideas are typically broad suggestions. They may need to be narrowed in order to make them feasible term paper topics.

EXAMPLE:

 “ If your search term was ICT, and if you are using Google - Advanced search, you would use the available pull down options to limit:

 Figure 4. In this fashion, you might find Institute for Creative Technologies  with its extensive educational material.


Ikona obiektów EXERCISE 1

Please go to Google Advanced Search and practice with two topics of your interest and comment on the forum :

Find pages with:

 

all these words: -------------------- [Type the important words: tricolor rat terier]

this exact word or phrase: -------------------- [Type the important words: tricolor rat terrier]

any of these words: --------------------[Type OR between all the words you want: miniature OR standard]

none of these words: -------------------- [Put a minus sign just before words you don't want: -rodent, -"Jack Russell"]

numbers ranging from: -------------------- to -------------------- [Put 2 periods between the numbers and add a unit of measure: 10..35 lb, $300..$500, 2010..2011

 


Ikona obiektów EXERCISE 2

Please go to Google Advanced Search and practice with two topics of your interest and comment on the forum :

Then narrow your results by...

language: [Find pages in the language you select].

region: [Find pages published in a particular region].

last update: -------------------- [Find pages updated within the time you specify].

site or domain: -------------------- [Search one site (like wikipedia.org ) or limit your results to a domain like .edu, .org or .gov]

terms appearing: -------------------- [Search for terms in the whole page, page title, or web address, or links to the page you're looking for].

SafeSearch: -------------------- off - moderate - strict [Tell how much explicit sexual content to filter].

reading level: -------------------- [Find pages at one reading level or just view the level info].

file type: -------------------- [Find pages in the format you prefer].

usage rights: -------------------- [Find pages you are free to use yourself].

You can also...

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