The document provides guidance for writing a graduate paper on the topic of technology use in colleges and universities. It suggests making the topic more specific and developing sub-questions to address the main research question. Keywords are identified from the questions and searched individually and in combinations on Google Scholar to find relevant articles. Other research resources mentioned include the university library catalog and databases, as well as interviews and online sources.

1. Leigh Zeitz Seminar: Writing a Graduate Paper

2. Provide focus for your research Provides reason for your review to explore a range of answers Flickr.com/Nadflickr

3. Identify your topic: The ultimate effect of music-listening while studying on grades. Add an interrogative pronoun to the beginning to make it a question. What is the ultimate effect of music-listening while studying on grades?

4. Not a Definition What does “Flipping a class” mean? Not Yes or No Is incorporating technology into college instruction educationally sound? Not Biased How can using technology in college improve instruction?

5. Not too wordy What will be the effects of using technology in college classes upon students’ abilities to better comprehend the actual information that the professors are sharing? Not too wide sweeping. What are the intellectual, emotional and logistical effects of incorporating technology into college instruction?

6. Topic: Technology use in colleges & universities Broad Question: Is incorporating technology into college instruction educationally sound? How about:

8. More specific but based upon general question: What are the effects of incorporating technology use in colleges & universities? What are the effects on student involvement when using Twitter in a political science class? How does social media affect the connections between teachers and students in large introductory undergraduate courses?

9. Technology use in colleges and universities: Is learning through distance education as effective as learning in a live classroom? Do today’s faculty support the use of research using the Internet? What methods of integrating technology into the curriculum have been demonstrated to be effective nationally?

10. Write down your research topic Turn your topic into a broad research question. Create at least 3 sub-questions that more specifically address your topic/question.

11. Identify at least 4 keywords/phrases in your question(s) and write them down. Open Google Scholar and enter them individually. How many hits did it return? Mix and Match your terms to refine your search. Continue this process and Diigo/Don’t Print the articles that appear interesting. Include “eits2010” as one of the tags.

12. Search the Internet Google Scholar Search UNI Library – Panther Prowler Education category ERIC (US DOE and EBSCO) Ask the Reference Librarian 273-2838

13. Interview knowledgeable people Talk with your professors and colleagues Read related blogs and wikis Follow related Twitter #hashtags Join online group at Google, Classroom 2.0 ???????

14. Technology in Colleges and Universities