I've been thinking about what topics I might research and I've come up with a few:
1. How do university faculty (or TCR or english dept) at TTU manage their information? A survey that asks faculty (using surveymonkey) about how they keep the files that support their own research. IRB needed.
2. What are the knowledge management characteristics of TCR faculty and graduate students? (onsite vs distance) another survey using surveymonkey. IRB needed.
3. Citation analysis of the five major journals in TCR. (IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication, Journal of Business and Technical Communication, Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, Technical Communication, and Technical Communication Quarterly) Might be too big, just focus on TCQ this summer.
4. Self citation in TCR (same five journals)
5. How homogeneous or heterogeneous is TCR? (citation analysis)
I would need IRB for the first two, but not for the last three. What I haven't done on the first two is to check and see it these articles have already been done. oy, sheila
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Sheila - Your second option would be very interesting and very valuable. This was something that came up a lot at the workshop and we all speculated that online students would have a stronger knowledge management background based on their situations. It will be interesting to see what you choose as I am sure each will produce something very fruitful.
Hi, Sheila. I like the first two, because they're more about technology; the others, however, would allow you to USE technology as part of the analysis....so it's up to you.
Here's a thought: We have the FIRST online PhD in TCR. What a great opportunity to study these folks! I think that would be a really wonderful opportunity for you, and it would contribute to our program. You could either compare f2f and online, or you could focus on online.
If you choose to go this route, why not talk to the director of grad studies in TCR? She's really good at collecting info, and you could build on what she's collected.
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