inquiry

As I began to round out my degree program the choices became more precious, as I had only three courses left. I chose EAD877 - Program Planning and Evaluation in Post-secondary Education because I am frequently exposed to the creation of new degree and certificate programs. I'm asked to help provide advice to administrators and core faculty driving the creation of new programs and the design of a curriculum and course sequence. We try to encourage 'best practices' but sometimes it is unclear which interventions have a deterministic or even positive effect.

Completion of the HALE program required TE891 - an Educational Inquiry and Research Methods course. Because my work with online courses put me in proximity to primary investigators on a few research efforts related to the scholarship of teaching and learning I had some familiarity with human studies procedures and methods associated with collecting data or interviewing subjects. This course was my first pure introduction into research design.