Lei Wang
Oceanography Research Assistant
Blue Cove University, Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences
500 Terry Francois Street San Francisco, CA 94158
Phone: 123-456-7890
Email: info@mysite.com
RAP & Dissertation Research
My RAP is supervised by Dr. Tiffany A. Koszalka. I am focusing on an empirical research project: Content Validity for a Rubric to Assess Learning Resources Using Principles of Design and Learning, an Addition to Instructional Designers’ Toolbox.
Currently, I am framing my research questions, finalizing my methodological approach, and planning the procedures for generating relevant data. The following PowerPoint outlines my RAP.
Qualitative data will be collected through a static observation approach and active observation protocol (semi-structured, in-depth interviews) to study participants’ experiences and cognitive process of using the rubric to assess learning resources.
My RAP is my first level of validation to assess learning resources. My participants will assess the rubric by employing a four-indicator scale to measure the relevance of the indicators, a ranking of the indicators, the clarity of the wording, and their levels of satisfaction with the instrument on a scale of 1-5 (Where 1 represented strongly disagree and 5 represented strongly disagree).
The expert instructional designers and practitioners would be also invited to provide suggestions for improving the instrument, such as adding or removing indicators or modifying descriptions of the rating scales. To assess the degree of agreement in the experts’ judgments, Aiken’s V statistical procedure will be used.
Based on the findings from the qualitative study, the rubric will be revised and delivered to a pilot survey and later a larger sample for further examination of its reliability, factorial structure, and divergent validity. Please review the following PDF, which describes the relationship between my RAP and dissertation research. Feel free to use the features of PDF Viewer to switch to presentation mode or download the PDF for details.
Lastly, please review the draft of my research prospectus outline. I have also attached the diagram to showcase the overall research approach.
Potential Doctoral Dissertation Committee Members
All the faculty members listed below have already indicated their willingness to serve on my doctoral dissertation committee.
Tiffany A. Koszalka, PhD
Director, RIDLR Lab; Professor, Instructional Design, Development and Evaluation
Dr. Koszalka's research interests lie in exploring the intersections among instruction, learning, and technology with her practice specialties focused on instructional design and technology integration into learning.
Dr. Koszalka is selfless to allow me to conduct one of RIDLR projects as my dissertation and dedicated to sharing her knowledge and exhibiting patience, love, honesty, and devotion to my success so she is my desired committee chair.
Rob Pusch, PhD
Adjunct Professor, Instructional Design, Development and Evaluation; Senior Associate Director in Syracuse University Project Advance(SUPA)
Dr. Pusch's research interests include the transition from high school to college, what enables students to be successful and motivation in teaching and learning.
Dr. Pusch has been teaching principles of instruction and learning for many years and he is also graduated from IDD&E. I believe he will be a good fit for my committee as a content and methods expert, especially in my qualitative method.
Lianjun Zhang, PhD
Professor, Department of Forest and Natural Resources Management, the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Dr. Zhang's research interests comprise various aspects of forest growth and application of statistical methods and techniques and spatial statistics.
Dr. Zhang has been teaching applied statistics for more than 25 years and he is very strict with my research methods. He also showed great interest in my study and would like to support me in my progression of this capstone research.