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=Learning Community Assignment=

**After the Data Is Collected: What Then?**
Throughout this course in the //Handbook//, you have been reading many reviews of research on key topics in educational technology. In each chapter, the authors discussed some of the topics that have been researched in detail; many of these topics seem to be saturated, and no further research is needed. The authors also shared how these topics can be explored further, or how the research can be extended, by asking different questions or using different samples or technologies. One of your tasks as a researcher is to know whether a topic has been sufficiently researched, or if more research is needed, and what makes a study significant. Consider the following questions: Review the two video programs, “After the Data Is Collected: What Then?” and “Research Saturation in Educational Technology.” These programs provide insight into how to enhance former studies to add richness and freshness to new questions, as well as ways to disseminate research to the professional community. Building on these ideas, do the following: In your wiki page, create a section titled **Significance of the Study**. In Walden’s rubric for a dissertation, there are three areas you must address in Chapter 1 to justify your study. Write one paragraph for each of the following questions: In your wiki page, now create a section titled **Dissemination of Research**. After listening to the Faculty panel discuss the ways they disseminate their research, make a plan to disseminate your own research. Post these sections to your wiki by **Day 3** of **Week 10**. Respond to your learning community by **Day 6** of **Week 10**. Copy and paste your final draft of the entire **Learning Community Project** into a Word document, and place it in the **Dropbox** by **Day 7** of**Week 10**. This will include all of the elements you have created throughout this quarter: (a) research interest, (b) theoretical foundations, (c) literature review, (d) gap in the research, (e) research questions, (f) problem statement, (g) theoretical base or conceptual framework, (h) two methodology tables, (i) significance of the study, and (j) dissemination of research. Save the assignment as **LearningCommunityProject+last name+your first initial**. For example, Sally Ride’s assignment filename would be "LearningCommunityProjectRideS". Click on the Dropbox tab, choose **Module 5: Assignments**, and then add your assignment as an attachment.
 * How do you determine if a topic is saturated and most likely does not need more research?
 * How do you know if your own question(s) should be refined before it is worth researching?
 * How do you gain the confidence of knowing that your study has value and is worth conducting?
 * How do you determine the potential for research in an area of interest?
 * How will your study fill a gap in the current research? (You already answered this question previously in the course. If your work is still accurate, you can just copy and paste it here. You may want to modify what you wrote earlier.)
 * How will your research advance the profession of educational technology?
 * How will your research effect positive social change through the “improvement of human or social conditions by promoting the worth, dignity, and development of individuals, communities, organizations, institutions, cultures, or societies” (Walden Dissertation Rubric, Chapter 1, criteria 9)?
 * Identify and justify your selection of three journals to which you would like to submit an article on this research. In one sentence, describe why you selected these journals.
 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Identify and justify your selection of two professional conferences where you would like to present your research. In one sentence, explain why you selected these conferences.