ARIN 2000

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ARIN 2000

• Research Methods in IS, the Humanities and Social
  Sciences

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Introduction

• Kathy Cleland - Coordinating Lecturer
• Room S344, John Woolley Bldg
• Tel [phone]
• Email kathy.cleland_at_arts.usyd.edu.au
• Feel free to come and have a chat anytime. Email
  to make an appointment.

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BAI - new units of study

• Two new units of study will be offered in Arts
  Informatics in Semester 2, 2004
  
• ARIN 2100 - Web Tools
• ARIN 3000 - Technocultures

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General Announcement

• Plaything games conference
• Venue Eastern Avenue, Sydney University
• Dates October 10 -12 2003
• Key Organiser dLux media arts
• Supported by Arts Informatics Program and Sydney
  College of the Arts

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ARIN 2000 - Course Overview

• ARIN 2000 - objectives
• This Unit of Study will introduce students to a
  variety of research methodologies used in
  Information Systems, the Humanities and Social
  Sciences.
• Students will be introduced to key research
  frameworks and paradigms.
  
• Students will learn key quantitative and
  qualitative research techniques including
  participative methods, surveys, focus groups,
  action research, content analysis, experiments
  and case studies.
• Students will learn to critically analyse and
  interpret data and evidence.

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ARIN 2000 - Research Areas

• Information Systems
• General topics relevant to living in the
  Information Age
  
• Your own area of interest from your Arts major
• The Humanities and Social Sciences

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ARIN 2000 - Course delivery

• 2 hour lecture
• The structure of the 2 hour lecture will vary,
  sometimes the second hour will be used in a more
  interactive way
  
• 1 hour tutorial
• tutorials start Week 2
• attendance at tutorials and participation in
  activities is compulsory

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ARIN 2000 - Resources

• ARIN 2000 Reader
• available at Copy Centre 21
• ARIN 2000 Websitehttp//teaching.arts.usyd.edu.au
  /arin2000
  
• General information/Staff contact details
• Course outline - you should check the lecture
  schedule and readings on a weekly basis
  
• Assessment
• Resource list (Fisher - Special Reserve items,
  websites, online journals)
  

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ARIN 2000 - Assessment

• Participation 10
• Essay 40Due Date Week 7, Friday 12 Sept
• Research Proposal 50Due Date Week 13, Friday
  28 Oct
  
• NB. Details will be available in tutorials in
  Week 2

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For next week

• Readings ARIN 2000 Reader
• 1-1 Michael Crotty, "Introduction the Research
  Process"
  
• 1-2 Michael D. Myers and David E. Avison, "An
  Introduction to Qualitative Research in
  Information Systems"
  
• 1-3 Wanda J Orlikowski and Jack J. Baroudi,
  "Studying Information Technology in
  Organizations Research Approaches and
  Assumptions"
• 1-4 Richard Osborne and Borin Van Loon edited by
  Richard Appignanesi 1996 Sociology for beginners,
  Icon Books, Cambridge England
  
• Online reading Neuman, William, Social research
  methods qualitative and quantitative
  approaches. Chapter 4.