RP
May 1, 2020
The course was very simple and easily understandable. The assignments were very interesting. The peer review activity provided scope to learn from the others too. It was a great learning experience.
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Jul 27, 2017
This is wonderful course especially for research scholars, one suggestion is instead of giving articles from books, please provide a PPT which will be more effective ! thank you for wonderful session.
By Jose O
•Sep 1, 2015
The course was of great help. It provides valuable insights to engage in academic research. However, I rate it only with three starts because I think it is too basic for the complexity involved in real research. Also I think some ideas provided in the course could be better organized. For example, in week three, the topic was understood to be something like "Management Skills Applied to Research" but the material pointed to something totally different. All ideas presented were great, but I think it is just matter to clarify better the objectives in each week.
By Nicolas L
•Mar 22, 2022
Instructions for E-tivity 3 are not clear at all.
The readings concerning literature review are very heavy. I would suggest only asking the students to read Kiteley & Stogdon, as the content is straigtforward, clear and relevant.
It is not very easy and not intuitive to understand the differences between qualitative and quantitative researches. i think it would be good to give some concrete examples of research approaches.
I found the most interesting part of the course was the interviews from academics concerning the literature review.
By Felicia J
•Oct 5, 2016
The organization of this course was very good. I liked the themes and their order. I thought the videos could have been longer and more substancial, but the reading were great. I got confused on one of the assignments in which the questions of the given chapter were supposed to be answer. There were 3. I must have misunderstood or have another file, because no one I read had such question and I got not so great reviews. I think this should be looked at. Either way, thank you for this opportunity!
By Graciano B d S
•Jan 22, 2018
Unfortunately the course info was not clear enough that it was aimed to social science area. Of course the student should be able to understand the ideas and adapt to any research area. Still it was a major disappointment. The videos included are kind of shallow, the text on the other hand are more robust and added to my knowledge. I wouldn't recommend this course for PhD students (you should already know this things by now!), but rather for undergraduate.
By å¼ ä¸¹éœ“
•Dec 16, 2022
this is a very foundational course about how to do a reserach, including what is a good research question and why literater review is important. however, it concludes few content about research methods. if you want to understand more about research methods such as quants (t, f, data analysis, etc.) and qualitative methods (discourse analysis, field research, interview, questionnaire survey, etc.), you need to find some other useful couses to fulfuill them
By Anas M S M
•Oct 12, 2020
The course gives a brief insight on how a research may be conducted, I like how the videos are kept short and truly useful, however, I believe that for the reading parts, there should more assistance in helping course takers to better understand them as for instance by making some videos that aid us o better comprehend the content of the reading assignments especially that of E-tivity 3 as its of vital importance. Thanks!
By Christopher M
•Dec 3, 2017
The course seems fairly well planned with lots of free articles. The peer reviewed assignments provide opportunities to give and receive feedback. However, the instructions for E-tivity 3 gave instructions which confused many course participants (including myself). Perhaps clearer instructions would have made participants more likely to be able to meet the assignment deadline.
By Eva C L
•Jun 8, 2020
If you are new in research, the videos provide a general idea of what to expect during the research. The extra readings are good to go in-depth, but the peers-review is not worth it at all. People don't take the reviews seriously and some feedback is just worthless. Implementing feedback from the professors would be perfect.
By Andro S
•Jan 23, 2021
The course materials were very informative and the peer activities are worth it. However, the lessons/videos are not in-depth and are mainly edited segments of interviews about general experiences of researchers. It could have been better if they had in-depth lectures that resemble a teacher-student relationship.
By ramesh r
•Nov 26, 2016
Nice course but lot of troubles are arising during the completion of this course. still i am unable to complete it and could not find out the reason. Once i got a message that my course is completed and i can get my certificate but now it says still assignment pending... i dont know how to deal with it.
By Ghulam S
•Feb 7, 2022
Overall, the course was good. However, it is suggested that there should be quizzes at the end of each week. Further, apart from peer review, weekly assignments may be reviewed by a Professor of the University of London who may share his/her valuable feedback highlighting the areas of improvement.
By Shaimaa M
•Jul 11, 2017
The course is too brief. The first 2 weeks material was good, but the other half is weak and it left me with no real answers at all. This course made me understand what is the first stage of research, but the title is misleading since it does not actually talk about the different research methods.
By Muhammad T S
•Dec 18, 2015
Some parts were good but overall the course was lacking in its ability to add value. There were generic discussions. Week 3 was almost useless; had it not been for a good reading provided for an assignment, it was too basic.
Add some specificity in the course or name it Basics of Research Methods.
By Ahd E S H
•Jun 5, 2018
The course was short and like a mini introduction to research methods. I liked hearing from different experts and their views and opinions on the subject. I hoped for a more detailed course and in depth learning opportunity. I benefited from the course but it didn't meet my expectations.
By Ramprasad M
•Feb 23, 2019
This is basic course, suitable for undergrads, the spoken experience were great to share. kudos to authors, each exemplars, provide new perspective. provide deeper understanding of research methods. Formulation of hypothesis, aims, objectives, could have been more interesting. Thanks..
By Diane F
•Mar 23, 2024
While there are great readings and development in the first two weeks, there is no tutoring on creating a structured research proposal. How would the student take their research question and knowledge of literature and methods into a proposal? What would the structure look like?
By Jennifer B
•Sep 18, 2022
this was a good intro course. It would have been nice to get actual feedback from my peers. Where it indicated 50 words or more I would often get "good" from my peers after I would spend time and effort reading and reviewing my peers work. I could use the input for myself.
By Sheikh E
•Aug 13, 2022
The course provides very insightful interviews and detailed reading material. The overall assignment based organization of the course makes it very easy to understand. However, it feels lacking in content. I do not feel I have learned much after having completed the course.
By Yvonne K P
•Jun 21, 2022
The objectives of the course are great, especially for someone who wants to refresh some of their basic soft skills in research. I would have given this a 4-star rating but the end-of-week evaluation was confusing. The instructions/questions are vague like in the 3rd week.
By Padideh P
•Jul 25, 2022
The course gave a comprehensive overview, but I would have liked to learn more about research methods. Creswell's book would have been better narrated by the video's guests for the first chapter. This course is called Introduction to Social Research, I believe.
By Apoorva T
•Jun 15, 2020
although the course is a good one to know about research at the beginner level. Yet considering the target audience may even be phd fellows like me, the course could have been a little more detailed or provided more readings like the ones on literature review.
By Saloni k
•Aug 27, 2020
Understand Research Methods is a good experience for me and I enjoyed this video lecture and this topic. The ability to survey and understanding, field of knowledge. Research to collaborate and individuals work their careers as research.
By Connie
•Oct 13, 2022
Content is decent, if sometimes a bit repetitive. The peer assignment element doesn't really work - received very little useful criticism of my work and most submissions I reviewed were very poor efforts both re effort and quality.
By Tom E
•Jun 4, 2017
The course is very concise, and therefore can only be considered as a introduction and not to gain a deep understanding. Little interaction with mentors, and fellow students do not seem to put a lot of effort in grading each other.
By Korkrid A
•Sep 13, 2015
It's great to understand more of research methods in application, but I wish there were more resources provided to supplement our study. In general, this is a good course for those who start thinking of doing research in the future