EDRM 600 - Introduction to Research Methods

Facilitates learning in the area of developing an area of focus, problem and research statements, reviewing literature, designing a research method (qualitative and quantitative), analyzing results, and writing about findings giving students the ability to review, develop and produce research.

This course can be applied towards:

• Adult Education and Training (AET) (M.Ed.)
• Agricultural Extension Education (M.Agr.)

Textbooks and Materials

Textbooks and materials can be purchased at the CSU Bookstore unless otherwise indicated.

Required

• Educational Research: Planning, Conducting, and Evaluating Quantitive & Qualitative Research, 4th Ed. (2011)
  John W. Creswell, Pearson
  ISBN: 978-0131367395
• Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 6th Ed. (2009)
  ISBN: 9780131367395

Instructors

Karen Kaminski
(970) 491-3713
karen.kaminski@colostate.edu

Dr. Karen Kaminski has been teaching for the Master's of Adult Education and Training for ten years. Her expertise is in instructional design and development including face-to-face and distance learning. She has supported faculty for over fifteen years in preparing to teach via distance technologies.

Tobin Lopes
tobin.lopes@gmail.com

Tobin has more than 14 years of experience in workforce education and development. Most recently he developed the curriculum and academics for an executive level hybrid graduate program along with being a workforce policy analyst for the City and County of Denver. His passions are his wife, Brenda, and his children, Ezri and Zachary. He holds a PhD in Workforce Education and Development with a minor in Applied Statistics from The Pennsylvania State University, an M.Ed. in Adult Education and Training from Colorado State University, and a B.A. in Mathematics from Claremont McKenna College. Tobin's research interests include evaluation and assessment, hybrid learning and teaching methods for adults, career development, and quantitative research methods.