Help with Thesis on using a classroom website for communication & collaboration

Help- I need some direction with my Master's thesis. I have read the literature on how the internet allows students access to resources, collaboration and communication skills. I find many teachers do not utilize a classroom website. Why is the question? How would I connect the lack of a teachers website to all the benefits one would offer? I'm doing a qualitative study, what would the methodology look like?

This is a great idea for a project. Go read 10 articles written in the past 5 years to see what studies have been done recently. You will see that a few of them mention some of the same research studies related to this. When you start to know who the prominent researchers are in this field, you will be becoming an expert in the field.

Note that online classes have only existed in a widespread way for a little over a decade, so much research still needs to be done.

Search for this in your school library database: teachers using class website
also
online learning community

What grade level are you working with?

If you fnd a teacher doing a great job, you can use a case study research design. If you find 2 teachers doing it differently, use a format based on a comparison of 2 case studies.

Google this to help you master qualitative design: john cresswell research design

You can also use "grounded theory" as your qualitative method. Use it to explain the PROCESS of implementing a class website, and base it on interviews with teachers.

I hope that gets you started!!!

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