Application of ICT in Research                 

ICT had effects on many facets of research. They can be classified into three categories which includes:

a. ICT application in pre-data analysis

b. ICT application in data analysis

c. ICT application in port-data analysis

a. ICT application in pre-dala analysis

Refers to examples how ICT are applied on

activities of research before researching the

stage of data analysis.

b. ICT Application in pre-data analysis

They include:

i. Audicle Availability

ii. Thesis and Dissertation availability

iii. Literature search

iv. Content search

v. Literature Tracking

vi. Quantitative data collection

vii. Qualitative data collection

viii. Big Data and its Analytics

ICT application in data analysis includes examples how ICT are applied on activities during the stage of data analysis and can be divided into:

i. Quantitative Data Analysis

ii. Qualitative Data Analysis

c. ICT Application in Post data analysis

Lastly, ICT application in post data analysis refers to examples how ICT are applied on activities of research after completing the stage of data analysis which covers:

i. References and Bibliography compilation

ii. Article and thesis/Dissertation's Discussion among researchers, supervisors, supervisees and during viva voce.

iii. Plagiarism Detection

iv. Journal manuscripts submission.

 ICT Products and services for Research                                            

* E-mail and Document Exchange

* E-Journals

* E-Books

* Locate, collect data using internet

* Online databases

* Free/Paid online courses for career development

* Preparing manuscripts, proposals and papers

* Discussion forums

* Blogging

Teleconferencing / videoconferencing

E-tools for Literature Survey

Examples for online articles/journals

http: // www. freefullpdf.com/

http : //archive.org/

http:// www. elsevier.com/about/open access/open-access-Journals

http: // www. sciencedirect.com/science/jrnlallbooks/all/ open-access

Indexing database services

Examples for indexing database services Repositories

http: // Shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/

http: // repository.lib.ncsu.edu/ir/handle/1840.16/1

http: // ir. lib.uwo.ca/do/search/?q=education & star t=0 & context =686929

http: // scholarly repository.miami.edu/etds/

E-tools for Data collection

Examples

http://www.google.com/forms/about/

http: // www. Surveygizmo.com/

http:// www. Surreymonkey.com/

E-tools for analysis and Interpretation

Examples

Windows Excel

http: // www. graphpad.com/

http: // openrefine.ong/

E-tools for referencing

Examples

http:// www. refman.com/

http:// www. zotero.org/

E-tools to check plagiarism and grammer

Examples

www.grammarly.com.

http://www.paperrater.com/Plagiarism-checker

Presentation Tools

Example

http:// www. Posterpresentations.com/

Publish online

Example

http://www.ijmi.org/

Merits

Search more, Research more.

More effective.

Disseminate quickly.

More accountability.

Reliability and validity of the contents and output.

Demerits

Needs browsing skills-Tech-Savvy

Information overload

What can ICT offer for my Research ?                                                                               

24/7 access to materials and support

Enables more engaging materials to be created for a range of abilities and preferred learning styles.

Encourages the development of an independent research culture.

Ethics                                                                                                                                    

ICT has a very valuable role to play in research as long as it is used appropriately.

supports genuine research.

does not detract or distract from the proposed research work.

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