This link will take you to the main page for education research, with links to resources selected to meet the needs of education scholar-practitioners.
You are asked to research new technologies and multimedia resources for adult learners throughout this course.
While a lot of information is available online, you can search the Walden Library for articles and other resources that discuss the technologies you've chosen. You touched upon information overload in Week 1; using the Library can help you find quality discussion on your topic.
A sample search is provided below.
The Education Research page is the place to find recommended databases for your searches. Below is a sample search in Education Source, the best place to start searching for articles on your education-related topic. Follow these steps to run your search:
1. Click the Select a Subject drop-down from the Walden Library Home Page.
2. Choose Education from the options.
3. Now choose Education Source from the list of education databases.
You may have to login with your myWalden email and password.
4. Now you are on a search screen with three Search boxes. Break your topic down into just keywords and type one concept or keyword(s) per box, separating synonyms with the word OR within each line.
In the top search box type: blog OR wiki OR flickr OR podcast*
In the second search box type: adult education OR adult learning
Note: Using the asterisk (*) allows you to capture variant ending - podcast/podcasting
Here's what the search page will look like:
5. Click the Search button.
This is just a sample search. You can try any/all multimedia platforms to see which ones have articles that interest you.
Click on any of the Tutorial links below for additional help on specific topics:
How to choose a topic (finding a topic that's not too broad or too narrow)
Keyword searching (how to determine the best words to search)
Boolean search operators (how to put your keywords together)
Peer review (find out what it means and why it's important)
