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January 2008 is not only a beginning of the year 2008, but also a beginning of my fist challenge in my doctoral degree in Instructional Systems at Penn State University . Having received a great opportunity from Dr. Grabowski, my advisor, to attend the last meeting at the end of fall semester, I am enrolling in this course, INSYS 594 – Research Apprenticeship, with an initial expectation in learning more about the research process and perhaps hoping that my background and experience would be benefit for our research team.
Coming to meet for the first time as an official and a new member was not easy for me. I really appreciate warmth welcome and friendly atmosphere from Dr. Grabowski and other members; Meltem, Yu-Hui, Eugeniu, Yu-Chang, Natalia, Khusro, Hyeon Woo, Kyu Yon, Rucha, Hien, Stephen, and Hsin-I.
Having met 3 times with the team; 2 on-site and 1 on-line, I have learnt about how research projects are conducted and most importantly how to work collaboratively as a team. In addition, I have come to realize that our meetings are not entirely about the research project we are conducting, but, equally, concerning other team members' research/dissertation project where everyone learns/teaches each others. For instance, very thank to Meltem for sharing her excellent prospectus, I have learnt about how research question(s) can be set up. Reviewing various similar researches and related literatures help researchers set up questions and/or hypotheses. I strongly believe that this valuable experience would significantly benefit me in constructing the effective research projects.
Our project for this semester is titled “MARS.” My first task is to work closely with Eugeniu in the Rubric Instrument team. Although this is my very first time being part of such a project, I am, little anxiously, hoping and wishing to do my best to provide as much contribution as the team requires.
