Olga Koz | College Of Education Librarian
Dr. Olga Koz is an experienced Collegiate and Research Librarian at Kennesaw State University. She provides instruction and research support for faculty and graduate students on research synthesis, systematic and traditional literature review, literature searching and evaluation, research impact, data, and digital research tools. She is also a member of the College of Education faculty-driven organization “Research Consortium,” where she supports the other elements of the research cycle (data management, publishing, measuring research impact, and so on) and the Interactive Research Methods Lab. Her areas of expertise include educational psychology, knowledge and media management, information, and computer science, including information retrieval.
Courses taught: Conceptual Framework and Research Design; Introduction to Research, Literature Review for a dissertation.
Activities
Lesson Plans Contributed
The literature review design (LRD) tool helps design a traditional review nested in the dissertation or thesis. It was created based on the interactive Hopscotch research design framework (Jorrin-Abellan, 2020).
- Students are asked to answer questions in the LRD form and engage with resources in the Guide to LRD.
- Students may stop working on the form (after steps 3, 5, and 6) and submit preliminary results (Save & Submit).
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The assignment supports students' ability to explain their research in less than 50 words effectively. Students briefly introduce themselves and their research projects by answering the following questions in the discussion board post:
- Your dissertation committee chair
- The topic of your research. See the topic structure (elements).
- Research Questions. See research question structure
- Research…