Session 1: Approaches to Educational Research

Facilitated by: Dr. Cory Laverty, Centre for Teaching and Learning; Dr. Klodiana Kolomitro, Centre for Teaching and Learning; and Dr. Nancy Dalgarno, Education Researcher and Consultant, Office of Health Sciences Education/Department of Family Medicine-Centre for Studies in Primary Care, Faculty of Health Sciences

The aim of the session is to explore what educational research looks like in one's own discipline, identify some of the emerging trends and methodological approaches to that research, and to develop a research question.

Session outcomes:

• Engage with a network of colleagues focused on educational research
• Share conceptions of and approaches to educational research in different disciplines
• Describe a focus for a specific educational research study
• Develop a research question with the support of peer feedback
• Map potential types of evidence that can answer the research question