1. Our Topic:
After reading and discussing past research about academic honesty and the use of technology throughout this textbook, we realize that these topics do not need to be mutually exclusive. We now have refined our topic and wonder how professors' use of technology impacts the classroom climate and student motivation to learn. After reading additional past research, we develop the following research questions:
a. How common is it for students and professors to communicate outside of class using social media sites such as Twitter and Facebook?
b. What are the codes of conduct that professors and students follow when communicating in this way?
c. Is there a relationship between professors' personalities and the frequency with which they use social media sites and how often (if ever) they interact with students on these sites?
d. Does the use of social media have an effect on the classroom climate and student motivation to learn? Determine what type of research design might be used to help answer each of these research questions.