My Dissertation Topic has Already Been Done!

Nine months into the research, and I finally feel like I'm starting to really articulate what I want to say.  Then, in another search of the literature (ERIC, "Informal learning" and choices), I found a remarkable article, "Employees' Choices in Learning How to Use Information and Communication Technology Systems at Work: Strategies and Approaches (Korpelainen & Kira, 2010)."

It was so neat to read it and say, "That would have been the perfect way to do (frame, cite, etc.) this!"  And it was also a little nice to see that it was only just done recently.  That's the good news.

The bad news is I have to find a different approach to my study.

1. Find the gap in this article that my research might fill

• This article deals with University non-teaching faculty, although "trainers" are included in the sample.
• Use a different analysis of the data.

1. Change the study - study something other than Faculty Members learning to use Learning Suite.
2. Change the context of the study -- study something other than Choices in the Learning Process.
3. Start over.