Dissertation Blues..

I woke up this morning and had to start thinking, in earnest, about my dissertation. Hmmm.. IT and education. I'd like to do something about the effectiveness, or otherwise, of teaching & learning using IT. I'm planning on doing something about ECDL. ECDL can either be done in a formal classroom setting, with sts studying on their own in a computer lab with a tutor on hand, online or with a book and a PC. It would be interesting to look at the learning experiences of each of these delivery methods. How do pass rates differ? How do completion rates differ? What has the student experience of learning been? In what ways are the delivery methods different? Who chose the delivery method and why? Convenience? Cost? The major problem I can see is getting access to the data. I would need to give questionnaires to ECDL students, course providers and course leaders as well as possibly interviewing as well. Ideally it would be one organisation who use all the delivery methods so as to avoid the organisations approach being a factor. Not sure if many do this. I think I'll need to check with the BCS.