| Week  - 1 | Introduction to research: Philosophy of scientific inquiry | 
                                                
                            | Week  - 2 | Competencies of a researcher | 
                                                
                            | Week  - 3 | Research design | 
                                                
                            | Week  - 4 | Aspects of the field of open and distance learning | 
                                                
                            | Week  - 5 | Journals in the field of open and distance learning | 
                                                
                            | Week  - 6 | Conferences in the field of open and distance learning | 
                                                
                            | Week  - 7 | Professional organizations in the field of open and distance | 
                                                
                            | Week  - 8 | Analyzing articles | 
                                                
                            | Week  - 9 | Analyzing articles | 
                                                
                            | Week  - 10 | Analyzing articles | 
                                                
                            | Week  - 11 | Analyzing conference papers | 
                                                
                            | Week  - 12 | Analyzing conference papers | 
                                                
                            | Week  - 13 | Evaluation | 
                                                
                            | Week  - 14 | Reporting |