EVALUATION MATRIX OF STUDIES INCLUDED IN THE LITERATURE REVIEW

Fill this table in with information you collect for your Literature Review. You will find four sections: 1) Introduction/Impact, 2) Historical Studies, 3)
Current Studies, and 4) Theoretical Framework. These four sections should lead directly to your research problem and central question.

Study
Author/Year/Title

Focus

Methodology & Methods

Results

Conclusion/limitations

Introduction/Impact
(The information that you include in your opening paragraph/introduction to the Literature Review must entice the reader to want to read the Literature Review. Include
impact statements, references that cause one to question presumed assumptions, and connects to your problem statement.)

Sturgeon, J. (2008). Content

Author looked at several
The ABCs of ECM. Management (ECM) institutions that have
incorporated ECMs
University Business on College

Moving to Enterprise

Many institutions have

moved to Enterprise
Content Management
and have seen the
savings of using ECMs

Thompson. P.
(2015). How digital Digital Native
Learners
native learners
describe themselves

Participants understood
the predisposed notions
of their generation but A good study and a different perspective on the audience in my
also communicated that study. The study focuses on college age participants, which is
they are not as wrapped the main population in my study.
up in technology as they
are made out to be.

Campuses

Researcher interviewed
digital native participants

ECMs are the big picture of when it comes to my research

problem. ECMs are for all the processes across the university
and my research will focus at this time on one process in one
department at the university.

Historical Studies
(The historical studies should include a brief overview of the area in which you are studying.)

Joly, K. (2008).

Researcher interviewed
Campus Publications several higher ed.

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Publishers stated

Does not directly impact my research but does point out that a
possibility would be to use both print and digital formats.

Magazines: Gone
Digital, Going
Paperless?

Brusco, J. M.
(2011). Trending
toward paperless.

Institutions that produced

moving from print to magazines
digital

Going paperless in
the health care
industry.

Collected data from the

annual AORN meeting
where attendees used virtual
registration, digital session
handouts, and could use
mobile devices to eliminate
paper copies of anything
from the meeting.

increase in creative
ways to format new
digital versions of
magazines, i.e. more
color pics. and different
layouts.
With the electronic
health records (EHRs)
mandates in place, the
health care industry has
started to utilize
electronic patient
records sharing, patient
kiosks, and electronic
signatures.

My research is not in the health care industry but article has

some good tips for going paperless. Keep a to-do list
electronically, electronic signatures, no paper handouts, invest
in mobile devices, etc.

Current Studies
(Your current studies will include research that is recent or currently being done nationally or internationally This section will naturally lead to the theoretical framework
and your research questions.)

Flamm, M. W.
(2014). Going
Paperless: The
Case for Electronic
Submission of
Student Work.

Saved time for author,

when reading and
grading students work,
afforded more time to
Commentary from
Observations of researchers develop better
author/researcher, on
own experiences of having instructional design,
submission of
students submit work
provide more response
student work
electronically.
with less effort and
electronically.
better feedback for
students.

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First hand researcher experiences of working with a digital

submission process. Lots of pros, i.e. less plagiarism, flexible
deadlines, less paper, more focused instruction, better
feedback delivery.

Study
Author/Year/Title

Focus

Methodology & Methods

Results

Conclusion/limitations

Theoretical Framework
(The theoretical framework should come from various disciplines and support the research that has been/is being conducted in your area of research. Many studies will
come from psychology, sociology, epistemology, etc. The framework should emerge while you are reviewing historical and current research. The theoretical framework
will support your research questions and bring all of the review together under one framework that leads to your questions.)

Wang, J. F. (2010).
Creating a
Paperless
Classroom with
the Best of Two
Worlds.

Pedagogical approach using

collaborative tools, WebCT,
Hands on study of
IBM Lotus Domino Web
implementation of
Access, Team Room and the
paperless
Management Information
classroom.
Systems (MIS) program at
Marietta College

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Developmental framework for a

paperless classroom highlights
positive results and attitudes from
students surveyed.

More of a technological breakdown of using

particular collaborative tools and the student
management system to create an online class.