Stakeholder Analysis

   For this assignment I had to make a Stakeholder Analysis for my work-in-progress research paper.  To begin this analysis, I needed to clearly identify my audience or my stakeholders.  The audience I am directing my research toward is the academics that engage in research in my topic. The authors who have conducted research about college students and technology are my stakeholders.  I analyzed three authors from the secondary sources of my primary research document.  My stakeholders were Arthur M. Langer, Kim Sosin, and Hsin-liang Chen.

         My research issue, the affects of technology on college students’ learning in their educational setting, is primarily directed toward my audience of college professors in the United States.  These professors encompass a special interest in educational technology, often having a relating major, and work with the development of digital information literacy.  Specifically, these stakeholders have been chosen due to their participation in extensive research on college students and their usage of technology in education. Moreover, they have a thorough background in the educational technology fields needed to examine this issue.  One example of a stakeholder is Arthur M. Langer, a professor and academic director of the Executive Masters in Technology Management at Columbia University (Columbia 1).  Langer serves as a sufficient stakeholder as he has engaged in many research works dealing with information systems and technology based curriculum at numerous universities (1).  Moreover, he is the co-author of “College Students' Technology Arc: A Model for Understanding Progress,” which contains key aspects of my research argument.  Therefore, Langer has a strong interest in the conversation surrounding how college students use technology.  

Another stakeholder, Kim Sosin is an author of a key article, “Teaching with Technology: May You Live in Interesting Times” from the Journal of Economic Education.  Sosin is a professor of Macroeconomic Theory and Monetary Economics at the University of Nebraska Omaha (Ecedweb 1). However, Sosin’s research interests in Economic Education and Educational Technology are what qualify her as an important stakeholder (1).  Overall, Sosin raises concerns for the new technological realm of teaching in schools and is apart of my audience of my research topic. 

Finally, my final example of a stakeholder, Hsin-liang Chen, has his Ph.D. in Library and Information Science at the University of Pittsburgh and is a professor in these fields at Indiana University Bloomington (Indiana University 1).  He co-authored, “Use Of Multi-Modal Media And Tools In An Online Information Literacy Course: College Students' Attitudes And Perceptions” and discussed how college students are using new types of online media and information in their classes.  Chen is a stakeholder because he engages in research that deals with technology in the library of his university, which is the essential location where students can access information. 

 Overall, Sosin, Chen, and Langer are my stakeholders as they work with students in technology based curriculums on a daily basis in their universities and have all completed research surrounding similar aspects of digital literacy, comparable to my issue. These academics are the types of people my paper is geared towards.

Works Cited 

Columbia University. “Arthur M. Langer.” Arthur M. Langer: Professor, Author, & Speaker. Columbia University, 2010. Web. 11 October 2012.

Ecedweb. “Kim Sosin.” Curriculm Vitae: Kim Sosin.” University of Nebraska Omaha, 2006. Web. 10 October 2012.

Trustees of Indiana University. “Hsin-liang Chen.” The School of Library and Information Science.” Indiana University Bloomington, 2012. Web. 11 October 2012.