Abstract
Conference Title: 2017 16th International Conference on Information Technology Based Higher Education and Training (ITHET) Conference Start Date: 2017, July 10 Conference End Date: 2017, July 12 Conference Location: Ohrid, Macedonia The way research methods course has been taught across disciplines was a combination of hands-on experience and research activities. The applied activities came in different forms such as conducting literature review, applying peer review, writing papers, etc. In class activities, which are outside the silo of research methods, are not widely popular. The activity in mind is the “Marshmallow Challenge” which gained popularity in domains such as Management, yet it has not been reported to be used in research methods courses. In this paper we report our experience in applying the “Marshmallow Challenge” in a research methods course taught to master students of Information Technology degree and discuss the lessons learned from this experience.