teaching the dissertation – is there a recipe?
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Teaching the dissertation – is there a recipe?. Christine Harlen & Mette Wiggen POLIS University of Leeds LTC8 . What are the guidelines? What is a dissertation? . The student experience. Staff experience . Yes we can !. Keeping Students on Cours e. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Teaching the dissertation – is there a recipe?
Christine Harlen &
Mette WiggenPOLIS
University of LeedsLTC8
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What are the guidelines? What is a dissertation?
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The student experience
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Staff experience
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Yes we can !
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Keeping Students on Course
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Need to Avoid Getting Meaner as Things Get Leaner
Photographer: Matt Dinnery, Fund Our Future: Stop the Cuts – National Demonstration, http://www.flickr.com, Creative Commons Licence
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Inspire Good Behaviour: Stress that it is the Norm
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Keeping Students on Track
• Have things laid out clearly from end of yr 2.• Look at successful models• Consult students.• Remove truly problematic staff from
dissertation.• Revamp may take years.
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Improve Guidance to Students and Staff
• Consolidated skills training.• Clarified roles.• Matched staff to student topics.• Including study abroad students in the loop.
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Technology Can Improve Tracking and Help Prevent ‘Lost’ Students
• On-line submission (VLE Test, Survey Gizmo)• Allocation using excel.• N: drive.• Mail-merged info.• Improved monitoring.
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Warning Signs: Who Gets Lost
• No topic at start • Redoing.• Low year 2 average.
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Technology Does Not Completely Solve the Numbers Problem
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Onward and Upward