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Sharing your research with others

Sharing your research with others. Becky Turner rebecca.turner@plymouth.ac.uk. Overview. Purpose of dissemination Questions to ask yourself Forms of dissemination Identifying dissemination opportunities Disseminating at conferences Written dissemination. Dissemination.

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Sharing your research with others

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  1. Sharing your research with others Becky Turner rebecca.turner@plymouth.ac.uk

  2. Overview • Purpose of dissemination • Questions to ask yourself • Forms of dissemination • Identifying dissemination opportunities • Disseminating at conferences • Written dissemination

  3. Dissemination • Sharing your research…? Easy… • Enacting change…? More difficult…

  4. Why disseminate…? • Share your scholarship with wider community • Builds your reputation • Meet likeminded people • Gain a broader perspective • Enjoyable…rewarding… • Integral aspect of the research process

  5. Questions to ask yourself • What dissemination opportunities are you familiar with? • Would they be relevant to your work? • What dissemination would you feel comfortable in doing? • Eroding peer boundaries • What level of detail do you want to go into? • Snapshot vs. Detailed discussion

  6. Questions to ask yourself • What do you have time to do • Don’t overcommit yourself! • What do you need to do for your funding? • Expectations • Experience

  7. Forms of dissemination… • What forms of dissemination are you aware of? • What dissemination have you undertaken? • What were your experiences?

  8. Planning dissemination • Plan from the beginning of your project, when you submit a proposal • Audience • What form should your dissemination take? • Oral, written…other? • What is appropriate for your research? • Scale of dissemination

  9. IDENTIFYING DISSEMINATION OPPORTUNITIES…

  10. Conferences • What do others in your field do? • Ask your colleagues, supervisors etc. • What are the main opportunities in your area • Specialist vs. Generalist events • Big vs. Small • What are the key times when conferences occur? • Annual, bi-annual – regular timeframes

  11. Conferences • What is available with your college/partner HEI? • Teaching & Learning Conferences • Staff development events • What is available within your area? • Higher Education Academy Subject Centres • JISC Regional Support Centres • LSRN / AoC

  12. Forthcoming Conferences • LSRN National Conf, Call for abstracts out now! • SRHE New Researchers Conference • Abstract deadline July 2010, Conference, December 2010 • MEDEV – Rolling call for workshop proposals • Funding to support workshop: £500 • SWAP – Seminar proposals related to T&L • Funding to support workshops £500 • BERA • Annual call for abstracts Jan; Conference Sept 2010.

  13. Julie Osborn City of Bristol College Routes into HE and Strategies for the Successful Retention and Achievement of HE for Disabled Learners Identified key issues, concerns and developmental needs Students, support services, teaching staff & college operation Resource toolkit – interest from other agencies National dissemination

  14. Amanda Isaacs & Karen Foster • Learning Resource departments • UPC Librarians Community • Explored barriers to effective use of e-resources by FD students • Confidence logs – track students IT confidence & use patterns • Informed study skills training/induction • Enhanced links between teaching & support staff • Regional/national dissemination • Model of good practice

  15. Written Dissemination

  16. Firstly… I remember… I remember Write for 2 minutes

  17. I teach because… Write for 3 minutes

  18. Written Dissemination • What publications do you read / relevant to your research? • What opportunities are out there? • Newsletters (College / HEI) • Posters (information / conference) • Magazines • Professional publications • Journal Articles (peer reviewed)

  19. Peer reviewed publications • Research– report novel research • Case Study – account of a particular situation • Review – synthesis of research in an area • Opinion – brief, subjective articles reflect opinion • Commentary – essays include opinion/research

  20. Consider co-authorship • Nowadays unusual for articles to have one author • Spread the workload, bounce ideas • e.g. Liz & I • Bring in a range of view points / experiences • e.g. Data analysis – GPC paper / Denise Summers • Acknowledge the contribution(s) others have made to your research • e.g. Mark – overview / Science and money

  21. Consider the aims & scope of the publication • Important regardless of the format of the publication • Determine whether they aware the context of the work you are trying to publish • Challenges I have faced in publishing research into HE in FE lecturers identities • Relates to the audience of the publication, and who you want to read your article

  22. Read a few of the articles • Assist you in planning your piece • Level of detail presented in an abstract • Structure • Length of sections • Findings vs. results and discussion • Familiarise yourself with the language / terminology used • Use of tables / presentation of data

  23. Common sense… • Read carefully “instructions for authors” • Key information regarding the style, language etc. • Adhere to word counts • Adhere to referencing styles • Build your reference list as you go along • Start a new reference list for each article

  24. Key message you want to convey/focus of the article • Don’t have to include all the data you have collected / all your experience…those relevant to the story you are telling within a particular article • e.g. Award Holder Scheme interviews 21 questions…lots of data… • Keep this in mind when selecting relevant quotations / examples you want to use…be frugal but focused • e.g. 12 interviews each of ca.30-45 minutes, up to 15 questions responded to…translated into 20 quotations in the paper and 4 in a conference workshop

  25. Draw on relevant/recent literature • Standard protocol…demonstrate the wider context of your research • Key references that you must include • Taken a break? Worthwhile to conduct a cursory search of recently published studies • Recommended to include additional references that can enhance an article…but these also will take you over the word limit!

  26. Getting started You don’t need to start at the beginning Where you feel it is easiest to begin Leave the abstract to the end

  27. Getting Started… Identify the quotations / results and the order they need to be presented in Inform the literature drawn upon in the introductory sections

  28. And finally… • Critical friends, use them especially if they are “honest” and “pedantic” • Once you are “finished” put the article down and leave it, don’t send it off. Pick it up after 2 weeks and you will find something you need/want to change • The review process…?

  29. Phew… Questions before I go on…?

  30. Making the most of limited time • You will need to make time, but don’t feel guilty • Don’t think you need piles of paper to write • Snatch time • Spend a few moments writing down your train of thought – easier to pick up the next time

  31. Using your friends and colleagues • Hannah & Liz – regular meetings • Keep you focused, working and motivated • You can see real progress

  32. Places to start… • Subject Centre publications / newsletters • e.g. ESCalate newsletter 800 to 1,000 word articles and Hot Topics! • HLST LINK – research in progress/reports • ADM – range of submission and even pay • T&L research journals • Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education • Practice and Evidence of Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education

  33. Recommendations • Consider co-authorship… • Key message you want to convey/focus of the article • Draw on relevant/recent literature • Read carefully “instructions for authors” • Adhere to word count • Adhere to referencing styles • Build your reference list as you go along • Critical friends, use them especially if they are “honest” and “pedantic”

  34. Deborah Philips Cornwall College, Camborne H&SW Learning Difficulties, Identity and Urban ‘Scapes’: narrative accounts of lives, labels, space and place. Further applications for funding Research papers Conference presentations

  35. The unexpected…

  36. Making the most of limited time… • You will need to make time, but don’t feel guilty • Don’t think you need piles of paper to write • Snatch time • Spend a few moments writing down your train of thought – easier to pick up the next time

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