Teaching the dissertation is there a recipe? Christine Harlen
& Mette Wiggen POLIS University of Leeds LTC8
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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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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
Licencehttp://www.flickr.com
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Inspire Good Behaviour: Stress that it is the Norm Picture:
Jsmith, Study, Flickr.com, Generic Non-Derivative Creative Commons
License 2.0
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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
