Phase Two
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Summarising & Synthesising Research Sources
Analysing and Investigating, “gathering information systematically to establish facts and principles” (Woodcock 2011), is the fourth most important skill employers wish graduate employees to possess. They are also, of course, skills that are essential to your university studies.
An information literate digital user can “find, interpret evaluate, manage and share information” (JISC 2014), you will also be able to engage in Digital Scholarship.
In this phase you will read, listen to, interview.....the research sources you identified in Phase One and identify the key / relevant information. You will then share this information with your team. As a team you will identify the most relevant information to answer your Research Question.
References
Bruce Woodcock. 2011. What are the Main Employability Skills?. [ONLINE] Available at:http://www.kent.ac.uk/careers/sk/WhatAreSkills.htm. [Accessed 03 January 16].
Jisc. 2014. Developing digital literacies. [ONLINE] Available at: https://www.jisc.ac.uk/guides/developing-digital-literacies. [Accessed 03 January 16].
An information literate digital user can “find, interpret evaluate, manage and share information” (JISC 2014), you will also be able to engage in Digital Scholarship.
In this phase you will read, listen to, interview.....the research sources you identified in Phase One and identify the key / relevant information. You will then share this information with your team. As a team you will identify the most relevant information to answer your Research Question.
References
Bruce Woodcock. 2011. What are the Main Employability Skills?. [ONLINE] Available at:http://www.kent.ac.uk/careers/sk/WhatAreSkills.htm. [Accessed 03 January 16].
Jisc. 2014. Developing digital literacies. [ONLINE] Available at: https://www.jisc.ac.uk/guides/developing-digital-literacies. [Accessed 03 January 16].
Identifying and Taking Note of Key and Relevant information
Much of your study in SL has involved reading, listening and sharing of relevant and key information to answer specific questions. Now is the chance to apply this knowledge to a real life situation. After you have analysed your sources for the most relevant information, note the most relevant points with supporting information for each research source. Your notes should be detailed enough for you to explain them to your team without referring to your original research documents. |
Group Discussion - Synthesising Your Information
You are now ready to use all the information your team has gathered to answer your research question.
As a team you need to identify the key information and supporting ideas to answer your question. As you have several sources this will involve discussion and synthesis of all the information you have. Eventually, you should identify the strongest ideas (and supporting information) to present on your poster and at the conference. |
Recording your Discussion
You should record at least 10 minutes of your group discussion (audio or video) and post this on your Digital Platform. |