KIE-39006 Research Presentation, 1-3 cr
Additional information
Suitable for postgraduate studies.
Person responsible
Heidi Jauni, Adrian Benfield
Lessons
| Implementation | Period | Person responsible | Requirements |
| KIE-39006 2019-01 | 2 |
Adrian Benfield |
Participation in a conference presentation rehearsal and a subsequent feedback session. Usually the course will also require the writing of a conference abstract. |
| KIE-39006 2019-02 | 4 |
Adrian Benfield |
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| KIE-39006 2019-03 | 5 |
Adrian Benfield Darrell Wilkinson |
In order to pass this course, you must attend 80% of the classes (via Zoom) and complete all tasks fully by the deadlines. |
Learning Outcomes
This flexible course is intended to offer participants a chance to improve and refine their academic presentation skills, with a focus on organisation, slide design, signposting language, and addressing audience questions. Depending on the implementation, this course may also contain instruction on design of a conference abstract or conference poster, including the structure and design of these genres. The implementation of this course is flexible. It may be offered as a stand alone course, or integrated into a seminar, for example.
Content
| Content | Core content | Complementary knowledge | Specialist knowledge |
| 1. | Participants will be able to design a presentation which has a clear aim, central organising principle, and a satisfactory introduction and conclusion. | Participants will be able to vary the organisation according to the aim and audience, choosing from, for example, problem-solution, topical, chronological, and spatial structures. | |
| 2. | Participants will be able to employ language to help guide the audience through the presentation, i.e. signposting. | Participants will be able to use language and voice to emphasize key points and make links between ideas. | |
| 3. | Participants will be able to design slides which are clear and support the content of the presentation. | Participants will be able to present their ideas in mainly pictorial form, using an assertion-evidence model of slide design. | |
| 4. | If this is included in the implementation, participants will be able to produce a well structured and titled abstract or poster which attracts audience attention. |
Instructions for students on how to achieve the learning outcomes
This course will be evaluated on a pass-fail basis. A pass requires completion of assigned presentation tasks.
Assessment scale:
Evaluation scale passed/failed will be used on the course
Partial passing:
Correspondence of content
There is no equivalence with any other courses