LSE SADL workshop 2 - Academic practices: reading and research
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Workshop 2: Academic practices: reading and research
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Welcome back!
#SADLw2
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SADL: what’s in it for you• Free training• Tea, coffee, cake, chocolate• Vouchers• PDAM statement (good for employability)• Online Badges to display your skills
• A chance to have a voice
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Activity: Blogging Task
• Has anyone read the blog posts?• How did you find writing the posts?• What makes a good blog post, generally?• Barriers to writing blog posts?
• Feedback?
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Writing good blog posts
• Be careful where you source your images• Search for creative commons licensed
materials• Google Image Search now has CC Licensed
images• We recommend embedding links to images
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Today: reading and research • To build on searching for information,
literature and data • To explore types of information will need to
study• To devise strategies for reading and research– What to read? – How much to read?– Where to find?
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Activity: Reading and Research
Think about when you have had an assignment or if you have one this term
In 2 groups , one Statistics & one Social Policy: How do you approach the work?What do you do?
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Here’s what we do…
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Example assignments: how you might approach what you need
• Investigation of working conditions, income and potential association to GDP growth in the European Union – Unpack the question– Reading list?– Devise search terms (and refine)– Decide WHERE to search
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Reading
1. Know what you want from the text before you begin reading.2. Reading as much as you can is not the point!3. Share.4. Manage your readings
Adapted from Claudine Provencher, TLC
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Activity: Evaluating Information • What are the characteristics of information
sources that you use?• How do you assess their quality?
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Types of resources
• Books / textbooks• Academic journals• Newspapers• Websites• Government publications• Data
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Study Support Materials
• Support in Moodle– Learning World– Library Companions - Students, Researchers,
Data Users
• Library Subject guides – Statistics– Social Policy
• LSE100 Writing Lab – open to all UGs
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Student Ambassador Role
• Share something from workshop 1 or 2 with 3 fellow students
• How did you find it?
• Write blog post or summary to Arun – 100 words
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Keep in touch!
• You are digital literacy ambassadors• Talk to your peers!• What have you learnt today?• What would you like in the next workshop?
• Workshop 3: Weeks 9 and 10 of Lent Term