Lecture Slide List 2009-2010

Ronan Fitzpatrick
School of Computing, Dublin Institute of Technology, Kevin Street, Dublin 8, Ireland
Email: ronan.fitzpatrick@comp.dit.ie

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DT210 MSc in Computing (Information Technology)

Advanced Research Methods & Proposal Writing

These resources are posted for supplemental purposes. They are not a substitute for attendance at lectures where the sharing of knowledge and work experience is encouraged and general interactive participation is the norm.

Lecture Session 2009-2010

Tuesday 6:30 to 8:30

Kevin Street

Reading list

Lecture schedule

Academic Calendar 2009-2010

Week 1 22 Sept	Lecture Research methodology Research Assignment 1 (For this assignment you will be required to sign a Certificate of own work).
Week 2 29 Sept	Reading list Planning for your project proposal and organising for your project Research sources Research methods and frameworks Primary research ideas Brainstorming Mindmaps PESTLE analysis W6h Mind maps - Try this http://mindmaps.3mrt.com/pm4success/ Research exercise - Qualitative research methods	Did you think about subscribing to student membership of the ACM? Obtain reader tickets for: Trinity College Library National Library of Ireland SCONUL ALCID Subscribe to IS/IT mailing lists - Principal sources for 'Calls for Papers' which include excellent state-of-the-art ideas for research and projects. ISWorld SEWorld UK-Usability Others related to your research domain. Visit the DIT Library website and link to databases on the left. Become familiar with resources like ACM, IEEE, OED, British Standards Online and similar. Crafting a Research Paper Practical research DIT library databases (ACM, IEEE, OED, British Standards online, Metafind) Google Scholar BookFinder
Week 3 6 Oct	Practical research tonight in a computer lab. A306 Please make sure that you have registered for computer and library access. DIT library databases (ACM, IEEE, OED, British Standards online, Metafind) Google Scholar BookFinder	For next week Presentation on a topic of your choice. IT topic preferred but be comfortable with your topic. Use 2 - 3 acetate transparencies and time is limited to 5 minutes. Mindmap exercise It will be necessary for you to formally declare that all material that you submit for this module is your own work. This will require you to complete and sign the following Declaration of own work.
Week 4 13 Oct	Presentation tonight on a topic of your choice. IT topic preferred but be comfortable with your topic. Use 2 - 3 acetate transparencies and time is limited to 5 minutes. Crafting an MSc Research Project Proposal	Very Important Brendan Tierney the MSc dissertation coordinator will be holding an information session on Thursday 22^nd October, for all MSc students who can commence their dissertation in Semester 2. Full details
Week 5 20 Oct	Laboratory/Library research session relating to project proposal and seminal references. Please make certain that you can logon to the DIT Library website. Continuous Assessment Assignment II - A project proposal for an MSc dissertation.	Research Assignment 1 Due in tonight Don't forget Dissertation Information Session Room KEB-034 This Thursday 22 at 6:30
Week 6 27 Oct	Student presentations of Research Assignment 1 Continuous Assessment Assignment II - A project proposal for an MSc dissertation. Crafting an MSc Research Project Proposal	We'll use our normal lecture room tonight. We will have about 15 presentations and I'd like to get them all done in the one evening. So, could we start at 6:00 and continue on to 9:15?
Week 7 3 Nov	Library Literacy Session - provisional	We'll use our computer lab. tonight.
Week 8 10 Nov	Feedback on papers submitted for Research Assignment 1 - Please bring a printout of your paper for review and note taking. Continuous Assessment Assignment II - A project proposal for an MSc dissertation. The Life Cycle of an MSc Dissertation	Crafting a research paper - Checklist Sample Dissertation Project Proposals from previous years.
Week 9 17 Nov
Week 10 24 Nov
Week 11 1 Dec	Project proposal submission tonight. Presentations commence.
Week 12 8 Dec	Project proposal presentations continue.
Week 13 15 Dec	Final session, Deirdre and Ronan
	Christmas
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	Christmas
Week 14	Examinations commence 11 January 2010
Week 15	Examinations continue.

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