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Week 1
23
Sept 09 |
Introduction
Undergraduate Research and Methodology
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| Week 2
30 Sept 09 |
The requirements of an
Undergraduate project.
Planning for your project proposal and organising for your
project
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Brainstorming
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Mindmaps
- PESTLE analysis
- W6h
Mind maps - Try this
http://mindmaps.3mrt.com/pm4success/
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- Important general
information for all students. Regularly
- visit the course
website and link to current students at:
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http://www.comp.dit.ie/dt249/
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
Subscribe to IS/IT mailing lists - Principal
sources for 'Calls for Papers' which include excellent
state-of-the-art ideas for research and projects.
- Practical research
- DIT library databases (ACM,
IEEE, OED, British Standards online, Metafind)
- Google Scholar
- BookFinder
Research exercise
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| Week 3
7
Oct
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Continuous Assessment Assignment
- A project proposal for a final year project.
Crafting a
Research Paper - A PowerPoint Presentation
Guidelines for Final Year Project.
Crafting an Introduction 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. |
Guidelines for
Professional Project
- Please bring your copy of
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Crafting a Research Paper
For your project proposal
identify:
- The world experts in
the topic
- The seminal
publications that apply
- Appropriate conceptual
models
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| Week 4
14
Oct
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We'll use our labs tonight.
- Practical research
- DIT library databases (ACM,
IEEE, OED, British Standards online, Metafind)
- Google Scholar
- BookFinder
- Internet Engineering
Task Force (IETF) Request for Comments (RFC)
Research exercise
Prepare a list of at least 10 significant references that you can use in
your project proposal (or professional Issues assignment). Your list
should be in the format recommended in Crafting a research paper.
Don't forget to consider an international standard and possibly a white
paper.
Project Proposal advice (from Pat
Browne's website)
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| Week
5
21
Oct |
Making a convincing
oral presentation
Crafting
and IS/IT project proposal |
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| Week 6
28 Oct
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Research exercises
- Outsourcing - Venkatraman
exercise, International standards.
- IT Ethics
Use sheet from Exercise folder. |
Crafting a
BSc Research Project Proposal - Guidelines
Exercises
1 & 2 |
| Week 7
4
Nov |
Library Literacy Session |
Exercises 3 & 4 |
| Week 8
11
Nov |
- Final Year project
Risk
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Handout
.pdf
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Slides
.ppt
.pdf
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General Comments on paper writing
Crafting a research paper - Checklist
Crafting a BSc Final Year Project - Life Cycle |
| Week 9
18 Nov
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Presentations from
Exercise 3 & 4 |
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| Week 10
25 Nov
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| Week 11
2
Dec
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Project Proposals due this
week.
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Cover sheet for your proposal.
- Include a Declaration of own
work
- When you have 20
minutes to spare.
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Video - Careers in Computing
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| Week 12
9 Dec
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Project Proposal
presentations for Information
Systems Research Practice module continue all
week. About 6/7 slides.
Max. 20 minutes
presentation including questions.
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| Week 13
16 Dec
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Proposal presentations
continue all
week. |
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Christmas |
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Christmas |
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Christmas |
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Week 14
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Examinations commence 11
January 2009 |
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Week 15 |
Examinations continue. |
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