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Dissertation Survival Guide 101

Dissertation Survival Guide 101. By Dr. Todd Meadors. Tips. Treat your dissertation like a class Locate at least one or two new references a week Use different keywords to broaden your search (“distance learning” vs. “online learning”) Continue to narrow your concept

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Dissertation Survival Guide 101

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  1. Dissertation Survival Guide 101 ByDr. Todd Meadors

  2. Tips • Treat your dissertation like a class • Locate at least one or two new references a week • Use different keywords to broaden your search (“distance learning” vs. “online learning”) • Continue to narrow your concept • Do not hold on too tightly to your concept • Have a backup plan topic just in case… • Once you get your Concept Paper (CP) done, take only one class at a time

  3. Tips continued… • Communicate with your chair regularly • Do what your committee says but ask questions • Remember - you pay for dissertation continuing services – translates to money • In all of the classwork you do, tie the material into your dissertation • References, references, references… • Have between five and seven research questions • Take two or three research classes

  4. Tips continued… • If you have an AND in your problem statement, you have two topics • Look to extend the research

  5. My dissertation • The Impact of Multimedia as an Instructional-Design Strategy in an Online, Computer-Lab Class • Infused multimedia in a hands-on IT class

  6. My dissertation continued… • Cognitive theory – CTML • Mixed Methods • Dr. Charles L. Faires Dissertation of Distinction Award 2012

  7. You can survive too! • Call yourself “Dr.” right now!

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