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Unit 1 - First orientation

Site: Moodle-Kursserver der Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
Course: Digital Learning Kit - self learning course for studying with digital tools
Book: Unit 1 - First orientation
Printed by: Gast
Date: Friday, 22 November 2024, 7:22 AM

Table of contents

List of contents



Work planning and time scheduling

How do I plan my time?

Time planning is an important step when writing an academic paper

Before you start writing, you should consider some important work steps and phases and organize them accordingly. In any case, it is important that you start writing your academic paper in good time! Experience has shown that the "research" and "writing" phases take longer than expected. Below we present a possible workflow. Of course, these phases can also overlap in practice.



Reviewing literature

How do I get a rough overview?

After you have narrowed down your topic (see the unit "Finding topics and formulating questions"), you can start with the targeted literature research. At this point, you don't have to write excerpts yet, but it is first about creating a rough roadmap or work outline. Before we get into the detailed research, we would like to give you an overview of the different forms of literature:



To get a first overview, you can first enter keywords in the ThULB search, or for very extensive results use the catalog of the German National Library. When searching, the following sources are recommended to get started:


Write down your reading results in a mind map in which you record only the most important information of the publications. . You can also add them to your reference management program. In a later step you will have a closer look at some of these publications. But first of all, it is important to get an overview.

Finding topics and formulating questions

How do I find a suitable topic?

Use the arrow keys on your keyboard to go to the next pages of this presentation (Windows). Alternatively, you can click on the small triangle below the slides. Below the presentation you will also find the content in accessible text form.





Structuring your thesis

How do I structure my thesis?

Use the arrow keys on your keyboard to go to the next pages of this presentation (Windows). Alternatively, you can click on the small triangle below the slides. Below the presentation you will also find the content in accessible text form.






Supervision

How does the cooperation with my supervisor work?

Interview with Julia Feike, lecturer on German as a Foreign and Second Language.


Application

As it is one thing to get the tips and another to apply them, we have developed a reflection tool for the Digital Learning Kit that you can use regularly, preferably in exchange with fellow students.

On the Mahara platform as a tool for group work, you can find other students who are interested in similar topics and join together in groups.

On this personal learning environment you can find other students who are interested in similar topics and form groups. On Mahara there is an exchange group for the Digital Learning Kit, where you can get together and exchange information about the different modules.

You can find out what you need to consider when logging in to Mahara for the first time, how to join the group and what else you can do on Mahara in the "First steps on Mahara" guide. Log in with your URZ abbreviation and login, which is the same data you use for Friedolin.

The exchange group also provides reflection templates for documenting your work and slowly improve it through reflection. You can copy and edit these templates in your personal portfolio on Mahara. If you wish, you can share them with the other group members to exchange ideas.

Alternatively, you can answer the questions here - alone or with fellow students. Use the dialog cards below to do so!




Further resources

  • Bocar, A. C., & O. Daga-ang, M. G. (2023). Time Management of Work Scholars.
  • Stanoeva, I. (2023). Time Management. SSRN.