This document summarizes The Final Chapter, an online resource developed at the University of Leeds to help final year students develop the skills needed to successfully complete their dissertation projects. It provides an overview of the resource's content which includes sections on what a dissertation is, why the resource was created, how it was developed, future plans, and feedback received from students. Staff and students were involved in the creation of the resource by contributing video content. It was marketed through the university website and social media, and has received over 20,000 hits since its launch. Student feedback praised the reassurance and confidence gained from hearing experiences of other students.
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Finalchapter
1. The Final Chapter: Developing
students’ skills to successfully
undertake their final
year project
2. What’s in it for you?
Use
Create
Inspire
• Use all/parts
within your own
institution
• Blended
learning or
completely
online
• Create resources
yourself for
dissertation
students
• Working
collaboratively
with staff/
students on
future resources
• Using video
content
3. This session will include
What it is
Why we did it
How we did it
Future
developments
Feedback we
got from
students
How we
marketed it
5. Why we did it
“ skills
research
All programmes will actively develop students’ independent
and provide students with opportunities to put
these skills into practice. At the culmination of the
programme, students should be able to undertake, with
supervision, an autonomous piece of research work
”
University of Leeds. 2013. Curriculum enhancement project. Available from: http://curriculum.leeds.ac.uk/rbl
6. Don’t students already have these skills?
Over 600
students
Student
concerns:
voluntarily attended
dissertation
workshops
Writing
Criticality
Project planning
Confidence
(Writing a literature review, Planning
your dissertation, Writing your
dissertation)
2011-2012 & 2013 so far (average 44
students per session)
(concerns expressed in workshops and
drop-ins)
7. How we did it
A small project team was set up to support the
main project lead, Sally Dalton
Existing material from workshops were brought
together and adapted
Staff and students from across the University
were videoed
Articulate Storyline was used to create the
package
10. What our students thought…
20,301 hits
(17th September 2012- 18 November 2013).
I feel much more confident about the next
stages that I need to achieve for my project.
Also I have already used many of the Academic
Writing resources in other essays which I feel
has definitely helped develop a clear argument
and stay precise, which is something I struggled
with in the past
Encouraged me to plan more/
start NOW- from the advice of
the students on the videos.
I found this a really useful
resource, even though not
everything was relevant to my
project. Its nice to hear other
students views as its reassuring
that I'm not the only one who has
done it, or indeed who has faced
problems.
Videos from students are especially
good as it gives real tips from students
who have already been through the
process. I also found what they had to
say quite reassuring.
11. Future developments
Add more examples
of complete
dissertations from
broad subject areas
Consider adding
sections on
methodology and
discussions
Add more examples
throughout the
resource
