The folks at Scrintal interviewed how I utilize their product for my projects—examples such as course planning, curriculum planning, and general brainstorming. I have used the tool since the first early test groups and have loved the continued focus on development and user needs. You can find the write-up here: https://www.scrintal.com/guides/the-heart-of-scrintal-part-two. Video interview here:
Author: Dr. Jakob E. Barnard
Full draft completed and submitted
Progression has gone very well. Drafts of chapters 4 & 5 were completed, along with an abstract and acknowledgments. Putting together the data and the themes proved to be quite interesting and enjoyable, with chapter 5 allowing for adding discussion elements such as bias and why some themes coded in fewer numbers, but were more…
Drafts submitted and study underway
I am making progress on the dissertation – it certainly has been a little while since I have posted an update. In many ways, it has been like an IT project – do or document. I have gone with less posting to this site, but I made significant progress on the dissertation. The drafts…
Finally posting an update – IRB Approval Received
I have been horrible about updating this particular blog lately, although for fairly good reasoning. I am attending SIGCSE Technical Symposium 2022 at the beginning of March. While overall fun, useful, and certainly beneficial, a secondary benefit is that I am part of an affiliated event that meets the day before the conference starts. The…
First reviews are in
It has been a bit of a marathon since submitting the revised lit review as I mentioned in my previous post. I did indeed receive a final grade of full credit for the submission, though, in this last dissertation part of my program, the grades are (and should be) relatively binary. It is either done…
Literature Review first draft officially (re)submitted
I was finally able to submit my initial draft of my dissertations chapter 2 – the literature review. (My university uses a five-chapter format that might not be the same in all disciplines or different countries.) It was a bit of a scramble to finish up as I had aimed my initial rough draft based…
Bearding since Sept 2021
Stopped shaving when I submitted my topic for approval… it was approved! Now – to grow the dissertation and beard. As far as the dissertation goes, I am currently closing in on finishing up my first draft of Chapter 2 (the Literature Review).
Dissertation Procrastination
How should one procrastinate when working on a literature for a dissertation? Why – decide to set up a website to migrate a paper progress log and expand into bearded topics! The site will progress, but will cover dissertation-related topics, progress, beards, and academic life. As both a Ph.D. student and a full-time Assistant Professor…