CEMMinar - supporting research
5-7pm, 5th November, 2009

This seminar aims to support the CEMM community including postgraduate students through making connections, considering new perspectives and exploring current issues relevant to our field of research.

Welcome to CEMM
A brief introduction to CEMM, including some of our key research interests and current projects, including research student topics.

Presentation: Facilitating Meaningful Online Adult Learning
Ruby Lee is in the final stages of her PhD and will present her findings about facilitating meaningful online learning in higher education in Hong Kong and Melbourne. The presentation will focus on a social-technical perspective founded in Actor Network Theory.

Presentation: Your Thesis: Finding The Motivation You Need To Succeed
This presentation by Anthony Fernando who has recently completed his PhD will include insights and practical tips to help students get motivated and stay focused during the course of their candidature.

Networking over nibbles
Enjoy a chance to meet other academics and research students over light refreshments.

Researcher’s toolbox

• What tools do you use in your research? This session will begin by asking what tools you use (eg. SurveyMonkey, NVivo, etc.). The resulting list may give you ideas for your own research and will certainly shape future CEMMinars.
   
• An introduction to NVivo - This 10 minute introduction by Dr Michael Henderson will demonstrate the basic features of NVivo including coding and searching. This session will lead participants into a discussion of the use of such a tool in their own research, and possibly to a wider discussion of qualitative text analysis.

RSVP - if you would like to attend or be notified about the details of these events please email prue.madden@education.monash.edu.au