Dissemination and User Engagement

Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Identify the ‘pathways to impact’ i.e. consider how to practically embed research methods, results and outcomes for the benefit of academic and non-academic stake-holders.
• Evaluate the academic impact of research
• Identify the economic / societal beneficiaries of the research, e.g. demonstrate an understanding of the relevance of the project for educational psychology in practice
• Critically evaluate research
• Identify the academic beneficiaries of their research, i.e. consider how their research questions, methods, and findings will extend the knowledge/methods base
• Draft research summaries and articles for dissemination to specialist and non-specialist audiences.

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Appreciate the need for research to achieve ‘impact’

Journals and models of publication

Presenting at scientific conferences

The process of submitting a paper to a peer reviewed journal

The peer review process

Pathways to impact

Teaching and learning methods

Students will participate in a small number of workshop sessions and then use the techniques practiced to prepare to disseminate their own research.

Assessment strategy

Portfolio - group assessment:

1. Wider dissemination piece;

2. A journal article prepared for publication

3. Covering letter to the journal editor

4. Conference poster.

Formative

This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Repeat Information

Repeat type: External