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Craig, try and create objectives ASAP for these sections as we work on them. Can you get objectives created for section 1?


 * **Dissertation Mentoring Section 1**

Finding the forest in the trees. Why do research? Defining the dissertation and its structure and process. || Starting to research the quantitative way. Why quantitative studies? Why would you pick a quantitative dissertation. Other broad topics || Ethics of research ||
 * Conquering Your Fears.** || **Dissertation Mentoring Section 2** || **Dissertation Mentoring Section 3** ||
 * Demystifying the Dissertation Process.
 * Drilling down: what do you want to study and why. "this is what I want to know about a problem/issue." Look at the 5-why process and Ishikawa Diagrams. Goldilocks Zone: topic is not too broad nor too narrow..just right. Use funnel diagram to illustrate. || What are quantitative research methods? || Starting to research the qualitative way. Why qualitative studies? Why would you pick a qualitative dissertation. Other broad topics ||
 * Identifying and Retrieving scholarly sources. Library/Resource Module. || Research Questions and Methodology for quantitative studies || Research Questions and Methodology for quantitative studies ||
 * Find a theme. Move toward higher levels of Blooms. Effective critical and analytical reading of sources; Theoretical vs. empirical literature || Breaking down a quantitative dissertation (sample dissertations are assigned to students individually or in teams and they have to break them down based on a rubric for each section) || Demystifying the proposal and oral defense ||
 * Selecting an initial broad research topic. You are not married to this for the dissertation but are married to it for the DMS series. || **Big project 2:** Based on big project one, create a quantitative research plan. Look at a typical methodology section and maybe create a template for a research plan that they have to fill out and justify. || Developing an Treatment or application ||
 * **Big project 1:**5 source lit review on a clearly established theme. Emphasis is on learning to find a coherent/cohesive theme in a multitude of sources. Use a rubric to peer-evaluate each others summaries before final submission. Writing workshop kind of thing. || Notes: Use cooperative work and small groups for the breakdown. Use something like a wiki and have them do a audio/video breakdown. Teacher completely breaks down the sample dis and supplies that to students after they are done for comparison and discussion.

Possibly team teach the section to help with grading of plans. Have students critique each others plans. || **Big project 3**: building on big project 1 & 2 create an applicable treatment and explain it in narrative form (e.g. design, in detail, an online workshop to train teachers how to use classroom response systems) Correlation extant data studies ||
 * Video Interviews with faculty and students: what worked for you to complete the dissertation? ||  || **“KAP”stone:** combine all three big papers into the KAP (Knowledge Area Paper). KAPS are the final step in the completion of the mentoring sections. ||
 * tech tip wiki for students. Look at Zotero, build a dissertation wiki for each student to house research, papers, etc. ||  ||   ||
 * Get all faculty members in the program to monitor one discussion in each section. This will build community with faculty other than just those teaching the section. Guest Speaker/Outside expert model. ||  ||   ||


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Dissertation Mentoring Section 1
Predictors for success and personality styles: personality assessment in the class. SWOT style approach. Honest self assessment. Learn to identify problems. Change models and diffusion of innovations. You are not married to a topic/problem. Come up with question and then explore research. Alumni guest speakers/testimonials/discussion monitoring. Only two kinds of dissertations: signed and unsigned. What makes a good doctoral student? What makes a good online learner? Use Galileo and other research resources. How to tell good research from bad/marginal. Information management. __Dissertation readiness__. What topics do you think you are interested in for your dissertation and why? Tie in with EDUC XXXX first year. Understanding the difference between a doc degree and undergrad/masters and scholarly endeavors. Read dissertation sections? Using the tools that are available. Your semester plan.

Dissertation Mentoring Section 2
Blooms approach to literature review. Metacognition: thinking about thinking. Pick a topic read ten article and summary in your own words. Thinking backwards like Jason. 5 why process. Testimonials for other students. Theory is the framework /underpinning for your study. Topic development. Good student examples? Product? __Depth section__. Read dissertation sections? Using the tools that are available. Your semester plan.

Dissertation Mentoring Section 3
What to look for and how to work with a dissertation topic, chair, committee, etc. Prospectus might be good to have in this section. Reflect on work in 9961 and integrate content learned in that section. IRB training. Read dissertation sections? Timeline and such. Preparing for the summer workshop. Tentative Methodology proposed. Using the tools that are available. Backing up files. Your dissertation plan/timeline.