Researcher Training Intensive is coming up
This year’s Researcher Training Intensive is fully online! From 27–30 July, the library’s Research Services Team will be hosting a professional development Intensive covering the latest research methods, tools and analysis. You can register for each session or pick the ones most relevant to you by browsing the program details below.
Monday 27 July
Researcher Training Intensive: Making the most out of researcher development and training opportunities
10–11.30am
This Q&A session will tap into the knowledge of an experienced panel of guests to explore the necessary skills and capabilities of researchers and how to use training opportunities to build research capacity and skills.
Panellists:
Professor Doug Creighton, Institute for Intelligent Systems Research and Innovation
Associate Professor Anna Kilderry, Associate Professor Education, Deakin University
Dr Georgina Kelly, Director Graduate Research Academy
Dr Daniela Kaleva, Research Manager, Researcher Development
Helen Woodall, Manager, International Research Training
Resource highlight: Tools to help with where to publish
12.30–1pm
Presented by the Library Research Services Team, this session provides an introduction to library subscription resources that you can use to help make decisions about publishing.
After attending this session, you will be able to:
- identify and access journal metrics and rankings sources
- use the Cabell’s Scholarly Analytics database to discover information about acceptance rates, peer-review style, time to review and publish, and Open Access style of journals.
Researcher Training Intensive: Citation indexes and citation mapping for literature review
2–4pm
Presented by the Library Research Services Team, this session provides an introduction to citation-based searching and mapping for your literature review. We’ll take a look at a range of search strategies as well as library subscription and free online tools.
After attending this session, you will be able to:
- identify and track key papers and authors on your topic using citation searching techniques
- explore citation mapping tools to gain more understanding of your research topic.
Tuesday 28 July
Researcher Training Intensive: Human research ethics and creating a plan to manage your research data
10–11.30am
Does my project involve human participants or their data or tissue? Do I need to get ethics approval to conduct my project? And if so, what will that involve? What’s a research data management plan and why would I want one anyway?
In this session, we’ll be answering these questions and many more. So, if you’re embarking on a new human research project here at Deakin, this is a great place to start!
Presenter:
Sally Fornaro, Adviser in human research ethics and integrity, Deakin University
Resource highlight: SAGE Research Methods
12.30–1pm
Presented by the Library Research Services Team, this session provides an introduction to the SAGE Research Methods database – an invaluable source for anyone undertaking a research project.
After attending this session, you will be able to:
- access SAGE Research Methods Search for appropriate research methods and statistical tests to analyse your data
- use the Project Planner to help plan your research.
Researcher Training Intensive: Research data management tools at Deakin
2–4.15pm
The session is specifically for academic supervisors and research students who would like to learn about the Research Data Management (RDM) tools at Deakin.
You will learn:
- how to access the Research Data Store (RDS)
- what the RDS looks like
- how to create Projects / Activities in the RDS
- how to create and manage Collections in the RDS
- what Syncplicity is
- what FileShare is
- how to access Syncplicity and FileShare, and the use case of each.
Presenters:
Dr Christopher McAvaney, Services Manager, eResearch, Deakin University
Dr Andrew Goh, Deakin eResearch Analyst
Dr Jerry Lai, Deakin eResearch Analyst
Wednesday 29 July
Researcher Training Intensive: Data analysis workflow – a case study
10–11.30am
Data analysis is often equated to number crunching. But to crunch numbers, we need to get the data in that form first. The best way to consider this is via a workflow. Capture or generating, cleaning, analysing, summarising.
There are many capture and generation tools, and there may be different tools for analysis to choose from. This can all get very confusing.
Join Dr Christopher McAvaney (Services Manager, Deakin eResearch) and Dr Andrew Goh (Deakin eResearch Analyst) as they simulate the considerations required to establish a solid workflow.
Presenters:
Dr Christopher McAvaney, Services Manager, eResearch, Deakin University
Dr Andrew Goh, Deakin eResearch Analyst
Resource highlight: Scopus
12.30–1pm
Presented by the Library Research Services Team, this session will introduce a range of techniques for article, author and journal-level citation searching in Scopus.
After attending this session, you will be able to:
- identify, find and track key papers and authors on your topic using Scopus
- discover how to quickly access article, author and journal metrics in Scopus
Researcher Training Intensive: NVivo for literature review
2–4pm
Presented by the Library Research Services Team, this session will provide an introduction to using NVivo for your literature review. Aimed at beginners who have only just started to use NVivo, or who are interested in learning more about how the program can be used for thematic analysis, this session does not replace the comprehensive NVivo introduction sessions offered by Faculties and is a standalone session.
After attending this session, you will be able to:
- create your NVivo project
- import your literature review sources
- develop nodes to code your literature for themes
- search and explore your literature review sources.
Thursday 30 July
Researcher Training Intensive: Capturing data via REDCap and Qualtrics
10–11.30am
Needing to collect data from people in a structured and intuitive way?
Research Electronic Data Capture (REDCap) and Qualtrics are two platforms endorsed by Deakin University for collecting and managing survey and human data. Both of these platforms are accessible to all Deakin researchers and research students, with regular training sessions and consultation services.
In this session, we will explore the potential of these platforms in addressing your research question, design and workflow.
Presenter:
Dr Jerry Lai, Deakin eResearch Analyst