- Name
- Learning how to do a Literature Review
- Topic
- This could be for any area
- Learning time
- 2 hours
- Designed time
- 2 hours
- Size of class
- 36
- Description
- Undergraduate (some guest postgraduates). Mixed experience of lit. reviews (many are unfamiliar, but some have experience)
Compulsory assignment
Mixed gender and ethnicity
Any group may include some learners with specific learning difficulties like dyslexia
- Mode of delivery
- Wholly online
- Aims
- 1. To give students an overview of the role of literature reviews
2. To explain the place of literature review with the curriculum
3. To prepare students to undertake a literature review
- Outcomes
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Identify
identify relevant areas for a literature review
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Explain
Explain the relevance of each area
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Apply
Apply their understanding of the genre of the literature review to their own writing
- Editor
- diana
Before the scheduled session
10 minutes)
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Watch the video presentation from Youtube on Moodle, giving an overview of literature reviews and their role, relevance, and scope.
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Make notes.
Prepare one question about literature reviews to ask in the session.
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Scheduled session: Planning a literature review
50 minutes)
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Join the discussion about the video. Raise your hand to ask questions about it, and contribute verbally and in Chat your suggestions in response to the other students' questions. Consolidate and clarify any remaining issues.
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Watch the teacher's explanation of the task
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Think and write individually on the Googledoc your idea for the most important feature of a successful literature review.
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In groups of six, discuss your ideas and write on the Miro Board your decision of what are the three most important features
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Choose one person from your group to write your top idea on the Googledoc, with your group number.
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Working individually, plan a draft literature review for a topic of your choice. Identify one thing you will do next to improve your skills in writing literature reviews.
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Join the closing plenary overview discussion. What would your group need to do next to continue learning in this area?
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Follow-up
60 minutes)
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Post your draft review to your Group's site in the Moodle forum.
Give peer feedback to others in group on their good points, and on which areas to improve.
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Read the teacher's feedback and think about how it might relate to your own draft.
Revise your draft in preparation for your summative assessment task of writing a literature review.
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Learning Experience
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