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PPTDissertationJourney.pptxThe Dissertation Journey
Walden University Academic Residencies
PhD Residency 3
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Welcome to Residency 3
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Faculty Introductions
Student Introductions
Residency 3 Overview
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Residency 3 is about how to design and conduct research
Topics that will be covered include:
Walden’s Dissertation Process
Designing Your Research Study
Developing a Literature Review Plan
Developing an Aligned Study
Developing a Feasible Research Study
Methodology
Session Learning Objectives
Distinguish the chronological steps in the dissertation writing and approval process
Identify the written products in the dissertation process
Understand the structure of the dissertation chapters
Locate and evaluate available resources for each step of the process
Understand the final assignment for Residency 3
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What it feels like at the beginning
The Dissertation Journey at WaldeN:
Activity: Walden’s Dissertation Process Quiz
The Journey Game
Let’s find out how much you already know about the dissertation process.
You’ll work together with your tablemates as a team.
A team will pick a category and a point value. An answer will be revealed. The challenge is to figure out what the question is. Correct questions will earn the point value stated.
If the team answers incorrectly, the next team will get a chance to answer, and so on, until the correct question is identified.
The quiz will continue until all answers have been revealed or time runs out, whichever comes first.
The team with the most points wins!
Develop prospectus and get it approved by committee and program
Develop proposal and get it approved by committee & URR (Chapters 1-3)
Pass proposal oral conference/defense
Apply for and receive IRB approval to conduct research
Collect and analyze data and report findings (Chapters 4–5)
Complete entire dissertation and get it approved by committee & URR (Chapters 1–5)
Document submitted for Form & Style review
Pass dissertation oral conference/defense
Complete final Form and Style revisions and have final document approved by committee & URR
Have abstract approved by CAO’s office
Submit final dissertation to UMI for publication
Make graduation plans!
Major Steps of the Dissertation Process
Doctoral DEGREE Coach
Ctrl+Click the image to follow link to student video.
How to keep track of it all?
This tool walks you step-by-step through the entire dissertation process!
For Faculty: The Doctoral Degree Coach is the one-stop-shop for students throughout their doctoral journeys. [All staff and faculty also have access to the tool. See the Job Aid to request access.]
Activity: View the video | Video link: https://youtu.be/R9_uGreZhlQ
For Faculty: The Capstone Stage of the Tool should be the focus now. The capstone stage includes prospectus, proposal, and final study milestones.
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Doctoral DEGREE Coach
Overview of the Tool
8 capstone phases broken into steps
To-dos for each step with resources
Goal dates to track capstone progress
Weekly progress digests
Faculty view access to monitor student progress
Steps, descriptions, resources, support, etc.— all in one place
For Faculty: Doctoral Capstone content provides resources, structure, and support throughout the final milestones of your journey. But it’s also a planning tool… Once students have a committee assigned, they can enter a Goal Completion Date and the tool calculates due dates for all tasks along the way. This makes term planning much easier!
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Doctoral DEGREE Coach
Doctoral Degree Coach Website | Access the Doctoral Degree Coach
Use the Doctoral Degree Coach to plan and complete your dissertation!
For Faculty: A link to the coach website (with the video) is provided AND a direct link to the tool. All students should log into the tool.
Students can always go back to the Skills and Readiness stage and can always view the capstone stage content. Once they have a committee assignment, they can SET their Goal completion date in the Capstone stage.
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Major Written Products in the Dissertation Process
Premise (may not be used by all programs)
Prospectus
Proposal (Chapters 1–3)
Dissertation (Chapters 1–5)
Note: All PhD programs (except Clinical Psych) are now using the Prospectus Form.
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Abstract
Chapter 1: Introduction and Overview
Chapter 2: Literature Review
Chapter 3: Methods
Chapter 4: Results
Chapter 5: Discussion and Conclusion
References
Appendices
Parts of the Dissertation
Reminder!
The Doctoral Degree Coach walks you step-by-step through all these milestones!
Note. There is a link to the Coach tool on the homepage of the dissertation course shell.
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Use the Dissertation Resource Scavenger Hunt Worksheet to discover Walden resources to support your dissertation completion.
For each resource, make note of:
Name of resource
Where it is found
Purpose of the resource
Who uses the resource
Dissertation Resource Scavenger Hunt
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Resources for Your Dissertation Steps
Doctoral Capstone and Project Resources Site (PhD on the left-hand side)
Oral Defense Information and Archives
Institutional Review Board (IRB)
PhD Dissertation Writing Templates
Ask a Librarian Doctoral Research Appointment
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Each of these resources is also provided to you at the right time in the Doctoral Degree Coach!
A passing grade on the Final Assignment is required to receive credit for Residency 3.
Complete a Journal assignment that demonstrates synthesis and application of the curriculum in Residency 3.
The Journal assignment is divided into sections that correspond to each Residency 3 session.
Submit your completed Journal assignment to the Residency 3 classroom.
The Final Assignment is due:
4-day Residency: by 6:00 p.m. on Day 3
8-day Residency: by 11:59 p.m. on Day 7
Residency 3 Final Assignment
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Final Assignment
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Take 2 minutes right now to reflect on what you learned from this session
Write down notes for your Journal assignment
- Application to my Dissertation Prospectus and Proposal
- Resources I will need
- Next steps/questions I need to answer for my dissertation
Feedback Survey
Please take 2 minutes right now and complete feedback for this session
In the Residency App (Face to Face)
In the classroom (Virtual)
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