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PPTSkillsResourcesforSuccess.pptxWalden University Academic Residencies:
Skills and Resources for Success
PhD Residency 1
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Welcome to Residency 1!
The purpose of Residency 1 is to socialize beginning doctoral students into the Walden doctoral community of scholar practitioners.
Topics include:
Skills and Resources for Success
Critical Thinking for Doctoral Scholarship
Library Search Strategies
Tools for Organizing and Analyzing Literature
Scholarly Writing and APA Style
Preparing for the Dissertation Journey
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Welcome to Residency 1!
For the final assignment, you will write a reflection on each session, including key takeaways, resources, and next steps to move forward with scholarly and research development.
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Introductions
Faculty Introductions
Student Introductions
Introduce yourself to others at your table. Share:
Your program/specialization
Your city
Your job
One hobby or interest
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Session Learning Objectives
Understand the skills needed for success as a Walden doctoral student.
Explore resources for success offered at Walden and beyond.
Relate skills and resources for success to your individual experience as a doctoral student at Walden.
Evaluate your personal skills set and any needs for future development.
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Session Agenda
What’s Your Why/Positive Social Change
Time Management
Technology Management
Support Systems
Ground Self in Literature
Moving Toward the Dissertation
Career Planning
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Walden’s Definition of Positive Social Change
Positive social change is a deliberate process of creating and applying ideas, strategies, and actions to promote the worth, dignity, and development of individuals, communities, organizations, institutions, cultures, and societies. Positive social change results in the improvement of human and social conditions.
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Discussion about “What’s Your Why?”
In groups of two or three, discuss:
Why are you here at Walden?
What is your vision for creating social change?
What specifically do you hope to learn at Walden to achieve that vision?
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Key doctoral Resource hub
Doctoral Degree Coach Website | Access the Doctoral Degree Coach
--Navigate to the Doctoral Degree Coach website: https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/research-center/doctoral-coach
--View the video Doctoral Degree Coach video together. Video link: https://youtu.be/R9_uGreZhlQ
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Doctoral degree coach
Complete List of Resources for Every Step of Your Doctoral Journey
Easily track your doctoral journey and see what’s next. Find what you need, when you need it, including:
Steps
Guidance
Resources
Support
Additional help
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Time Management
Time management is crucial for student success.
Both coursework and dissertation
Time is a limited resource.
By starting a doctoral program, you are adding significant new demands on your time.
Priorities need to be reconsidered.
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Discussion on Time Management
In table groups of three or four, discuss:
How do you currently manage your time?
Does it work for you? Why or why not?
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Time Management
Use blocks of undisturbed time.
Set “office hours.”
Create a dedicated workspace.
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Resources for Time Management
Academic Skills Center Resources for Managing Time/Stress
Procrastination and Productivity
Time Management
Stress Management
Want more? Find additional resources under these tasks in the Doctoral Degree Coach:
Determine Potential Anxieties that May Need to be Addressed
Manage Your Work/School/Life Balance
Demonstrate Time/Task Management Skills
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Technology Management
Technology is a key component to success; learn to use the tools in your tech toolbox.
Back up your work regularly to the cloud or flash drive, etc.
Do not rely just on Word or other programs to put your work into APA style. Use and learn the APA manual.
Use Walden course paper templates; they are your guides for all your work.
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Technology Management
Share your ideas.
What other forms of technology do you currently use that are helpful?
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Resources for Technology Management
Provides course paper templates
Provides help with Word, PowerPoint, Excel, SPSS
https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/ASCcourses
Student Support Team
Provides administrative and technical support
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: 1-800-925-3368; 1-612-925-3368 (international)
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Technology management
Additional Resources
Want more? Find additional resources under these tasks in the Doctoral Degree Coach:
Assess and Strengthen Your Technology Skills for the Online Environment
Explore the Resources to Support Each Step of the Doctoral Journey
Explore the Tools to Keep You Organized and on Track
Explore the Supports Available for Using Research Tools
Prepare to Use the Capstone/Project-Stage Technology
Support Systems
Social support will enhance your success and decreases your stress.
What are kinds of social support?
Financial
Emotional
Academic
Technology
Childcare
Household management
Etc.
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Support Systems: Family and Others
Discuss
Have you discussed your program commitments with your family and other important people in your life?
What are your family’s or friends’ reactions or concerns?
How do you manage those concerns?
What specific kinds of support might these individuals provide during your academic endeavors?
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Support Systems: Work
Discuss
Have you discussed your program commitments with your supervisor and/or co-workers?
What were the reactions or concerns?
How do you manage those concerns?
What specific kinds of support could your supervisor or co-workers provide during your academic endeavors?
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Ground Yourself in the Literature
Enjoy the process of finding your “scholarly voice.”
Start a reference list.
Read scholarly journals in your field.
Why is it important to read scholarly articles in your field?
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Ground Yourself in the Literature
Read and take notes on one scholarly article each week in your area of interest.
In a later session, you will learn about the “Literature Review Matrix” tool to record your reading.
Be sure to check out these related tasks in the Doctoral Degree Coach:
Explore Capstone/Project Topics for Your Goals
Understand the Expectations of Academic Literature Research and Scholarly Sources
Identify Research Interests and the Relation to Your Long-Term Goals
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Final Assignment for Residency 1
Reflect on your experience in each session.
For each session, you will write answers for:
Key Takeaways
Resources That I Will Need
Next Steps for Improvement
Final Assignment is required to receive residency credit
Final Assignment is due on Day 3 at 6:00 p.m.
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Final Assignment
Take 2 minutes right now to reflect on what you learned from this session.
Write down notes for your reflection assignment.
Key Takeaways
Resources That I Will Need
Next Steps for Improvement
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Feedback Survey
Please take 2 minutes right now.
Complete feedback for this session in:
Residency App for Face-to-Face events
Blackboard for Virtual events
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