This is the introduction slide set for the DoD Research Seminar

1. Department of
Design Research
Seminar
v. 0.1 – autumn 2016

2. Practicalities – 1/2
Learning outcomes for doctoral students
• Good practice in academic discussion; good skills in presenting
one's research topic and contributing to fellow researchers'
ongoing work; good skills and practices in academic discourse and
argumentation. Knowledge of topical discussions in design
research.
• Doctoral students required to present and serve as a discussant
once
Links
• MyCourses: https://mycourses.aalto.fi/course/view.php?id=14627
• Oodi:
https://oodi.aalto.fi/a/opintjakstied.jsp?html=1&Kieli=6&Tunnist
e=MUO-L0001
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3. Practicalities – 2/2
Schedule, autumn term (NB! All session are 3:00pm-5:00pm @
room 6087, unless otherwise mentioned)
14 September
28 September
19 October
2 November
16 November (room 885)
14 December
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4. Process description
Paper uploaded 1 week
prior to the presentation
• Work-in-progress
papers, R&R, maybe
even rejected papers
as well as idea
papers?
Approx. 60 minutes for
each presentation, incl.
Q&A
• This is the usual
format, but
PechaKucha, for
example, also
considered
Mechanisms supporting
publication after the
presentation?
• Not sure if needed,
but would be nice to
support the process
even after the
presentation
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5. Presentation format + atmosphere
• Each presenter is allocated 60 minutes
• 30 minutes presentation + 30 minutes Q&A
• Up to the presenter to use the time as they see fit
• Open, encouraging, positive atmosphere
• Anyone can join the presentations
• “How can we improve the paper?” not “What is wrong in the paper?”
• Multiple perspectives (‘disciplinary voices’) enable us to gain additional depth into our papers
• DoD research seminar as a living organism
• evolves according to the community’s needs + we experiment with best practices identified
inside and outside Aalto University
• Ideas for improving the seminar concept
• -> miikka.j.lehtonen@aalto.fi
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