Communicating Scientific Research
The Simula School invites all employees at Simula to attend lectures that will help you develop key skills in how to communicate your research in speech and writing.
The Simula School of Research and Innovation invites Simula employees to attend the 2010 lectures on scientific communication. The following lectures are open for everyone at Simula that would like to learn more about the communication of scientific research - all you need to do is to join us in Storstua at the following times:
- The Craft of Scientific Presentations: Monday 8 March 9.00–13.00
- Communicating Science to the Public: Monday 8 March 14.00–15.30
- Screening of the film "Rethinking PowerPoint": Monday 8 March 15.45-17.00
- The Craft of Scientific Writing: Tuesday 9 March 9.00-13.00
- Writing Effective Research Proposals: Wednesday 10 March 9.00-13.00
All lectures take place in Storstua. Read more about the modules.
Group sessions for selected PhD students
As centerpiece of the course is hands-on training sessions. 12 PhD students have already been invited to attend these sessions, where each participant will take part in helpful group training that allow them to practice the communication of their own research. The participants will have time to refine their research presentations as they build experience with the methodology and techniques that are discussed in the lectures.
Experienced lecturers
The communication course is taught by Michael Alley and his colleague Melissa Marshall. Alley is an Associate Professor of Engineering Communication at Penn State University, which is one of the leading US universities. He is a highly recognized expert on these topics and has published three books on scientific presentation and writing techniques at Springer. In addition to teaching regular classes at Penn State, Alley regularly teaches workshops at universities, research institutions and companies throughout the USA, and at selected locations in Europe. We at Simula have had the pleasure of hosting Michael Alley in Oslo on several occasions. He has then given variants of his workshops at Simula and at the University of Oslo. Last year, SSRI organized a national version of the workshop with 68 participants representing all the universities in Norway. Both prior to, during and after the workshop, surveys were conducted in order to evaluate the results of the teaching and the effect of the presentation technique that were taught. The surveys of the individual learning outcome reveals a statistically significant improvement in how the participants prepare and deliver scientific presentations to peers and the public. Furthermore, the participants’ presentation material has been compared with similar material produced by graduate students at a leading university in USA. This extensive comparison shows that according to the selected criteria, the participants at the Norwegian workshop has submitted better results than their American colleagues. The results of this assessment, as well as a description of how the arrangement was planned and carried out, are published in an evaluation report.
Some of the senior Simula researchers have also had the opportunity to observe regular classes on presentation techniques that he gives at Penn State. The observations from all these happenings have been consistent: the participants are forced to rethink their style of presentation and writing, and we have seen remarkable improvements of their communication skills as a result of the courses.
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| When |
Mar 08, 2010 09:00 AM
to Mar 10, 2010 04:00 PM |
| Where | Storstua |
| Contact Name | Marianne M. Sundet |
| Contact Phone | +4790018483 |
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