Section outline


  • Semester 1
    Weeks

    Focus

    Student Deliverables

    Supervisor Engagement

    1 & 2

    Orientation, goal-setting

    Learning contract  and discussion of project proposal (research question, scope, rationale, methods, format of final output)

    Initial supervisor meeting

    3 - 5

    Preliminary review of the literature 

    Theming the literature (e.g., annotated bibliography, thematic analysis grid) and meeting with Librarian

    Feedback on sources and framing

    6 & 7

    Methodological and design decisions

    Submit Project Proposal, including methodological approach, theoretical framework, researcher's positionality, and preliminary literature review

    Supervisor review and assessment of project proposal

    8 & 9

    Initial project development

    Begin creation of project output (e.g., OER draft, curriculum units, autoethnographic writing)

    Ongoing support/check-in

    10 & 11

    Integrating theory and practice

    Submit draft 1 of Reflective Essay and Literature Review (linking theory, context, and experience)

    Supervisor feedback on reflective essay and literature review 

    12 & 13

    Mid-semester check-in

    Draft project update + revised literature review

    Mid-point review with supervisor