Prepare a detailed report of an online seminar
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Title : Research Methods: A Guide For First Time Researcher
Date : 15 December 2014
Venue : Graduate School Auditorium UHAMKA Jl. Warung Buncit Raya 17 Jakarta
First of all, I would like to thank Head of GFETC for giving me the opportunity to attend the Research Methods Workshop at UHAMKA. The workshop was very interesting and gave the opportunity to learn many issues in regards to research procedures. As a trainer who needs to do some research in the future, I find it was a very enriching experience for me. I will describe briefly below some elements in the workshop.
➢ The seminar and workshop are designed to : 1) provide insight and understanding regarding the key concepts 2) review and discuss the phenomenon of varieties of research methods and of each is selected for the appropriate purposes of particular research undertakings 3) discuss practical steps in planning and conducting research activities within the context of tertiary education in Indonesia
➢ The slot of time was five sessions. Since the seminar started late (1 hour) the fifth session of working with research proposals was changed by discussion with participants. Participants were offered to contact both speakers for further consultation via online.
➢ The seminar and workshop was well attended by university lecturers, school teachers and administrators, and university students in the master’s and doctoral programs; around 50 participants were present.
➢ The seminar and workshop started at 10 a.m. by singing our national anthem Indonesia Raya and an opening speech by Director of UHAMKA Graduate School Prof. Dr. Abd. Rahman A. Ghani, M. Pd. The seminar was led by Prof. Rambir Singh Malik, Ph. D. a lecturer from Curtin University and Edith Cowan University, Perth – Australia and also Prof. Fuad Abdul Hamied, Ph. D. a lecturer of English Education from Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia Bandung.
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I have joined some international seminars, but I have never shared you all the kind of report that I wrote for my boss. Well, a report is indeed important, not only as a follow-up evaluation for my boss whether it was a good value for the time and money that was spent, but also as test for my ability to remember and jot down things very quickly. Here are some tips that I can share you:
1) write down your impressions of the seminar and the presenter as soon after the event as possible and while everything is still fresh in your mind. Don’t postpone too long, your immediate evaluation is a necessity.
2)Identify the elements of the seminar that resonated the most positively with you, and those are mostly the key ideas in the presentation, which should be based
entirely on what you personally got out of it
3)Identify the full title of the seminar you attended, the date, time and location of the program, and the name of the speakers of the seminar.
4) Assess whether the presenter had the credentials and the experience to make their material and its context credible.
5) Don’t forget to type your repot