Research Opportunities Within the Advisor Education (LAE) program

1. Getting Started with Research

Research focus

1. Conduct self-reflection.
​2. Understand what happens in an advising session.

• What advising strategies does an advisor use?
• How effective is an advisor’s use of summarizing (or other strategy)?
• How directive is an advisor?
• How does an advisor help an already autonomous learner?

Research activities

1. Write reflective journals.
2. Conduct peer-advising. Interview each other to find clearer ideas on your current situation.

LAb participation

1. Post reflective journal:

• Give feedback on other people’s journals.
• ​Participate in online small group meeting.

2. Show and tell:

• Share our experience and opinions online.
• ​Online poster presentation.
• Photo sharing online.

Journal publication

Possible publications (see https://relayjournal.org for details
1. Research paper or work in progress
2. Self-reflective journal
3. Innovative Practice
4. Perspective (reflection / opinion)
5. Review

2. Going Deeper

Research focus

1. Find focus areas: Understanding why something happens and how to control it

• Investigating learner perceptions of a session (very open)
• Why does an advisor make certain discourse choices
• What is an advisor thinking about during a session?
• How an advisor’s style changes over time

Research activities

1. Review your past work and pick up key words.
2. Analyze current status to find out issues.
3. Conduct peer-advising for research.
4. Research the background of the area that you are interested in (literature review).

LAb participation

1. Post your ideas and insights related to your focus area.
2. Share your research outline and get feedback from others.
3. Online poster presentation
4. Written online discussion
5. Small group meeting
6. "My favorite..." sharing

Journal publication

Possible publications (see https://relayjournal.org for details
1. Research paper or work in progress
2. Self-reflective journal
3. Innovative Practice
4. Perspective (reflection / opinion)
5. Review

3. Becoming Aware

Research focus

1. Examining interventions​

• A deliberate attempt to introduce an advising strategy and the analysis of the outcome
  
• A deliberate attempt to use a visual aid and the analysis of the outcome

Research activities

1. Evaluating the effectiveness of an attempt to influence a behavioral or attitudinal change

LAb participation

1. Post your ideas and insights related to your focus area.
2. Share your research outline and get feedback from others.
3. Online poster presentation
4. Written online discussion
5. Small group meeting
6. "My favorite..." sharing

Journal publication

Possible publications (see https://relayjournal.org for details
1. Research paper or work in progress
2. Self-reflective journal
3. Innovative Practice
4. Perspective (reflection / opinion)
5. Review

4. Transformation

Research focus

1. Collaborating, disseminating and contributing to the field.

• Creating an inventory of strategies
  
• Evaluating practice
  
• Evaluating the effectiveness of research activities.
  
• Creating and evaluating advising tools
  
• Feedback systems

Research activities

1. Analysing your dialogue to notice mentoring strategies.

LAb participation

1. Post your ideas and insights related to your focus area.
2. Share your research outline and get feedback from others.
3. Online poster presentation
4. Written online discussion
5. Small group meeting
6. "My favorite..." sharing

Journal publication

Possible publications (see https://relayjournal.org for details
1. Research paper or work in progress
2. Self-reflective journal
3. Innovative Practice
4. Perspective (reflection / opinion)
5. Review

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