Your Research Coordinator- Lynne Kennette

Many of you already know me as I was the GAS Program Coordinator from 2015-2019. But for those of you who don’t (or may not know me well) here is a bit about me, your new IS Research Coordinator.

Education: After a double BA in Psychology and French (University of Windsor), I completed my MA and PhD in Cognitive Psychology at Wayne State University (Detroit, MI). My focus was in Psycholinguistics (bilingual language representation and processing ambiguous English words), and I also earned doctoral minors in Linguistics and Quantitative Methods (aka stats). Commuting from Windsor for 7 years led to many cross-border adventures, which I will happily share, just not in this newsletter.

Research: I have been publishing research since 2008 and have many types of publications under my belt, from the traditional, data-driven research articles, to “fun” pieces about teaching. I am not shy about sharing my publications, so if you’re interested, just ask and I will send you a list (comprehensive or recent- you choose!) I can also send you any of my published articles that may interest you.

Personal: I am originally from Lakeshore (near Windsor, Ontario) and currently live in Kawartha Lakes. My first language is French, though I learned English in grade 3 and consider myself to have native-like proficiency in English. I have been married for 14 years and we have 2 kids (6-year-old Adam and 1 year-old Emelia, so I am just returning from my maternity leave). We also have 2 kittens.

My new role as Research Coordinator: Dave Smith was IS’s first ever Research Coordinator and I think he did an excellent job bringing attention to the role and the possibility of conducting research in IS. I would like to build on what Dave has accomplished by supporting IS faculty in their desire to pursue research. Over the course of this semester, I will be sharing some research/publication tips and strategies with you, and also asking for your feedback about what you’d like me to work on to support you in research.

If you have any suggestions for things you’d like to see from me, please reach out to me via email.

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Tips for Completing the REB Form for Secondary Use (Part 2 of 2)

Last time, I began to go through the Secondary Use of Data Research Ethics Board form (which is on ICE: Teams – Academic – Research Services, Innovation and Entrepreneurship – Research Ethics Board, then click on “Related Forms” on the left hand side; or click here ). Remember that the secondary use of data form is only to be used when the data are already available either publicly (Statistics Canada) or privately (your previous semester students’ performance). This week, I’ll be reviewing the rest of the sections of the form, beginning with Section 4.0. In the first sub-section (4.1), you’ll explain your research question, why it’s important and what you think the outcome will be (if you have a hypothesis). Then, you’ll explain where the data came from (who the participants were) and the purpose for the original (primary) data collection. For example, if you’d like to examine a previous semester’s student outcomes, the data were originally collected to provide feedback/grades to...

Conferences!

With things returning to pre-pandemic normalcy more and more, you may have taken some time to think about PD again. Although you may find an amazing conference in a location you’d love to visit, location should not be something you look for when making your initial list (though you may need to eliminate some amazing conferences if they’re too far away and will be too expensive to attend). So, what should you be looking for? I have some suggestions! First, find some conferences that might be relevant to your professional development goals or teaching practice. Search for terms like “conference” and whatever your interests are (e.g., “teaching and learning”) and location (e.g., “Ontario” or “Canada”). That should bring up at least a few conferences for you to consider. Or, search for specific conferences you have previously attended (and found valuable). Then, determine if you’re planning to present something at the conference (e.g., sharing a teaching te...

Tips for planning your research dissemination

The next couple of topics will relate to publishing Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) articles (though it will also apply to most other forms of research publishing). So, I thought I would give some brief info about publishing research articles in general. Here are some things to consider for disseminating research. The publishing process actually begins well before the project itself, especially if you have any co-authors (if you’re doing everything yourself and have nobody else in your research team, then you can skip this paragraph). Determining authorship order and who will contribute in which way (and how much each will contribute) to the writing is an important step. Why does the order of the authors matter? In most fields, the author in the first position is the one who made the most substantial contribution to the project (though not necessarily to the writing, but often that is also the case). Additionally, the first author won’t get truncated when being cite...

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