Meeting arranged with Clara

Some positive news. Clara has kindly agreed to meet up next week to talk through a dissertation idea I've been giving some though to. In fact it was Clara who helped to spark the idea during a conversation about online assessment and multimodality a few weeks ago. I've been playing around the idea since then, trying to consider whether and how it would make a valid subject for dissertation research. It will be great to get Clara's (honest and clear) feedback on my idea when we meet up next Friday 12 October at 2pm. 

Before then, I'll need to work out how to make best use of Clara's time. This means arriving at the meeting with a carefully considered, researched and rehearsed plan. This isn't a case of trying to 'sell the idea', more a case of really ensuring that I'll be in a position to put my ideas across clearly. Also, by taking time to think through the ideas I'll be able to identify weaknesses and questions for myself. In practical this will involve:

1. revisiting the dissertation guide and summarising in a very succinct way what I'm being asked to do
   
2. writing a short abstract/rationale explaining what I'm proposing to do and why
   
3. doing some background reading on themes on multimodality/non-traditional assessment and online assessment and feedback
   
4. coming up with a working title for the dissertation
   
5. perhaps creating a mind map (for my own use) that breaks the question down
   

Once I've done all of these thing, I think it will also be useful to write down what I hope to take from next week's meeting.