Competence on RDI

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13 November 2018

Competence on RDI

1. Dominators: How can a teacher a) find research communities, b) journals suitable for publication and c) participate in the development of his/her own field? What would be the best options for your group? Also, have you already done RDI, written & published articles, innovated, visited seminars and symposiums (perhaps in the role of a speaker)? Are all journals equally valuable as a publishing platform?

2. A) EduWarriors: A) What are the current RDI –trends in your field and education? Where can one find information about them? Show examples.

2. B) Considering Finnish universities (and universities of applied sciences), how do they benefit from the publications written by their teachers?

3. Paw Patrol: What are the skills and ethical principles required in the RDI? How do you develop those skills? What about “predatory” journals and publishers (ethical point-of-view)?
Prezi link:
https://prezi.com/oz83wn1ea-gr/competence-in-research-development/

(A) How can a teacher find research communities?
  • Universities
  • Online research communities
(B) Journals suitable for publishing

In publishing scientific articles, teachers should firstly see the following:

1. Scope of article
2. Whether article is an original research or systematic review or integrative review
3. Whether article is a developmental project commissioned by a body, for e.g., the EU or education
     ministry of Finland or the city where the UAS are situated
4. Teachers working in university should aim at publishing in scientifically peer-reviewed journals
    possibly with high impact factors. Impact factors can be found out from:
    scientificjournalsranking.com

Some other practical things to consider are:
· Whether the journal takes this kind of publication
· Authors should consider putting their abstract and key words in the following link
https://journalsuggester.springer.com/

(C) How can a teacher participate in the development of his/her own field?
  • Teaching
  • Observation
  • Presentation and publication
DOMINATORS could e.g. write an auto-ethnographic report about the learning of teaching or the process of (formally) becoming a teacher; a specific focus would need to be chosen and a literature review would need to be conducted about that focus.

 EXAMPLE: BUSINESS EDUCATION RESEARCH




The link below takes you to Julkaisufoorumi where almost all decent journals worldwide are listed and classified. The classification goes from 0 (lowest) to 3 (highest). We at Uni Oulu get evaluated according to the journal classification we publish in. Hence, when choosing where to publish it is worthwhile checking what classification a journal is.


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