Research on LinkedIn
LinkedIn has become a powerful platform for job hunting, skill learning etc. I have heard about this platform from many others, and I know people often use social media or online platforms to find a job or build a relationship. However, I did not realize there were so many tools and techniques to help you succeed in the online workplace and improve your personal profile or resume. Doing research on LinkedIn has helped me learn how to use this platform and helped me develop an awareness of the purpose of such sites and express my findings concisely in my own words.
Report Proposal and outline
The purpose of writing the report proposal and outline is to prepare for writing the formal report. Therefore, beginning with a proposed research design and proposal for “Improving the environment of International Navigator Club,” helped me take a structured approach and gave a clear direction in proceeding with further research for this semester. However, I found it challenging to keep my language concise, and I struggled to resolve this. As a result, I researched online for strategies to make my writing more concise, which helped simplify my solution section. In addition, I also conducted online research to ensure that my solution was ethical and workable.
Peer Review on Research Proposal
First, it was my pleasure to review Dhara’s work to see what I can learn and improve on based on her writing. I made notes and comments while reading through her assignment and compared Dhara’s assignment to my own, which helped me write the peer review later. For example, I realized that my research proposal format was slightly different from hers. When Dr. Paterson reminded me that I followed the wrong page of the example given, I changed it immediately. Furthermore, the feedback from Dhara pointed out some of my grammatical errors and issues with conciseness. This helped me go back to the research proposal and make some changes to be more concise. In conclusion, the peer review section allowed me to recognize my weaknesses and improve on them.
Formal Report Process
The formal report process section helped me keep track of my formal report schedule on the survey. I think this was the most challenging part among the others. I needed to maintain an awareness of upcoming deadlines and progress milestones. In this section, I needed to draw conclusions and summarize the information presented in previous sections. Moreover, another tricky part of the process was working on my survey questions. In the beginning, I thought making the survey questions would be easy, just like how we might ask questions during lectures or with friends. However, the survey questions include an introduction, and the questions also needed to meet research ethic criteria, which I found challenging. A specific problem I encountered was that I tended to ask leading questions, biasing the participant to answer the way I wanted. In order to fulfill ethical requirements, I revised my questions over and over again. Overall, the formal report process helped me plan out the research progress.
Overall, I think unit 2 gave me the practice of being more organized and systematic in writing a formal report. I believe after this practice, I will be able to be more concise, structured and clear in my writing.
https://blogs.ubc.ca/engl301-99c-2021wc/2022/02/15/research-proposal-for-a-formal-report-2/