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Created on September 18, 2024
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Academic Posters:
Creating your poster
- Literature Review
Canterbury Christ Church University (no date) What is an academic poster? Available at: https://www.canterbury.ac.uk/learning-skillshub/academic-poster-design/what-is-an-academic-poster (Accessed: 25/09/2024)
Summarising your work and its conclusions via text, infographics, tables and graphs. Laid out in sections, with headings and subheadings, to draw the attention of the viewer.
- Methodology
- Context/rationale
Lead your reader into the topic and the purpose of your research:
- briefly describe the theoretical/practical issue you are addressing
- state the specific question(s) that you aim to answer
- highlight the importance of your study - make it clear who it is relevant to and why the research is worth doing
Newcastle University (2024) Academic posters Available at: https://www.ncl.ac.uk/academicskillskit/assessment/academicposters/n_gl=1*ufml0w*_up*MQ..*_ga*MTAyNzg3NDU5NC4xNzI3MzQ0NTE4*_ga_H14JWE7Z72*MTcyNzM0NDUxOC4xLjAuMTcyNzM0NDUxOC4wLjAuMA..*_ga_VH2F6S16XP*MTcyNzM0NDUxOC4xLjAuMTcyNzM0NDUxOC4wLjAuNDg0MDIzNzU2 (Accessed: 26/09/2024)
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University College London (2024) Designing Your Poster Available at: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/creative-services/creative-production/postersand-large-formatprinting/designing-your-poster (Accessed: 26/09/2024)
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- Conclusion/Expectations
Expectations?
- what do you expect to learn?
- real world application/impact?
- what is the expected 'value' of that?
- how will the success of your work be measured?
- recap the main points of your work
- reiterate the benefits/advantages of your work
- highlight the value and importance of your work
Purpose? To grab attention and inspire interest.Audience? Specialist, students, general public?Content? Must be relevant to your project/audience.Requirements? Size, fonts, graphics etc.General? Logical flow, headings, numbering, graphics.
Things to think about:
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You can often summarise a lot of material using a table or bullet points.Remember, the purpose of the poster is not to go deep into detail but to give your reader an overview of your work.
Would you give a second glance to something dull and lifeless? Keep your viewer engaged by using a mixture of text, images, tables, bullet points. Could you make it interactive by adding a QR code? Mix it up!
Dense blocks of text are grim!
Would you give a second glance to something dull and lifeless? Keep your viewer engaged by using a mixture of text, images, tables, bullet points. Could you make it interactive by adding a QR code? Mix it up!
Check out this easy step-by-step guide to create an academic poster in PowerPoint.
Don't forget your references!
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Think...
...your poster is your sidekick!Don't try to crush everything onto the poster - leave yourself scope for discussion and questions.
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Remember - your literature review is not a 'shopping list' of sources!Organise your work by theme NOT by article!
Based on your reading and your notes, look for:
Looking at your literature
- Trends – are certain approaches more successful? Do they become more or less popular over time?
- Themes – what questions or concepts keep cropping up in the literature?
- Debates and contradictions – where do you sources agree and disagree? Why?
- Are there any influential theories or studies that have changed the direction of your topic? How? Why?
- What’s missing from the literature? Are there any weaknesses that need to be addressed? Why?
Refining your content
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The research method you use depends on the type of data you need to answer your question.
Qualitative:
Common qualitative methods:
- interviews: asking open-ended questions
- focus groups: a group of people discuss a topic to gather opinions
- literature review: review published works
- ethnography: becoming part of a community/organisation in order to closely observe culture and behaviour
Think of qualitative research as 'words'.Use qualitative research if you want to understand something (concepts, thoughts, experiences).
Analysing qualitative data
Beware of observerbias, recall biasand social desirability bias!
VS
Quantitative:
Think of qualitative research as 'numbers'.Use qualitative research to test or confirm theories and establish generalisable facts about a topic.
Common quantitative methods:
- surveys: closed/multiple choice questions
- experiments: different variables are controlled and manipulated to establish cause-and-effect relationships
- observations: subjects are observed in a natural environment where variables can’t be controlled.
Bewareof information bias, sampling bias or selection bias!
You're the marker!
What score would you give this poster?
Think about the use of:
- text/font/size
- bullets/images
- colours
- captions
Consider:
- does the structure 'flow'?
- are there any missing sections?
- does it have the correct icons/logos/labelling etc.?
- not for this example but is the text concise/does it flow/does it give the reader a clear understanding of the project and its aims?
Clauson, K., Maniscalco-Feichtl, M., Polen, H.H., Marker, C.D., Zeng-Treitler, Q. and Jamass, D.S. (n.d.) Availability and use of language assistance services in community pharmacies Available at: https://bpb-us-e1.wpmucdn.com/sites.psu.edu/dist/a/36309/files/2016/01/1.png (Accessed: 10/10/2024)