Training in scientific communication

Duration

10h Th, 30h Mon. WS

Number of credits

Lecturer

Monique Carnol, Carole Rougeot

Coordinator

Monique Carnol

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the second semester

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

Communication is an essential component of scientists' work throughout their professional careers. Indeed, they are required to disseminate the results of their research (both orally and in writing), to write reports, to seek funding, to synthesize information, etc. This course covers two commonly used techniques for communicating scientific results: oral presentations and poster presentations. After a theoretical introduction, each student will be required to present a seminar and create a poster based on a recent scientific article that they will have selected through a bibliographic search (which can be conducted as part of a documentation course).

NOTE:

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Learning outcomes of the learning unit

At the end of the course, students will have learned how to:

- prepare an oral presentation
- prepare clear, efficient, and attractive slides
- prepare a poster
- develop critical thinking with regard to scientific literature

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

The knowledge of PowerPoint (or equivalent software) is an advantage.


Understanding English is essential, as scientific papers are published in English.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Lectures, analyses of posters, preparation of an oral and a poster presentation.

Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)

Face-to-face course


Further information:

Face-to-face course


Additional information:

The course is organised during the 2nd quadrimester. Theoretical lectures (3 half days) are followed by student presentations.

 

Student's presence is compulsory for theoretical lectures, a minimum of 3 presentation sessions (half days) and a poster session (attendance will be recorded).

Course materials and recommended or required readings

PowerPoint slides and complementary readings will be available in pdf format (online learning platform eCampus).
An international scientific publication (10-14 pages, in english), selected by the student from an exhaustive list, will have to be read and analysed.

Exam(s) in session

Any session

- In-person

oral exam

Out-of-session test(s)

Other : Oral and poster presentation


Further information:

Exam(s) in session

Any session

- In-person

oral exam

Out-of-session test(s)


Additional information:

The assessment is based on the students' seminars (oral: 70%, poster: 30%), and the participation to the discussions during the seminars given by the other students (bonus-malus).

This assessment is the one that will be considered for the first session. So there is no examination in May-June.
In case of fail, student will be asked, for the second session, to do the same work on another scientific paper.

Work placement(s)

Organisational remarks and main changes to the course

The student must be available on 4,5,6/2/2025 pm; et du 31/3 au 11/4/2025 pm (except the 4/4)

Students can search their paper and additional resources during the course DOCU0033-2 Training in the exploitation of documentary resources or  DOCU0460-1 Training in the exploitation of documentary resources (upgrade).

The articles are chosen by the students during the first quadrimestre. They are invited to read the article to check that it is appropriate before the first class.

Improvements are made to the course each year based on the evolution of knowledge, and formal and informal feedback from students.

 

Contacts

Office: by appointment only (contact by email, discussion forum eCampus, phone, before/after lectures)

Monique CARNOL, Professeur : Tel. 04/3663845 (bureau) ; E-mail : m.carnol@uliege.be (Écologie Végétale et Microbienne, Institut de Botanique, B22, Chemin de la vallée 4, 4000 Liège, Belgique)

Carole  ROUGEOT, Professeur associé : E-mail : c.rougeot@uliege.be (Gestion des ressources aquatiques et aquaculture, Bât. BE-008 Centre de formation et de recherche en aquaculture (CEFRA), chemin de la Justice 10, 4500 Tihange, Belgique)

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