Abstracts written

Dissemination of the project

My focus this week has been on drafting abstracts for dissemination of the work. It is a tricky process, as the bulk of the work has not yet been ciompleted, and the conclusions are not known, so the abstract needs to find the right balance. It needs to entice the reviewer, and convince then that there is work of merit and interest on the way, but at the same time, it does not want to promise the Earth, and then fail to deliver.

The abstract (or abstracts, for there were two) have been written with useful feedback from colleagues, and submitted to two conferences in March and April - the Association of Law Teachers 50th Annual Conference, in Cardiff, and the Socio-Legal Studies Association 25th Annual Conference, in Warwick. I've gone for "Can you make it more MOOCy?" as the title, althuogh this may change slighlty as time goes on. I've always had a tendency for short, snappy titles for papers, as I strongly believe that it is important to grab the reader / conference delegate's attention and make them want to attend.

As the date for the UoN ILT Annual Conference has also been announced (21st May 2015), the abstract can be revised and submitted there as well.

A first draft of a paper is going to be presented at the Law Staff Seminar day in January 2015, and the feedback from that will be incorporated into later versions.

This week is more of a looking to the future week, and by next week, I hope to have some progress to report from the students.