AECT 2021 Early Career Symposium
Creating Space for Academic Writing
Mete Akcaoglu, Ph.D. Associate Professor Georgia Southern University
The Process (for me)
- Develop curiosity
- Gather background
- Design the study
Curiosity (sources)
- Previous (failed) attempts
- Collaborations
Creating the writing space
- Gather background and shape up the initial draft
- Make a good outline!
- Fill out the outline with notes from readings
- Mark (color code) the calendar to book out reading/writing times
Collaborations
Seek out colleagues to help
Be specific with what you ask of them
Be available to join other projects
- At a given time, I am usually involved in 5-10 projects at various levels
- Not all will stick, that’s ok (time is precious)
Finding the time
- Using calendars effectively
- Making time to read (or listen)!
Finding new fuel
- Open to learning new things (methods, concepts, theories)
- New methods (for data collection & analysis) means new ways to look at things
- Twitter (e.g., r [studio] community)
- Burn outs…normal…stay calm
Contact Info
- mete_akca (twitter)
- mete dot akca at gmail dot com (email)
- open to collaborations 😊
AECT 2021 Early Career Symposium Creating Space for Academic Writing Mete Akcaoglu, Ph.D. Associate Professor Georgia Southern University