\documentclass[aspectratio=169]{beamer} \usepackage{tabularx} \usepackage{booktabs} \usepackage{csquotes} \usepackage{xcolor} \newcommand\todo[1]{\textcolor{red}{#1}} % section frame \AtBeginSection[]{ \begin{frame} \vfill \centering \begin{beamercolorbox}[sep=8pt,center,shadow=true,rounded=true]{title} \usebeamerfont{title}\insertsectionhead\par% \end{beamercolorbox} \vfill \end{frame} } % URL coloring \hypersetup { colorlinks=true, linkcolor=blue, filecolor=magenta, urlcolor=blue, pdftitle={Overleaf Example}, pdfpagemode=FullScreen, } % Referencing \bibliographystyle{IEEEtran} \title{PhD Interview Presentation} %\subtitle{aa} %\date{Week 1} \author{Warwick New} \begin{document} \maketitle \begin{frame} \frametitle{Points to cover} {\tiny \begin{itemize} \item 1. Why have you chosen to undertake doctoral research at Falmouth University, and how does its research environment align with your aspirations? \item 2. What is the central question, problem, or hypothesis driving your research, and how does it connect to Falmouth’s research strengths? \item 3. What do you hope to uncover, challenge, or contribute through your research? \item 4. Which prior work – whether theoretical, creative, or methodological – do you consider significant in shaping your research area? \item 5. What key challenges do you anticipate in your research, and how do you plan to address them? \item 6. What previous work in your chosen or related field are you particularly proud of, and how does it inform your research direction? \item 7. What research methods do you propose to use (e.g. qualitative, quantitative, mixed methods), and why are they suited to your project? \item 8. What ethical considerations are relevant to your research, particularly in relation to Falmouth’s emphasis on creative and critical inquiry? \item 9. Which disciplinary field(s) does your research engage with, and how will your project contribute to existing knowledge within these areas? \item 10. What technical skills (e.g. research methods, software, languages) will you need to develop to support your research? \item 11. If your project is practice-based, how does your creative or professional practice inform and shape your enquiry? \end{itemize} } \end{frame} \section{What is the problem I'm trying to solve?} \begin{frame} \frametitle{What is the gap I've identified} \todo{Cite and professionalise this slide} \begin{itemize} \item Much research into degging education for students more recently is focused on generative AI models and some new paradigms that come from that \cite{}. This is to be expected with a whole new paradigm in education in this area. \item Before this focus however much research into the area of first stage computer science debbugging was focused on teaching debugging in closed controlled environments \cite{}, This allowed for experimentation with making fixing coding problems more accessible, in terms of compiler error messages and scaffolding of the processes a student might take when they ran into a problem. \item I think that we can take these classical educational tools and use them combined with more recent generative AI computing education technologies to. \begin{enumerate} \item Remove the need for locked down highly controlled debugging environments. \item Improve the human element to debugging messages and tools with how much more human the AI can appear to be to students. \end{enumerate} \end{itemize} \end{frame} \begin{frame} \frametitle{The fields this gap interacts with} \begin{itemize} \item Computer science education \item The Phychology of learning \item Artificial Intelligence \end{itemize} \end{frame} \section{How do I plan to address this space} \begin{frame} \frametitle{How am I addressing the gap} \todo{talk about gidget and offer scaffolding tools, then talk about how we can create a tool to aid intervention} \end{frame} \begin{frame} \frametitle{The intervention} \todo{Talk about methodology and the type of intervention that's taking place. Why this method over other methods etc} \end{frame} \begin{frame} \frametitle{What is the variable. What does better look like} % what research methods will analyse this \todo{Students drop out less, produce higher quality code? What do other interventionist studies look at?} \end{frame} \section{Challenges and ethical considerations} \begin{frame} \frametitle{Key challenges in the study} \todo{Talk about the time to develop the software and more about the study structure and issues with pedagoginal research in general} \end{frame} \begin{frame} \frametitle{main ethical concerns} \todo{This research should be limited to adults as gen ai and children = bad.} \todo{Making the AI friendlier and having it say something outside my control could also be very bad} \todo{Ethical AI models should be a requirement} \end{frame} \begin{frame} \frametitle{Key challenges in this area} \begin{itemize} \item \todo{First stage programming generally has a high drop out rate because overcoming programming problems can be distressing without a degree of self-efficacy.} \item \todo{Having a guide help students learn through the process one on one is a time intensive process for staff and fairly cost ineficient in terms of time spent with educators.} \item \todo{This tool is also an attempt to scale the amount of human support a student can recieve outside of the classroom} \end{itemize} \end{frame} \section{Me, My Skills, And why I want to study at Falmouth University} % 1 4 9? 10? \begin{frame} \frametitle{Who am I?: Relevant Job Experience} \begin{itemize} \item Senior Technician at Falmouth Universities Games Academy, specialising in Computing. \begin{itemize} \item Previously I was an Associate Lecturer and an e-Learning Developer \end{itemize} \item I have worked on streaming interactive 3D Architectural Visualisation experiences with \href{https://www.amutri.com/}{Amutri Ltd} \cite{Amutri}. \item And I have worked with live audio streaming for podcasts in a former startup called Ramble that attempted to live stream podcasts and call in radio shows. \end{itemize} \end{frame} \begin{frame} \frametitle{Who am I?: Relevant Research} I have been contributed to the following papers with academic staff from Falmouth University previously: \begin{itemize} \item Student Perspectives on the Purpose of Peer Evaluation During Group Game Development Projects \cite{10.1145/3481282.3481294} \item An Exploratory Analysis of Student Experiences with Peer Evaluation in Group Game Development Projects \cite{10.1145/3555009.3555021} \end{itemize} \end{frame} \begin{frame} \frametitle{Why I want to study here} \begin{itemize} \item I already work here delivering content to the students and feel that the computing departments research goals and my work already align really well. \item The research area I'm applying to perform research within is the work I am already performing at this institution. \item It will be a good reason to continue to develop new software keeping up with novel techniques which can also influence my teaching. \end{itemize} \end{frame} \begin{frame}[allowframebreaks] \frametitle{References} \bibliography{references.bib} \end{frame} \end{document}