Technology-mediated supervision of undergraduate students’ dissertations

• In Sweden, technology-mediated participation has increased in tertiary education, which has led to changing conditions for its delivery. However, one part has proven more resistant to change, technology-mediated or not: the supervision ofstudents’ undergraduate dissertation work. This article presents a study that analyses technological applications to mediate supervision of students’ undergraduate dissertation work. It is shown that students in general find such mediated participation helpful for supervision, both one-to-one and collaboratively. Mediation by technologies and collaborative forms for the supervision of students’ undergraduate dissertation are, therefore, suggested as productive ways to enhance students’ learning.

Subject headings

SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Utbildningsvetenskap -- Pedagogik (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Educational Sciences -- Pedagogy (hsv//eng)

Keyword

collaborative learning

first-year student experience

online education

blended learning

supervision

Publication and Content Type

ref (subject category)

art (subject category)