Manoj Shakya

Manoj Shakya

PhD Student at NTU.

Location Singapore

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    Introducing Wee Archie

    Super Squirrel !!!

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    Introductions

    I am a PhD student at NTU working in the field of HPC.

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    Welcome

    Super excited!!!

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    Welcome! Please introduce yourself

    Hi,
    I am Manoj Shakya from Nepal.

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    Tell us about yourself

    Hi,
    I am Manoj from Kathmandu University, Nepal. I do research in educational technologies mostly MOOCs.

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    Mac or Windows?

    I am Linux lover !!!

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    Are you ready for take-off?

    Yeap....

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    What is your preferred way to write and why?

    I usually write at the end. But I think it is better to start writing even before your research starts.

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    Organising your sources and structuring your essay

    This video is excellent. It gives us a very nice idea about how to structure your paper/report. Thank you !!

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    When to reference? what to reference?

    This topic is very useful to many graduate students. Many students asked me this question. But hard to answer it properly.

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    Understanding academic integrity and plagiarism

    We organized a workshop on understanding plagiarism few months before. We found that many students including graduate ones are not aware of it. Glad to make 28 students of Kathmandu University aware of it.

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    Reflection

    Skills Audit was most interesting.

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    What do you think you can gain from undertaking a research project?

    I can improve lots of skills (including soft skills).

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    Planning and referencing tools

    I liked Gingko. It's an amazing APP.

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    Your approach to your research problem

    This table is very useful. But not easy to complete

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    What is academic research?

    Think about what inspires you (broad topic area)
    - Educational Technology (Use of ICT in Education)

    Consider what skills you might develop through undertaking a research project (transferable skills)
    - Communication, Writing, Thinking (Analytical and Creative), even leadership

    think very clearly about what exactly you are getting into by undertaking a...

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    How to get the most out of Developing Your Research Project

    Very clear outcomes. I am pretty sure that I will achieve all these goals at the end of the course.

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    Additional course resources

    Very useful materials.

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    Welcome to the course

    Hi everyone,
    This is Manoj from Kathmandu University, Nepal. I hope this course gonna be very interesting as I have started preparing a PhD research proposal. I also hope to meet lots of like minded people. My research area is Educational Technology.

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    Why do a PhD?

    To broaden the knowledge .and contribute to educational society

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    Welcome to the course

    Greetings from Nepal,
    I am looking forward to doing my PhD in Educational Technologies.

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    Getting to know each other

    Hi,
    I am Manoj from Nepal. I am a teacher in Kathmandu University. I teach computer courses.

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    Good to meet you!

    Hi
    I am Manoj from Nepal.

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    Reflection

    To know about transferable skills was useful.

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    Review of week 1

    Useful.

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    Checklist: do you know exactly what you are getting into?

    I will use this. Very helpful.

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    What do you think you can gain from undertaking a research project?

    To serve society is another reason why we do research. Satisfaction.

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    What are transferable skills and why are they important?

    Critical thinking.

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    University researchers talk about what inspires them

    I am IT specialist. And academician. I do research in digital learning.

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    IELTS and me

    My country is very small and we have only 9 universities, Out of nine, only 4 universities offer degrees in computer science. I have already finished my master degree. I want to do my PhD abroad. For this reason, I must get good score in IELTS.

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    Exams and me

    I do not fear from exam. I always believe that it is an opportunity to show the world how much you have mastered any subject.

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    Where are you?

    I live in Kathmandu. It is the capital of Nepal. Kathmandu is full of people. But it has beautiful places inside. It is a religious place where you find lots of temples. Typical Newari foods are most popular in Kathmandu.

  • Manoj Shakya made a comment
    Welcome!

    Hi everyone,
    My name is Manoj Shakya. I am from Nepal. I do teaching specially computer courses like C programming and Java Programming. I love English Language and want to learn more.
    Thank you.
    Regards,
    Manoj Shakya
    http://ku.edu.np/cse/faculty/manoj