Systematic Approaches to Literature Review

Systematic Approaches to Literature Review

Tuesday 24/05 16:00-17:30h

Main Hall

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Thursday 26/05 16:00-17:30h

Outdoor Area B

This session is organized by the DETEL Erasmus+ project.  
DETEL is a strategic partnership among nine European universities and EATEL to reflect their expertise in doctoral education into a new study program in TEL, extended with rich and professionally produced OERs.

Abstract

Every PhD dissertation includes an extensive literature review chapter. Conducting a systematic literature review, whether as a chapter of your dissertation, or as a book chapter or article, the methods and tools play central part. This workshop will include hands-on experience on trying out the central methods and writing those as part of a work-in-progress manuscript. We’ll discuss the various dilemmas one faces every time a systematic literature review is conducted and the tools that are considered useful across various academic/university/discipline cultures.

Needs Analysis

Literature reviews are essential part of PhD project and the dissertation. Often, due to the lack of knowledge about appropriate methods, the application and outcomes of reviews lack desired quality or structure, resulting desk or reviewers’ rejection recommendation. The workshop will include examples from workshop facilitators’ experience in publishing literature reviews at various EdTech journals and conferences – emphasizing on methods, motivation, contribution and venue.

Learning Objectives

• Knowledge about various types of systematic literature reviews
• Knowledge and application of the protocol for the search and appraisal steps of reviews
• Knowledge and application of the protocols for the analysis and synthesis steps
• Hands-on experience of a miniature review process for a potential review paper/chapter
• The desired outcomes for each of the participants are:
  – Informed choice regarding the type of literature review
  – Writing preliminary outline of the methods section of a systematic literature review
  – Experiencing the search, appraisal, analysis and synthesis steps on own PhD topic

Pre-activities

Reading Materials:
Will be provided scanned copy selected pages from
Booth, Andrew, Anthea Sutton, and Diana Papaioannou. Systematic Approaches to a Successful Literature Review. Second edition. Los Angeles: Sage, 2016.

And read parts of
Moher, David, Alessandro Liberati, Jennifer Tetzlaff, and Douglas G. Altman. “Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses: The PRISMA StatementThe PRISMA Statement.” Annals of Internal Medicine 151, no. 4 (August 18, 2009): 264–69. https://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-151-4-200908180-00135.

Pre-Activities
Think about your own PhD and the need to do a systematic Literature review. On what topic/s of your PhD would it be necessary to do a literature review?
Write a work-in-progress outline for your systematic literature review article/chapter containing the following:
1. Title
2. Introductions – what is the purpose and desired contribution of this review
3. Methods –
a. Prepare a table of keywords and their synonyms
b. Download PRISMA flow diagram (In Visio)
c. List the databases and search context you will include (for instance, IEEE, ACM, Scopus) – Consult a librarian if possible
d. Write the methods including a fake (imaging you applied) PRISMA flow diagram.
i. Protocol for the search
ii. The screening process and exclusion criteria
iii. Method for the analysis
iv. Tools for analysis and synthesis

Session Description

First workshop:
Lecture: An Introduction to systematic approaches to literature review & reflection (focusing on the pre-activities).

Second workshop:
Pair-wise activities (90 min):
– Database search – mix of keywords
– Screening and writing exclusion criteria
– Writing methods for the analysis and synthesis
– Outline of a summary table for the review paper

Post-activities

1. Booth, Andrew, Anthea Sutton, and Diana Papaioannou. Systematic Approaches to a Successful Literature Review. Second edition. Los Angeles: Sage, 2016.
2. Moher, David, Alessandro Liberati, Jennifer Tetzlaff, and Douglas G. Altman. “Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses: The PRISMA StatementThe PRISMA Statement.” Annals of Internal Medicine 151, no. 4 (August 18, 2009): 264–69. https://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-151-4-200908180-00135.

Try out various databases, reference management systems, analysis and visualization tools, and getting comments from colleagues.