If you teach research methods, you will appreciate this learning activity & slides!

Making an effective scientific poster is about standing out from the crowd and presenting your hard work in the best light. But choosing a cohesive, eye-catching and stylish colour scheme is easier said than done. With no help from your design software’s default colour palette, and infinite colours to choose from, it can be overwhelming.

New research papers are being published every day. In fact, 2.6 million papers are published every year. But let's face it; nobody has the time to read abstract after abstract to dig out what you need from all the papers out there. So how can we digest a large amount of information in a shorter span of time? Here's where “graphical abstracts” come in to make every researcher’s life easier.

How can you reach new readers? Communicate visually!

You wrote it together, so who is the “lead author”? Tips from Dr. Maria Lahman.

Tips for new online instructors.

Use creative, even dramatic, ways to write up and communicate research to the public and other researchers.

How to use different forms of reasoning to interpret data.

Prepare to analyze and interpret data in qualitative research.

What is Embodied Inquiry? How do you conduct studies using this method?

More from Robert Kozinets about creating an immersion journal for your netnography project .

Read part 3 of a substantive series of posts about netnography from Robert Kozinets.

In part 2, Robert Kozinets continues to give practical suggestions for research with netnography!

What is an immersion journal and why should netnographers keep one?

MethodSpace contributor completed his dissertation. He offers tips to students and academic writers.