Online course in conjunction with face-to-face workshops to improve writing skills leading towards more publications in peer reviewed journals
Background: Researchers in the developing countries often have inadequate scientific writing skills to publish their research in international peer reviewed journals.Objectives: To improve the research-and proposal-writing skills of researchers and to evaluate the impact of this interve...
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| author | Amon P Shoko Ismael A Kimirei Baraka C Sekadende Mary A Kishe Innocent E Sailale |
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| description | Background: Researchers in the developing countries often have inadequate scientific writing skills to publish their research in international peer reviewed journals.Objectives: To improve the research-and proposal-writing skills of researchers and to evaluate the impact of this intervention.Methods: An off-the-shelf online course (AuthorAID, developed by INASP) was embedded in the Tanzania Fisheries Research Institute’s (TAFIRI) website and offered to the institute researchers in Tanzania. The 8-week course was followed by a 2-day face- to-face workshop that used the course material contextualized to local conditions, and the combination was repeated one more time.Results: A total of 47 participants completed the course and attended the workshop: 21 (54%) completed the course in 2016 and 26 (67%) in 2017. The number of papers published annually by TAFIRI staff more than tripled between 2016 and 2019 after the AuthorAID intervention, most of them (114, or 91%) by researchers who had undergone the training.Conclusion: Embedding and contextualizing proven learning materials, such as the AuthorAID online course, can be an economical and effective approach to improving the writing skills of scientists in developing countries. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-1c31fcc8fc2d4596840fbed96060e92a2025-08-20T03:54:37ZengEuropean Association of Science EditorsEuropean Science Editing2518-33542021-02-01471610.3897/ese.2021.e5441754417Online course in conjunction with face-to-face workshops to improve writing skills leading towards more publications in peer reviewed journalsAmon P Shoko0Ismael A Kimirei1Baraka C Sekadende2Mary A Kishe3Innocent E Sailale4Tanzania Fisheries Research InstituteTanzania Fisheries Research InstituteTanzania Fisheries Research InstituteTanzania Fisheries Research InstituteTanzania Fisheries Research InstituteBackground: Researchers in the developing countries often have inadequate scientific writing skills to publish their research in international peer reviewed journals.Objectives: To improve the research-and proposal-writing skills of researchers and to evaluate the impact of this intervention.Methods: An off-the-shelf online course (AuthorAID, developed by INASP) was embedded in the Tanzania Fisheries Research Institute’s (TAFIRI) website and offered to the institute researchers in Tanzania. The 8-week course was followed by a 2-day face- to-face workshop that used the course material contextualized to local conditions, and the combination was repeated one more time.Results: A total of 47 participants completed the course and attended the workshop: 21 (54%) completed the course in 2016 and 26 (67%) in 2017. The number of papers published annually by TAFIRI staff more than tripled between 2016 and 2019 after the AuthorAID intervention, most of them (114, or 91%) by researchers who had undergone the training.Conclusion: Embedding and contextualizing proven learning materials, such as the AuthorAID online course, can be an economical and effective approach to improving the writing skills of scientists in developing countries.https://ese.arphahub.com/article/54417/download/pdf/Academic and research institutionsAuthorAIDdev |
| spellingShingle | Amon P Shoko Ismael A Kimirei Baraka C Sekadende Mary A Kishe Innocent E Sailale Online course in conjunction with face-to-face workshops to improve writing skills leading towards more publications in peer reviewed journals European Science Editing Academic and research institutions AuthorAID dev |
| title | Online course in conjunction with face-to-face workshops to improve writing skills leading towards more publications in peer reviewed journals |
| title_full | Online course in conjunction with face-to-face workshops to improve writing skills leading towards more publications in peer reviewed journals |
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| title_short | Online course in conjunction with face-to-face workshops to improve writing skills leading towards more publications in peer reviewed journals |
| title_sort | online course in conjunction with face to face workshops to improve writing skills leading towards more publications in peer reviewed journals |
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