DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY STUDENTS
PhD Students writing their thesis/dissertations
MASTERS’ LEVEL STUDENTS
Masters’ Level students witing their thesis/dissertations
RESEARCH METHODS & STATISTICS LECTURERS
Upgrade your teaching notes and methods to match current pedagogical skills in reference sourcing skills
ACADEMIC WRITING BOOKS/THEORETICAL PAPERS
Understand on how to source for relevant reference materials for your work.
English
English
1-2 Hours per Week.
60 Days from Enrollment Date.
Video Lessons.
A single device customization for mass downloading (after payment for the course, use the chat function to make arrangement for the device customization. The process is undertaken remotely).
Certificate of Completion provided on course completion.
Below are important links to softwares that you will require in this course.
The course supports peer-to-peer interaction and networking for scholars across Africa. All present and past students for this course will be auto enrolled to the “Reference Sourcing Alumni Group”. All assignments and peer-to-peer interactions should be posted in the group. The group is visible only to members enrolled to the course and is accessible under the “groups” option in my community option in the menu.
This is a largely subjective question as diverse scholars may have different preferences based on exposure levels within the universities, ease of use, and price dynamics.
We however recommend Mendeley Desktop due to the additional utilities such as Sieve-and-Write methodology and integration with Letter Number Permutation Article Mining Methodology that are taught in other courses in this platform.
The automated payment mechanisms available is through use of ATM Cards (Visa and Mastercard etc), Mpesa Global, and PayPal Options.
Manual payment options are available as per the second bulletin
NB: Automated payment implies that on payment for the course, the learner is auto-enrolled to the course without the need for instructor intervention. For the manual payment option, the instructor will manually enroll the student to the course upon receipt of payments.
Yes, we do support manual payment for select local currency payment options. Contact us on the chat function the bottom right of this page for guidance on the same.
This is a self-paced course in which all the theoretical and practical learning areas placed in the Learning Management System. You can use the chat function at the bottom of this page for any arising issue.
No. The materials will only be accessible through the eLearning platform and for the prescribed period.
You will have access to the materials for a period of 60 calendar days since the date of enrollment.
No. We encourage the learners to finalize the course in the allocated time. We encourage high commitment levels to the learning process to facilitate your graduation in a timely manner.
This is a fully online course with all the interactions designed to be undertaken online.
Yes, this is possible by contacting the facilitator. The cost and terms may however vary from those of this course.
No. We often undertake various courses that are free in nature while others such as the current course are paid for in nature. This enables the sustainability of our programs. We, however, hope to roll out financial aid programs such as scholarships towards the third quarter of 2023.
The learning materials will be accessible immediately on course payment.
The course materials are accessible under “My e-learning” option in the menu.
The certificate will be available for downloading once you complete the course. This will be achieved by clicking eLearning then the “My Certificate” option.
