Monica Divitini, from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (Norway), was at DigiMedia, last week, to present Are we there yet? From papers to a finished thesis. With more than 140 participants, on a hybrid format, this presentation, addressed to students and teachers, discussed the advantages and disadvantages of collecting papers versus monographies. With a growing number of universities opening the possibility of delivering PhD thesis in the form of a collection of papers, Monica Divitini carried out a reflection on how to write a good synopsis, bringing each paper into a coherent narrative.
The session has provided food for thought and has triggered discussion among the participants, comparing different approaches, regulations, and practices across universities and countries.
Monica Divitini is a professor of Cooperation Technology at the Department of Information and Computer Science, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway. She holds a PhD in Computer Science from Aalborg University, Denmark. Her research interests lie primarily in the areas of cooperation technology and technology-enhanced learning, with a focus on the development and evaluation of cooperation technologies addressing issues connected to creativity, playfulness, and interaction in learning. She has worked with learning in different domain areas, currently focusing on computing education at different educational levels. She is a member of Excited, the Norwegian Centre for Excellence in IT Education (https://www.ntnu.edu/excited).
