Students were placed in groups of 2-3 and given a selection of topics relevant to contemporary forensic casework:
- taphonomy
- maceration
- trauma analysis
- methods of personal ID
- recovery of evidence from clandestine graves
All of which are important to accurately interpret what has happened to a body in a medico-legal context.
Students were tasked with developing a research question, hypotheses/expectations, project methodology, data collection protocols, method of analyses, interpretation, and delivery of results.
Each group created an online platform (the blog module) to serve as the information hub for their research project and all activities associated with it. Groups also presented results in the form of a conference-style research poster.
Learning Outcomes:
- Critically assess research and other writing in relation
to changing theoretical perspectives and methodological
approaches. - Develop effective research design, including defining
problems, generating research questions, and formulating
appropriate methodologies to collect and analyze data,
and communicate results. - Interpret and generate a range of graphical outputs,
including tables, graphs, plans, diagrams, maps. - Master research technologies for purpose of inquiry and
representation. - Build expertise in communication skills including:
collaborative, oral, group discussion, public speaking,
respectful dialogue; as well as to communicate digitally
(posters, blogs) while building a digital portfolio. - Understand and employ ethical principles, relationships,
and practices; and demonstrate empathy, respect while
working with others.