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Unit 1 - First orientation

Website: Virtueller Campus Thüringen
Kurs: Digital Learning Kit - self learning course for studying with digital tools
Buch: Unit 1 - First orientation
Gedruckt von: Gast
Datum: Mittwoch, 14. Oktober 2026, 04:34

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Work planning and time scheduling

How do I plan my time?

Time planning is an important step when writing an academic paper

Before you start writing, you should consider some important work steps and phases and organize them accordingly. In any case, it is important that you start writing your academic paper in good time! Experience has shown that the "research" and "writing" phases take longer than expected. Below we present a possible workflow. Of course, these phases can also overlap in practice.



Reviewing literature

How do I get a rough overview?

After you have narrowed down your topic (see the unit "Finding topics and formulating questions"), you can start with the targeted literature research. At this point, you don't have to write excerpts yet, but it is first about creating a rough roadmap or work outline. Before we get into the detailed research, we would like to give you an overview of the different forms of literature:



To get a first overview, you can first enter keywords in the ThULB search, or for very extensive results use the catalog of the German National Library. When searching, the following sources are recommended to get started:


Write down your reading results in a mind map in which you record only the most important information of the publications. . You can also add them to your reference management program. In a later step you will have a closer look at some of these publications. But first of all, it is important to get an overview.

Finding topics and formulating questions

How do I find a suitable topic?

Use the arrow keys on your keyboard to go to the next pages of this presentation (Windows). Alternatively, you can click on the small triangle below the slides. Below the presentation you will also find the content in accessible text form.





Structuring your thesis

How do I structure my thesis?

Use the arrow keys on your keyboard to go to the next pages of this presentation (Windows). Alternatively, you can click on the small triangle below the slides. Below the presentation you will also find the content in accessible text form.






Supervision

How does the cooperation with my supervisor work?

Interview with Julia Feike, lecturer on German as a Foreign and Second Language.


Application

Since it’s one thing to receive tips and quite another to put them into practice, we’ve developed a reflection exercise for the Digital Learning Kit that you can use regularly—perhaps in conversation with a fellow student. 

Take a look at the questions below as a conversation starter to help you discuss the module’s topics!

Further resources

  • Bocar, A. C., & O. Daga-ang, M. G. (2023). Time Management of Work Scholars.
  • Stanoeva, I. (2023). Time Management. SSRN.