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This document outlines the importance of the opponent's role in academic presentations and reports. It clarifies misconceptions about being an opponent, emphasizing that it is not about revenge or personal agendas, but rather a constructive process aimed at improving the quality of work. It discusses how opponents can provide valuable feedback, highlight strengths and weaknesses, and ultimately enhance the coherence and clarity of ideas presented. The document concludes with guidance on how to give effective, constructive critiques that foster understanding and improvement.
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Opponent:What? Why? How? Faouzi Alaya Cheikh faouzi@hig.no www.hig.no/~faouzi
Outline • What? • Why? • How? • Report • Presentation • Summary www.hig.no/~faouzi
What? • What it is not: • Not an opportuinity for revenge! • Not an opportuinity to expose all the dirty laundary of the others! (not an errata) • Not about you: so don’t show-off! www.hig.no/~faouzi
What? Not good enough! • Merriam-Webster: • one that takes an opposite position (as in a debate, contest, or conflict). • a muscle that opposes or counteracts and limits the action of another. • Wiktionary (open content dictionay) • One who attempts to stop the progression of. • One who objects to. • Someone who plays in the same match, or is standing or running in the same election, but is not on the same team. www.hig.no/~faouzi
What? So what is it finally? Responsible for finding the strengths and weeknesses of the report/presentaiton, and calling attention to them. www.hig.no/~faouzi
Why? Japanese Proverb: “The opponents and I are really one. My strength and skills are only half of the equation. The other half is theirs. An opponent is someone whose strength joined to yours creates a certain result.” www.hig.no/~faouzi
Why? • Because it improves the report/presentation quality. • Its part of the learning process: • How to read and critisize a large scientific work, • Exposes you to an other topic, • Gives you hints on how to improve your own work. • Because it is a requirement for getting your diploma! www.hig.no/~faouzi
Why? Opponent review main goal: Give you feedback on the quality and coherence of your ideas: • Are your arguments clear and logical? • Did you communicate what you had hoped to communicate? www.hig.no/~faouzi
How? www.hig.no/~faouzi
The outside to the inside iteratively: Title: Informative? Representative? Exciting? Structure: Logical? Coherent? Complete? Each section: Coherence ? Size is balanced or not? The general ideas to the details of the: Claims, Algorithms, Experiments, Analysis, Conclusions Report Work your way from: www.hig.no/~faouzi
Report • Focus on: • How well the problem is defined? • How was it related to theory or existing litterature? • The choice of method. • The arguments: • their nature, presentation, and applicability to the issue at hand. • Were you convinced by the argument? Did it make sense? • If the writer lost you, where did his argument break down? • Conclusions: credible? • Novelty? • Consistency? • Opponent Report and comments on the thesis report. www.hig.no/~faouzi
Presentation • Ask questions to: • insite the presenter to give better explanationsation of important ideas, • initiate intresting discussion to emphasize important aspects of the work that the author overlooked or is not aware of, • open new horisons. • Report on the presentation quality. www.hig.no/~faouzi
Summary • Be sure to note positive as well as negative aspects. • BE KIND: • Constructive criticisms are not laundry lists of every minor problem, • They are best if phrased gently and specifically (e.g. ”it was difficult to follow your argument here”, rather than : “this makes no sense!”). • They are targeted at a specific problem (e.g. lack of logical flow) • If possible suggest a specific solution (e.g., 'rearrange paragraphs 2 and 3 on page 4'; or 'explain this idea more'). www.hig.no/~faouzi
