On Friday, 17thJuly 2020, an onlinedefense session was organized for MrAhmed, Abdul Razakto defend hiswritten thesis:Research onInformationNeeds andInformationSeekingBehavior of African InternationalStudentsorally.There were six panelists and the wholes defense lasted a little over 35minutes.
The defense was online andthe presentation covered all the six chapters ofthedissertation well summarized. After the presentation, questions from all the panelists followed and ten minutes break was given to prepare the answers.
Questions such as the similarities and differences between the five models adopted for the study and which of the models is best fit for my thesis were asked. Also, why age has a great effect on information seeking as well as a practical example of the new proposed model were asked. Not only these four questions but other questions and suggestions followed. It was suggested by one of the panelist that, the sequence of chapter 3 and chapter 4 must be swapped and figure 3.1 was not that very clear and big.
After ten minutes, Ahmed, Abdul Razak returned back online to answer all the questions asked by the panelists. After which the panelists took a few minutes to discuss and congratulated and awardedhimthe master degree for meeting all the requirements for the award.
