Moving on from my qualms about delicious’ shaky future, here’s a great article about alt-metrics and how academic scholarship and publishing is changing. In growing numbers, scholars are moving their everyday work to the web. Online reference managers Zotero and Mendeley each claim to store over 40 million articles (making them substantially larger than PubMed); […]
Entries Tagged as 'Research'
opening access to academic research output
December 17th, 2010 · Comments Off on opening access to academic research output · Uncategorized
Tags:access·bookmarking·digitalHumanities·library·referencing·Research
Four elements of successful online communities
November 26th, 2010 · Comments Off on Four elements of successful online communities · Uncategorized
I thought this DAAO blog would be a great place to share the direction I’m going with looking at community engagement, especially with regards to social media strategy. As part of my literature review, I’m looking at practical guides to social media, and this post is a little foray into the ideas coming though in […]
Next week: Investigating the Impact of Technology-enabled Learning and Teaching (TELT) on Student Participation and Student-to-Student Dialogue in Large Lecture Classes
October 12th, 2010 · Comments Off on Next week: Investigating the Impact of Technology-enabled Learning and Teaching (TELT) on Student Participation and Student-to-Student Dialogue in Large Lecture Classes · Research, Showcasing Teaching
Dr Katrina Moore, FASS 18 October, 12.30 – 2pm Learning & Teaching Workshop (Room 416), Level 4 Mathews Building This workshop will explore the role that online discussion forums can play in facilitating dialogue and interaction among students in large lecture classes. Findings from a research project currently underway in a 2nd-year FASS course will […]
Tags:large classes·learning and teaching·lectures·Research·technology·telt
Upcoming: Academia, Wikipedia and Social Media’s Reframing of Academic Power/Knowledge Arrangements
October 4th, 2010 · Comments Off on Upcoming: Academia, Wikipedia and Social Media’s Reframing of Academic Power/Knowledge Arrangements · Research, Researching Learning and Teaching
Dr Henk Eijkman, ADFA 11 October, 12.30 – 2pm Learning & Teaching Workshop (Room 416), Level 4 Mathews Building While there is much hype about academics’ attitude to Wikipedia there have been few if any empirical studies. The aim of this research was to ascertain how academics respond to Wikipedia as an iconic social media […]
Smart Services CRC PhD Scholarships Available in Cloud Computing Research
August 28th, 2009 · Comments Off on Smart Services CRC PhD Scholarships Available in Cloud Computing Research · Uncategorized
Thanks to Wayne, the scholarships are now being advertised, happy to talk to any final year students expecting to receive 1st class honours with WAM > 85, and or industry professionals interested in pursuing some research work for a while.
Tags:cloud computing·Research·UNSW