21st century research profiles presentation
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Slides from a recent workshop and the University of ManchesterTRANSCRIPT
Dr Jen Allanson, External Technology ExpertMr Alex Hardman, E-Learning Developer, University of Manchester
About us
Objectives for todayExplore the digital world and how researchers can use it
to:Understand why your online profile is importantdevelop their reputation through a digital identityextend your research connections
Others?
Mechanical Age
Mechanical Age Electronic Age
Mechanical Age Electronic Age Digital Age
Social bookmarking/
referencing
Wiki’s
RSS
Podcasting (sharing audio)
Blogging/ micro-blogging
Chat
Slide sharing
Searching
WE CAN create, publish, broadcast, connect, share, search
User generated recommendation
What are your top five tools and activities in terms of:Finding informationCommunicating
What do you do?What software do you use?What hardware do you use?Where do you do it?
My personal digital space
Information:Writing: WordFinding: GoogleBlogging: Wordpress/ BloggerPresenting: PowerPointRecording: SoundboothVideo: PremiereBookmarks: Delicious, Citeulike
Communication:Writing: EmailTalking: Mobile/ Skype/ MSNTexting: SMS/ TwitterLearning: Google, twitter, blogs, forum, web confs, email listsDissemination: Twitter, Blog, SlideShare
Where:OfficeCoach/ TrainHomeConferences
What activities must you undertake to be a successful researcher?
How do you think technology can be used to support these roles?
Your life as a researcherAcademic outputs (papers etc)DisseminationCollaborationProfessional development (formal and informal
learning)ReputationData collectionOthers?
Digital Identitywww.123people.co.ukwww.google.co.uk
What did you find? Are you happy with it? Is it up to date? Does it showcase you and your research?
Is it personal or professional? Could it be improved (if so how?), Pleased…disappointed…worried!?
Manchester web profile
h-Factor
Web link: wok.mimas.ac.uk
Developing your digital identity - 3 examples of useful toolsSlideshare
Sharing PowerPoint presentations, disseminating your research to a wider audience, comments on your slides
TwitterThe latest news, ideas, conference back channel, social and work,
communityTwitter in plain English http://www.commoncraft.com/TwitterTop reasons to use Twitter http://online-social-networking.com/top-
reasons-for-using-twitterBlogging
Reflection, archive of research, peer critique, disseminatingPersonal / research area? Individual / collective? Blogs in plain English http://www.commoncraft.com/blogs Top reasons to blog http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2006/10/top-ten-
reasons-to-blog-and-top-ten.html
http://knowmansland.com/
http://frogblogmanchester.wordpress.com/
Blogs - Things to ask yourselfDoes your research field have active bloggers?
Setting one up is easyBloggerWordpress.com
Getting your blog on the digital mapwww.Blogs.nature.com www.researchblogging.orgwww.scienceblogs.comwww.intute.org
Social Referencing
RSS
“Really Simple Syndication”
enables other sites to
Subscribe
to that information
What does
Subscribe
actually
mean?
The Internet & Higher
EducationOpen Thinking Educational
Technology, Research and Development
ALT-J
The International
Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning
Innovate: Journal of
Online Education
British Journal of Educational
Technology
Developing a digital identity
Our online presenceTraining Teamwww.mhs.manchester.ac.uk/trainingteam www.twitter.com/trainingteam
Alexwww.twitter.com/ActualAl www.slideshare.net/actualalhttp://ivida.co.uk/