ict tools for research and publications
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Dr. Z. Zayapragassarazan, PhD.
Associate Professor of Educational Technology
Department of Medical Education
JIPMER
Puducherry -6.
e-mail: [email protected]
ICT tools for Research &
Publications
Objectives of this presentation
to explain the concept of e-learning
to introduce the various e-resources that
aids research
to demonstrate some e-research tools
to motivate the participants to adopt ICT
tools in their research processes
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Four Revolutions in Education
Revolution-I:
Changing the responsibilities of
education from parents to teacher
and from home to school
Revolution-II:
Replacement of Oral instruction by
written words
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Four Revolutions in Education
(contd.)
Revolution-III:
Invention of printing press and
subsequent availability of books
Revolution-IV:
Invention of electronics that led to the
application of mass media and ICT
(GREY REVOLUTION)
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Role of Technology in Higher Education
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Communication
Information sharing
Simulation
Evaluation
How Technology helps Higher
Education?
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Concretize teaching
Saves time
Creates Interest
Makes learning efficient
Economize learning cost
Overcomes Space & Time
Multi sensory approach (Visual,
auditory, tactile/kinesthetic)
The concept of e
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e-mail e-commerce e-marketing e-books e-shopping e-governance e-health e-exam e-banking e- interview ……….
….e-learning
ICT Products & Services for
Research E-mail & Document Exchange
E-journals
E-books
Locate, Collect data using internet
Online databases
Free /paid online courses for career development
Preparing manuscripts, proposals & papers
Discussion forums
Blogging
Teleconferencing/Videoconferencing
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Research Process
Identify research areas
Literature survey
Choose Methods for research (Q&Q)
Data Collection
Analyze & interpret
Referencing
Present / share / disseminate
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e- tools for Literature Survey
Examples for Online articles / journals
http://www.freefullpdf.com/
https://archive.org/
http://www.elsevier.com/about/open-access/open-
access-journals
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/jrnlallbooks/
all/open-access
http://www.nbrc.ac.in/library/free_journals.htm
http://124.124.221.7/AccessDetails.php
http://doaj.org/
http://journals.cambridge.org/action/browseFreeContent
http://www.e-journals.org/
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Examples for Indexing database services
Repositories
http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/
http://repository.lib.ncsu.edu/ir/handle/1840.16
/1
http://ir.lib.uwo.ca/do/search/?q=education&st
art=0&context=686929
http://scholarlyrepository.miami.edu/etds/
http://digitool.library.colostate.edu/R/
http://repositories.lib.utexas.edu/handle/2152/
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e- tools for Data Collection
Examples
http://www.google.com/forms/about/
http://www.surveygizmo.com/
https://www.surveymonkey.com/
http://www.project-redcap.org/
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e-tools for analyses & Interpretation
Examples
Windows Excel
http://www.graphpad.com/
http://openrefine.org/
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e-tools for referencing
Examples
http://www.refman.com/
https://www.zotero.org/
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e-tools to check plagiarism &
grammar
Examples:
www.grammarly.com
http://www.paperrater.com/plagiarism_checker
http://www.reverso.net/text_translation.aspx?l
ang=EN
http://www.gingersoftware.com/grammarcheck
http://www.plagscan.com/
http://www.ithenticate.com/products/plagiaris
m-checker-for-authors-and-researchers/
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Presentation Tools Examples: http://www.posterpresentations.com/ http://www.postergenius.com/cms/index.php
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Collaboration though
Videoconferencing
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Other resources MOOCs
Examples
https://www.coursera.org/course/researchmethods
http://www.ocw.mit.edu/
http://www.scoop.it/t/mooc-course-sites
https://www.edx.org/
Search Engines & Apps for Researchers
http://www.teachthought.com/technology/100-search-engines-for-
academic-research/
http://libguides.mit.edu/content.php?pid=174869&sid=1481864
http://connectedresearchers.com/online-tools-for-researchers/
http://oedb.org/ilibrarian/best-online-research-sites/
http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/vlabs/
http://virtuallabs.stanford.edu/
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Role of institutions Form a Scientific Advisory Committee (including
Ethics)
Institute’s policy for research and ICT
Provide link in Home Page for free online
resources
Conduct awareness programme
Identify faculty with knowledge, skills and attitude
towards ICT
Empower them to take a lead in training other
faculty
Provide training
Buy software like SPSS on behalf of institution 21
Make an institute repository for research
publication & dissertations
Start e-Journal Club
Start e-journal for the institute
Collaborate with other institutions
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Merits & demerits
Search more
Research more
More effective
Disseminate quickly
More accountability
Needs browsing skills –Tech-savvy
Information overload
Reliability & validity of the contents and output
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What can ICT offer for my Research?
24/7 access to materials and
support. Enables more engaging materials to be created for a range of abilities and preferred learning styles.
Encourages the
development of
an independent
research culture.
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Ethics
ICT has a very valuable role to
play in research as long as it
is used appropriately
Supports genuine research
does not detract or distract from
the proposed research work
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What next?
Just Start!
Start small
Collect information
Ask others how they got started
Visit web sites
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Technology is only another tool for productive research 28
Thank you for your attention !
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