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1Bite Size Technology Sessions to Support Research, Teaching and

Collaboration

Andy TattersallUniversity of Sheffielda.tattersall@sheffield.ac.uk

The importance of managing your references and other information sources for your

research bid and project

ScHARR

• The School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR) specialises in health services and public health research

• ScHARR concentrates on postgraduate teaching and delivers a teaching and learning portfolio based on research-based, international, multi-disciplinary and world-class curricula

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A growing problem

• Too much choice – which one is best?• Too little time – too much time wasted • Lack of awareness – lack of application

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A Solution?

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Time is the key

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6“Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results”.

Albert Einstein

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The Ingredients

Informal promotion via email, blogs and in house posters

Informal interactivepresentations from a mixture of academics, technical, clerical and professional staff

Staff, PGR and PGT students welcome

and…cakes

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10Planting seeds

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Structure

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20 minute session 10 Minutes for questions

Guest speakers from acrossThe University

Slides made available and recordings uploaded to Intranet, YouTube and Vimeo

The story so far

• Started in Autumn 2010• 29 previous Bite Size sessions - includingGoogle Docs, Prezi, PowerPoint tools, professional social

networks, uSpace, Echo360, Pubget, Research Net Contribution, Assessment Methods, Screencasting, Wikis, Electronic Voting Systems, Senate teaching awards, Google Scholar, Mendeley, rss, social media, Google Apps, voice works, data copyright and the Cloud, MOLE 2, mobile phone apps, video capture.

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To come

The Research Excellence Framework, supervising PhD students, what the Teaching Support Unit can do for you, Scirus scientific search engine, Google Maps for Research, Plagiarism, Medline, Cinahl, what ScHARR Library can do for you, Interactive whiteboards, creating effective posters, how to give a memorable presentation, research costing

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The evaluation

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Feedback

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54 Respondents, including a few PGT and PGR students (25% staff approx)

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Do you think attending short sessions such as Bite Size is an effective way of learning new ways of working?

Yes: 50Not Sure: 4No: 0

Has attending a Bite Size session helped you with your work, research or teaching?

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Yes: 35

Not Sure: 14

No: 5

What do you think of the duration of the sessions?

Too Short: 7

Just right: 47

Too long: 0

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How important is it for you to learn about new developments, tools and websites for your job or study?

Not Important: 0

Partially important: 17

Very important: 37

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Short, focused, interactive, entertaining

Great idea, like the cakes, wish I'd thought of it, but reassured to see that it is genuinely not easy to get researchers to take time out.

They are good, quick intro to a new tool. Because they're given in person you have the chance to ask questions. I like the social (cake and tea) aspect of it. meeting other colleagues you might not know

It's short, there is cake, and if the topic isn't of immediate use to you then you don't feel like you have wasted time learning about it.

I really like dipping into a topic I would otherwise not have learnt about.

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