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Web 2.0 tools for researchersTerese Bird, Learning Technologist, BDRAHelen Steele, Graduate School Media Zoo
With thanks to Emma Kimberley for prior work
BRIEFDescription: Are you using technology to benefit your research? Or is digital scholarship leaving you behind? This session will present a ‘top 10’ of electronic resources used in academic life. This
will include technologies for finding and organising research materials and presenting your research. By the end of the session you will have an idea of what these technologies can do for you and which are most appropriate for your research. You will find out how to get started on
using your chosen suite of technologies to support your research needs. Following the session, the Graduate School Media Zoo will support you in developing your use of the technologies over
the course of your research.
The academic research cycle
Social media: A guide for researchers (2011), p15
Digital Scholar – Open Scholar
Digital Scholar – Open Scholar
• Open-access research is cited up to 250% as much as research only in traditional sources (David Willett’s speech to Publishers’ Association, 2 May 2012)
• Leicester Research Archive https://lra.le.ac.uk/
• Gareth Johnson [email protected] or [email protected]
Online Academic Profile• Google yourself – what do you see?• If you don’t like it, fix it!
Image by Cristina CostaOn Flickr
1. RSS“Really simple syndication”
New content delivered straight to you
Save time visiting websites and doing searches
Keep up to date in your field
Make a customisable homepage:•iGoogle•Netvibes
Avoid overload. Adapt as necessary
RESEARCH
RSS symbol
2. Mobile devices
Change the way you study
Store all your research materials in one place
Read on the go!
Access to resources:• Library e-book web pages• Google Books http://books.google.co.uk/• Internet Archive
http://www.archive.org/details/texts• Project Gutenberg
http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page
RESEARCH
3. Microbloggingwww.twitter.com – Sign up!
Find academics in your field…Arts Academic Tweeters @LSEImpactBlog
•Follow•Tweet•Retweet [RT]•Engage
The power of the hashtag#phdchat#AcWri
NETWORK
4. Networking
SOCIALStay in touch with fellow researchers
Pages/Groups can help foster communities•English Local History postgraduates•Graduate School Reading Room
PROFESSIONALDigital profile, living CVwww.linkedin.comwww.academia.edu
NETWORK
5. Reference management Plenty of choice•RefWorks•EndNote•Zotero•CiteULike•Mendeley
Mendeley…not just a reference managerAcademic social networkSubject specific search engineDesktop and onlineiPhone/iPad appCollaborative
ORGANISE
6. Online notebooksEVERNOTEwww.evernote.com
Create different notebooks for your projects
Desktop, online and appsStore…•Notes•Web clippings•Pictures•Voice recordings
Tag to organise and search easily
ORGANISE
7. Stay motivated!Pick a tool that works for you…
Pomodoro Technique25 mins + 5 min break X 4, then take a longer break Kitchen timer / desktop / iPhone app
750 wordsHelps to establish a routineKeeps track of your word count
WRITE
DISSEMINATE 8. Blogging•Fast, easy way to reach an international audience•Receive feedback on your work, invite comment•Contribute to discussion in your field•Keep track of your research progress•Bring attention to your publications•Share information among your peers•Build your digital profile
www.blogger.comwww.wordpress.com
Consider your colleagues and your sources…Never blog anything you wouldn’t be prepared to say in public!
DISSEMINATE 9.Podcasting/Vodcasting
•Make a podcast
•Listen to podcasts
•Organise live streaming of seminars & conferences
*WORKSHOP*Wednesday 23rd May, 2-4pm103-105 Princess Road East
10. Work in the ‘cloud’•Enables efficient collaborative work•Flexible researcher, resources at fingertips
Google DocsCreate and share documents onlinePreziA dynamic alternative to PowerpointInvite contributors to edit, wherever they are!WikisCreate and link webpagesProduce a shared resourceDropbox 2 Gigs of free space anywhere
COLLABORATE
Workshops…
Using Prezi9 May, 2-4pm, Ken Edwards Room 323
Podcasts & Vodcasts23 May, 2-4pm, 103-105 Princess Road East
Online conferencing6 June, 2-4pm, 103-105 Princess Road East
Organised researcher19 June, 2-4pm, IT Room 2, David Wilson Library
For more information see www.le.ac.uk/gsmz
More workshops…
Staff Development and ITShttp://www2.le.ac.uk/offices/staff-development/courses
Word – Long documentsAccess – managing your data and extracting findingsSPSS, NvivoGuided Sessions one-to-one
Thesis forum…Tuesday 15th May
Tuesday 12th June
Tuesday 10th July
All sessions: 3.30-5pm, Library Seminar Room
Informal discussion on PhD related themes
Meet other PhD students
Guest speakers (completed/near-completed PhDs)
Find out about services available to postgraduate researchers
Get in touch…
tinyurl.com/gradschoolreadingroom
gradschoolreadingroom.blogspot.com
@gsmz
Email: [email protected] Drop in on weekday afternoons in the GSRR, 2-5pm
Time to dive in!
Some ideas to get started…
• Sign up for Twitter• Look for blogs in your field• Start a blog!• Set up some RSS feeds• Explore the GSMZ website
