Dr Rachel Cowen, Research Staff Trainer, University of ManchesterMr Alex Hardman, E-Learning Developer, University of Manchester

About us

Objectives for todayExplore the digital world and how researchers can use it

to:develop their reputation through a digital identitykeep on top of literature extend 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

Video: The Machine is Us/ing Ushttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLlGopyXT_g

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 research activities do you currently do and what tools do you use?

How do you think technology can be used to support:Group or project communication and collaborationResearch dissemination and wider community

engagementConferencesWays in which you present yourself and your workData collection and analysis

Your life as a researcherAcademic outputs (papers etc)DisseminationCollaborationProfessional development (formal and informal

learning)ReputationData collectionOthers?

Digital Identitywww.123peopl3.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

Developing a digital identity

•RSS•Social Referencing (think Endnote + Web2)•Most cited

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

Social Referencing

Staying on top of hot topics in your area

Most downloaded

http://top25.sciencedirect.com

Most cited

http://info.scopus.com/topcited

http://bit.ly/comped

Google Docs•Communal lab operating procedures/ •experimental methods, •shared project ideas, minutes etcWiki’s

Our online presenceTraining Teamwww.mhs.manchester.ac.uk/trainingteam www.twitter.com/trainingteam

Alexwww.twitter.com/ActualAl www.slideshare.net/actualalhttp://ivida.co.uk/