Web 2.0 and mobile toolsfor Learning and Research

Terese Bird, Learning Technologist, SCORE Research Fellow, University of Leicester

MobiLearnAsia Workshop – Singapore 26 October, 2012

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What will we do today?

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•Learning v Research•Elements of Research•Digital Scholar, Profile•The Tools!

Learning v Research

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Research is self-directed, discovery-focused learning.

Problem-based learning includes research.

The academic research cycle

Social media: A guide for researchers (2011), p15

Web 2.0

RESEARCH

ORGANISE

WRITE

DISSEMINATE

COLLABORATE

NETWORK

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/

www.doaj.org - Directory of Open Access Journals

Online Academic Profile• Google yourself – what do you see?• If you don’t like it, fix it!

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Mobile Research Reading

Change the way you study

Store all research materials in one place

Read on the go! Access to resources:

• Journal Articles• 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

Collect & Curate: RSS“Really simple syndication”

New content delivered straight to you

Save time visiting websites and doing searches

Keep up to date in your field

Google Reader - iGoogle – Feedler

Avoid overload. Adapt as necessary

RESEARCH

RSS symbol

Scoop.itSet keywords, Scoop.it finds

New content delivered straight to you

You choose which to display, and share back out

Followers can suggest content to you

Save time visiting websites and doing searches

RESEARCH

FlipboardRESEARCH

ZiteRESEARCH

Stay in touch - synchronousSkypeGoogle HangoutsWeb conferencing – Adobe Connect, Elluminate

NETWORK

Microbloggingwww.twitter.com – Sign up!

Find academics in your field…Arts Academic Tweeters @LSEImpactBlog

•Follow•Tweet•Retweet•Engage

The power of the hashtag#phdchat#lrnchat#AcWri

NETWORK

Facebook

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

LinkedIn

NETWORK

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

Reference managementSuper-efficiency Plenty of choice•Install on mobile browser the Mendeley web browser

• While surfing, when you find something good, grab it and put into Mendeley, then your bibliography is built

ORGANISE

http://tinyurl.com/837wigj

Join the MobiLearnHE group in Mendeley

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

DISSEMINATE 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!

Online Academic Profile• Google yourself – what do you see?• If you don’t like it, fix it!

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ORGANISE

DISSEMINATE

FlickrDISSEMINATE

PinterestDISSEMINATE

Academia.edu

Slideshare

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 anywhereApple iCloud

Time to dive in!

Some ideas to get started…

• Sign up for Twitter• Look for blogs in your field• Start a blog!• Set up Scoop.it