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Category Archives: Academic communication
May 17 2013
Academia.edu releases embedded data-sets and code
2 CommentsImproved research sharing practices will undoubtedly help to boost the visibility of research. Richard Price, CEO of Academia.edu, explains how their social media platform is looking to incentivise data sharing by providing an outlet for researchers to share their data … Continue reading
Posted by: May 17, 2013
Tagged with: academia.edu
May 15 2013
True innovation in Higher Ed will emerge from faculty-driven, open-source projects, not start-up commercialisation
5 CommentsLeslie Madsen-Brooks is skeptical about the kind of disruption start-ups and tech folks promise. She highlights ways university faculty and staff are already driving thoughtful technological innovation through engaging in open source, open learning projects. Projects which focus on the … Continue reading
Posted by: May 15, 2013
Tagged with: MOOCs
May 13 2013
The longstanding culture in the social sciences of making data accessible is one to value
Leave a commentEvidence-based social policy depends on access to rich supplies of high-quality data. But how can we create, curate, enrich and reuse data already collected by government departments and researchers? James Nazroo and Matthew Woollard of the UK Data Service explore … Continue reading
Posted by: May 13, 2013
Tagged with: data sharing
May 10 2013
The free, web-based EndNote Basic offers a new collaborative edge whilst remaining a true reference management tool
2 CommentsThe public response to Elsevier’s takeover of Mendeley prompted Thomson Reuters to release an enhanced, free version of their referencing management tool, EndNote Basic. Paul Horsler examines the new features. While certainly not a tool for sharing PDFs, the web-based platform … Continue reading
Posted by: May 10, 2013
Tagged with: Endnote
May 9 2013
Open access requirements will erode academic freedom by catalysing intensive forms of institutional managerialism
2 CommentsIn response to last week’s piece on how open access will enhance academic freedom, Kyle Grayson responds by outlining three key reasons why open access will directly–and indirectly–erode academic freedom in the arts, humanities, and social sciences. He argues that gold … Continue reading
Posted by: May 9, 2013
Tagged with: academic freedom
May 8 2013
The legitimacy and usefulness of academic blogging will shape how intellectualism develops
16 CommentsAcademic blogging has become an increasingly popular form, but key questions still remain over whether blog posts should feature more prominently in formal academic discourse. Jenny Davis clarifies the pros and cons of blog citation and sees the remaining ambiguity as indicative … Continue reading
Posted by: May 8, 2013
Tagged with: academic blogging
May 6 2013
Some answers to the most common misconceptions about sharing research data
3 CommentsThere has been renewed enthusiasm in recent weeks for greater data-sharing practices in the social sciences, due in no small part to the Reinhart-Rogoff controversy. Here, data curation specialist Carly Strasser provides answers to some frequently asked questions from those … Continue reading
Posted by: May 6, 2013
Tagged with: data sharing
May 2 2013
Academics often need to survey related disciplines – online databases and networks make this quicker and easier
5 CommentsReal expertise takes years of hard work, but identifying the key works and ideas that define a subfield can be done quickly if you know how to leverage online databases and networks. From targeted Google searches to useful overview texts, Kerim Friedman provides … Continue reading
Posted by: May 2, 2013
May 1 2013
The impact imperative can be better understood through the opportunities and contraints of feminist scholarship
1 CommentRecognition that impact and the academic profession go hand-in-hand is welcome, argue Rosie Campbell and Sarah Childs, but this imperative is nothing new. Feminist scholars have been engaging in impact long before it became fashionable. The challenges and opportunities faced by feminist researchers may help … Continue reading
Posted by: May 1, 2013
Tagged with: political science
Apr 29 2013
Inequitable power dynamics of global knowledge production and exchange must be confronted head on
7 CommentsThe research environment in the global South faces many pressing challenges given resource inequality. Technical and financial issues aside, Laura Czerniewicz asserts it is the values and practices shaped by the Northern research agenda which contribute just as much to the … Continue reading
Posted by: April 29, 2013
