Google Refine
Google Refine is a powerful tool for dealing with messy data. It seems to have more power than a spreadsheet and lots of potential. Have a look at the videos on theRead More…
Google Scholar for searching
There are many databases available for academic searching, and there is a list of those available to University of Reading users. Google Scholar is a good overarching tool for searching through aRead More…
Digital dissent
I follow several electronic newsgroups to ensure I stay at the front of my research interests. The ever challenging issue of science on Wikipedia cropped up today with an unusually heated debateRead More…
A library in my pocket
One of the problems of being a plant taxonomist is that my research relies heavily on books, and some of those can be a few hundred years old. My modest working bookRead More…
Online professionalism and Facebook – Falling through the generation gap
Via a tweet I found this recently published article: Osman, A., Wardle, A. & Caesar, R. (2012) Online professionalism and Facebook – Falling through the generation gap. Medical teacher. Available online at: http://informahealthcare.com/doi/full/10.3109/0142159X.2012.668624Read More…
Behaving Online
There is lots of advice available on how to behave online, some of it very sensible and some of it belonging to the 19th century. The University has produced two guides onRead More…
Peer learning – Google Scholar Citations
This afternoon one of those serendipitous conversations happened that allowed me to add another online profile to my digital presence; Google Scholar now offer individual academic profiles that update automatically, can beRead More…
The Digital Human
The advantage of bank holidays is the chance to hear weekday Radio4 from time to time. This afternoon at 4.30pm I happened to hear The Digital Human. This is week two ofRead More…
Facebook: Social integration and informal learning experiences
Continuing the theme of using social media, I thought I would give a plug to a project on ‘Enhancing Student Engagement in Curriculum Development’ here at the University of Reading. Amongst otherRead More…
Saint or sinner?
We’ ve been hearing a lot recently about the need for a code of practice to guide our students in their use of web 2.0 and social media when part of their learningRead More…