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Read all about it!

Posted on February 8, 2012 by the-forum

This is my first ever blog – so readers please be kind! I am research communications manager for the university and keen to raise the profile of the breadth and depth of our research to an external audience – the … Continue reading →

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Virtually Presenting

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Shirley Williams

We have a paper accepted in the Global TIME: Global Conference on Technology, Innovation, Media & Education (http://www.aace.org/conf/gtime/) and we have chosen to present virtually. The conference organisers wanted presentation submitted in advance and a recording needed to be made … Continue reading →

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Digital Literacies and employability in the Guardian

Posted on January 6, 2012 by Julian Park

An interesting article from Sarah Knight in the Guardian which is at the heart of our project at Reading where we are working with SEECC to enable students and staff to be Digitally ready for the future.

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Dear Santa

Posted on December 24, 2011 by Shirley Williams

On Twitter I asked the guys @uniapp: @uniapp what would you ask Santa for to help #UoR be Digitally Ready? See ideas at t.co/1xJqqA4w This was their reply: @ShirleyEarley something along the lines of embracing the age of mobile! Thanks … Continue reading →

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‘The good, the bad and the ugly’, letters to Santa and digital literacies

Posted on December 19, 2011 by Julian Park

We have been working on the baseline report for the last couple of months and today we held a (festive!) workshop with 20 people representing students, lecturers, support and professional staff. Participants worked in groups and with great enthusiasm on a … Continue reading →

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Developing T&L with the use of technology

Posted on December 16, 2011 by Julian Park

Here in the Centre for the Development of T&L we engage with academic staff to help them design their courses and develop their teaching approaches using technology. Apart from working very closely with individuals and teams we deliver a number … Continue reading →

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Social Media: A guide for researchers

Posted on December 14, 2011 by Shirley Williams

A good guide for researchers looking to get into Social Media: Cann, A., K. Dimitriou, and T. Hooley, Social Media: A guide for researchers, 2011, Research Information Network, UK. Available for free download at: http://www.rin.ac.uk/our-work/communicating-and-disseminating-research/social-media-guide-researchers Along with lots of links … Continue reading →

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Digital Researcher – Go Digital 2012!

Posted on December 13, 2011 by Shirley Williams

Vitae in partnership with The British Library are running Digital Researcher 2012: an innovative, thought-provoking one day event to help researchers make the most of new technologies and social media tools in their research. You can listen to what happened … Continue reading →

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Digital Christmas

Posted on December 9, 2011 by Nadja Guggi

Leave a Christmas message and help us decorate our digital Christmas trees at http://www.reading.ac.uk/seasons-greetings

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Academic and Digital Literacies and Writing in the Disciplines

Posted on December 9, 2011 by Shirley Williams

There is a new journal of Academic Writing it is open access and peer reviewed so readers can access the materials and have confidence in the fact that materials are reviewed. The first paper caught my attention as it mentioned … Continue reading →

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