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Open Research and the Digital Scholar: Noelle Cowling, University of Stellenbosch


     
     Keynote speaker at CPUT's Teaching and Learning with Technology Day 2013,  Noelle Cowling,  provided an overview of current and emerging technologies applied by scholars in the research field. Emphasis was placed on the researchers’ online identity and the aptitude to effectively advance the research and the resulting impact of the research.  View her screencast on Open research and the digital scholar






    Below are some tools that can be utilized to create a professional online identity 

  •     Twitter:-An online social networking and microblogging service that enables users to send and read "tweets", which are text messages limited to 140 characters.
  •    Academia.edu : A social networking website for academics. The platform can be used to share papers, monitor their impact, and follow the research in a particular field.    
  •     SlideShare: A Web 2.0 based slide hosting service. Users can upload files privately or publicly in the following file formats: PowerPoint, PDF, Keynote, or OpenDocument presentations
  •    LinkedIn: A social networking website for people in professional occupations. It is mainly used for professional networking.

View Noelle Cowling's blog  "Using emerging technologies in teaching and learning in higher education, South Africa."





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