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Ithaka S+R, Jisc, RLUK "In 2012, Ithaka S+R partnered with Jisc and Research Libraries UK (RLUK) to  survey academics in the UK higher education sector in order to learn about their  attitudes and practices related to research, teaching, and communicating.  In addition to the findings reported here, this project will provide a national  dataset that can be analyzed by discipline, institution type, and other  demographic characteristics, compared with findings from a parallel USbased project, and tracked for changes over time."

"Students' Attitudes to and Usage of Academic Feedback Provided Via Audio Files"

A guide for academics and researchers

The Digital Scholar: How Technology Is Transforming Scholarly Practice Martin Weller While industries such as music, newspapers, film and publishing have seen radical changes in their business models and practices as a direct result of new technologies, higher education has so far resisted the wholesale changes we have seen elsewhere. However, a gradual and fundamental shift in the practice of academics is taking place. Every aspect of scholarly practice is seeing changes effected by the adoption and possibilities of new technologies. This book will explore these changes, their implications for higher education, the possibilities for new forms of scholarly practice and what lessons can be drawn from other sectors.

This study explores students' attitudes to the provision of formative feedback on academic work using audio files together with the ways in which students implement such feedback within their learning. Fifteen students received audio file feedback on written work and were subsequently interviewed regarding their utilisation of that feedback within their learning. The written work provided by twelve of the students was also conventionally marked and this feedback was quantitatively compared with the audio feedback comments following classification of individual comments. The students responded very positively to the audio file feedback judging it to be good quality because it was easier to understand, had more depth and was more personal. Most students annotated their work as they listened and stated that they would use the audio feedback to improve their work for other tutors. Pitfalls of this form of feedback included the large size of the audio files (up to 11Mb) being incompatible with some e-mail systems. Comment classification showed a greater emphasis on developmental aspects of learning within audio file feedback. Guidance is provided for tutors concerning the effective use of audio file feedback. As feedback is integral to all learning this project has wide applicability across the disciplines

Making your research accessible by Andrew Clappison

Author - Rupert Gatti

Bamboo DiRT is a tool, service, and collection registry of digital research tools for scholarly use. Developed by Project Bamboo, Bamboo DiRT makes it easy for digital humanists and others conducting digital research to find and compare resources ranging from content management systems to music OCR, statistical analysis packages to mindmapping software.

Pedagogical designs involving social media and implications for students, educators, institutions and researchers, Minocha, Shailey, 2012

Quality Assessment for E-Learning: a Benchmarking Approach, Open Research Online, Williams, Keith; Kear, Karen and Rosewell, Jon (2012)

Open Course in Technology Enhanced Learning

This infographic / handout / sheet is filled with tips for all social networks. Not just focusing on particular services, I appreciate this guide's refreshing look at how to properly use social media even when you're super busy. Plus, Ernie gives a few examples of people effectively leveraging social networks even though they're busy doing lots of other stuff. Sound familiar?

Innovating Pedagogy 2013