Course: Being a Digital Researcher: Digital Skills for Effective Research

What is LinkedIn? LinkedIn is an American business and employment-oriented social network owned by Microsoft. The platform is primarily used for professional networking and career development and allows job seekers …

Research management systems are designed to support a significant proportion of the research and scholarly communication cycle. For this reason, research management systems are used by most universities and other …

What is Facebook? Facebook is an American online social media and social networking service. After registering, users can create a profile revealing information about themselves. They can post text, photos …

What is Twitter? Twitter is an American microblogging and social networking service on which users post and interact with messages known as “tweets”. Registered users can post, like, and retweet …

Last week, we introduced copyright in the context of research publication. This has implications for what you can and cannot share. Networking platforms such as ORCID, ResearchGate or LinkedIn enable …

As you can see in this video, The Conversation is a useful means of writing to the public – but it also provides a route through which you can write …

In this video, Dr Lee Fallin discusses many of the core ethical principles for online and internet-mediated research. Once you’ve watched the video, share your reflections in the comments section …

As the previous activity showed, there is a growing pressure to ensure academic research is open and accessible to the public. Communicating to the public – as a non-specialist audience …

To make your writing more engaging and appealing to readers there are many writing techniques and literary devices you can use. Techniques for stronger writing These will help strengthen your …

Visuals in Public Communications are used for several reasons. They can make a piece look more appealing and engaging to potential readers – as a large body of continuous text …

Scholarly communication is one of the overarching themes of this course. The ACRL (2003) define scholarly communication as “the system through which research and other scholarly writings are created, evaluated …

If your research is not inclusive – it could exclude some participants. This is particularly important when you are considering computer-mediated or online research. This is because it can be …

What is Humanities Commons? Humanities Commons is a nonprofit network that enables humanities scholars and practitioners to create a professional profile, discuss common interests, develop new publications, and share their …

What is Blogging? A blog, as you are probably already aware is a website or page that is typically updated fairly regularly via posts. These posts are time-stamped and are …

Most students and researchers think they are good at searching the literature. The ability to find things, however, does not always mean they are using the best tools and strategies. …