Title: Finding Resources on the Internet for Learning, Teaching and Research
1Finding Resources on the Internet for
Learning, Teaching and Research
- Emma Place
- Institute for Learning and Research Technology
- University of Bristol
2Aim of today
- To learn how to
- find information
- on the Internet
- that can support
- academic work
3Objectives
- Tour Key Internet sites for academics
- Discover how to search the Internet for academic
information - Review pros and cons of Internet information
- Let you explore sites and build a list if useful
links to take away
4Plan
- Introductions (5 mins)
- A Guided tour of the Internet for academics
(20 mins) - Hands-on Exploring key generic sites
(25 mins) - The Internet for your subject
(20 mins) - Hands-on Exploring key subject sites
(25 mins) - TEA BREAK (20 mins)
- Searching the Internet for academic info
(20 mins - Hands-on Internet search tools
(25 mins) - Pros and Cons
(10 mins) - Questions and Evaluation
(10 mins)
5What can the Internet offer academics?
6Academics use the Internet for
- 1. Keeping up with HE news
- 2. Research
- 3. Conducting a literature search
- 4. Making professional contacts
- 5. Professional development
- 6. Teaching and learning
- 7. Maintaining current awareness
- 8. Finding data
- 9. Buying Books
7Key sites for UK Higher Education
- HERO
- - official gateway to UK universities and
colleges - JISC
- - funded by HEFCE to help academics use ICT
8Internet for research
- Research Councils UK
- - all have Web sites with info about research
funding, projects and outputs.
9Literature searching online
- Bibliographic Databases Online
- Library Catalogues (OPACS)
- Electronic Journals
- Online publications
- search any time, any place
- May need an ATHENS password
10Maintaining current awareness
- Online newspapers and magazines
- Alerting services
- Current contents
11Making professional contacts
- JISCmail mailing lists
- People directories
- Organisational home pages
12Professional development
- Web sites of Professional societies
- Training information
- Careers advice
- Job hunting
13Buying books
- Online book stores eg
- Amazon
- (lots more shopping possible too!)
14Learning and teaching online
- eLearning
- Course plans and lecture notes
- Online text books and core texts
- Online tutorials
15Finding data, images, video and film
- Resources to use for research, or to embed in
taught courses
16HANDS-ON SESSION
- Browse Section 1 of the workbook
- Try the TASKS outlined there
- Visit any sites that interest you
- Keep a record of URLs on the back page
17Finding Academic Web resources for your subject
18- The RDN Virtual Training Suite
- - find the tutorial for your subject
- The JISC Resource Guides
- - find the guide for your subject
19(No Transcript)
20HANDS-ON SESSION
- Browse Section 2 of the workbook
- Try the TASKS outlined there
21Searching the Internet for academic information
22Resource Discovery Network (RDN)
- the UKs academic gateway to Internet resources
-
- ALTIS - Hospitality, Leisure, Sport and
Tourism BIOME - Health and Life Sciences
EEVL - Engineering, Mathematics and Computing
GEsource - Geography and Environment Humbul -
Humanities PSIgate - Physical Sciences
SOSIG - Social Sciences, Business and Law
23Google
- The best Internet search engine
- Check out
- Advanced Search options
- Image search
24Yahoo
- A public Internet gateway
- - note how the quality and coverage differs from
the RDN
25HANDS-ON SESSION
- Workbook sections 23
- For your subject
- Find the relevant RDN hub
- Find the section of Yahoo
- Do a Google search
- How do they compare?
26Finally some pros and cons of using the
Internet for learning, teaching and research
27Poor quality information
- The Internet reflects the World it contains the
good, the bad and the ugly - Anyone can publish anything
- Academic journals sit next to comics
- Presidential speeches next to idle gossip
- - its left up to the user to evaluate
28Plagarism
- The copy and paste culture
- Protect your intellectual property!
- Dont let the Internet degrade academic work!
29Want to help your students with Internet
resources?
point them to key Web sites for the subject
Warn of the pitfalls of the Internet
Help them to search the Internet
30? Thank you for coming ?
- Please fill in an
- evaluation form
- Before you leave