Tag: abstract

Research project exploring clinicians’ perspectives of the introduction of ML into clinical practice

May 24, 2019

in AI, Clinical

abstract, clinical practice, clinician, interview, machine learning, perceptions, perspectives, physiotherapy, proposal, questionnaire, research, study

I recently received ethics clearance to begin an explorative study looking at how physiotherapists think about the introduction of machine learning into clinical practice. The study will use an international survey and a series of interviews to gather data on clinicians’ perspectives on questions like the following: What aspects of clinical practice are vulnerable to…
Abstract for RCTs in educational research

Jan 18, 2016

in Assessment, Research, Writing

abstract, african journal of health professions education, ajhpe, publication, randomised controlled trial, RCT

There seems to have been a resurgence in calls for the use of systematic reviews and randomised controlled trials in educational research lately. There’s a lot to like (in my opinion) about RCTs in certain contexts because of how they are designed. For example, when you want to figure out the effect of variable A on…
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-06-27

Jun 27, 2011

in Digest

abstract, academic publishing, faimer, google books, Ian Barbour, mendeley, mobile learning, Online identity, open access, p2pu, papert, professional identity, publication, research, saahe 2011, safri, writing

If you’re going to be at #saahe2011 give me a shout if you’d like to meet # About to begin 3rd day of #safri session Jo’burg. Going well so far, intense but enjoyable. Looking forward to #saahe2011 on Thu # The theory of shared matter (Wired UK) http://ow.ly/1u4yza. The rise of Mendeley and social research…
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-03-07

Mar 7, 2011

in Digest

abstract, africa, angry birds, Bill Gates, books, China, Connect Teachers & Students Worldwide, Docs, education, emerging countries, gina tripani, Google, Google Docs, identity, Looking forward, mendeley, Naive teacher, online lectures, open content, poster design, Professor, research, RT, social media, TED, tedxcapetown, The Chronicle of Higher Education, twitter, uct, Wired Campus

Focus on the technology or not? http://ow.ly/1s78vm. Focusing on tech can highlight their relative strengths # Do you prefer printed books? http://ow.ly/1s78th. How we use books can impact format and device preferences # Making a Concrete Abstract http://bit.ly/gQzjN9. The most important part of your paper, the abstract determines whether your work is read # The…
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-01-31

Jan 31, 2011

in Digest

abstract, Amsterdam, cape town, congress, creative commons, Department of Education, Fund Open Educational Resources, Internet Social anthropology, mad chair, oer, open access, open education resources, research, RT, sasp, tedxcapetown, twitter, wcpt, writing retreat

@damianrice Not sure what you mean 🙂 # @EranEyal no problem, talk sounds interesting, u know the URL? Would like to attend if possible # @gavdavis Thanks man, now we just have to get funding so that everyone can go 🙂 # 8 out of 9 abstracts submitted from UWC physio dept accepted for presentation…
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-01-10

Jan 10, 2011

in Digest

abstract, AMEE, android, e-learning, ebooks, ece, elbow, geekretreat, http, intellectual property, literacy, Manchester, Multiple Tablet, plagiarism, postgraduate, research, RT, scribd, social networks, southampton, twitter, wcpt, wikipedia

@RachaelLowe I’m hoping to present at WCPT, & uni will only fund if that happens, so holding thumbs. B great to meet somehow # @rachaellowe Pity. I’m also trying to get to 2 conferences Manchester & Southampton, from 6-14 July. Maybe we can meet sometime then? # RT @wesleylynch: RT @Realmdigital: 20 movies to geek…
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-09-13

Sep 13, 2010

in Digest

5 stage model, abstract, augmented reality, blogging, clinical education, clinical exams, creativity, curriculum development, gilly salmon, IBM, john cleese, lectures, multitasking, online learning, outcome measures, Published Social Networks, Reading Social Networks, reflections, RT, social networks, stellenbosch, teacher, twitter, visually impaired, wcpt

More on online learning & the visually impaired. Useful links 4 anyone working with learners who have visual impairments http://ow.ly/1qQGws # Gilly Salmon’s 5 stage model http://ow.ly/1qQGsw # Social Learning in the Positivist Paradigm http://ow.ly/2D2kT # Presentation: A few minutes with John Cleese on creativity http://ow.ly/1qQDg5 # Multitasking Lowers Academic Performance http://ow.ly/1qQDfL # Dear Baby…
Posted to Diigo 03/27/2010

Mar 28, 2010

in Digest

abstract, technology enhanced learning

Write good papers a good 4-sentence abstract is: (1) state the problem (2) say why it is interesting (3) say what your solution achieves (4) say what follows from your solution. Mohamed Amine Chatti’s ongoing research on Technology Enhanced Learning: TEL is NOT a Technology Issue In my eyes, the challenge is not to mimic…
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-09-21

Sep 21, 2009

in Digest

abstract, cck09, laconica, mendeley, phd, phdmrowe, physiopaedia, pixlr, proposal, research, scridb, statusnet, wiki, wordle

ERN – Networks, CCK09, Memory, Google, Britannica, Location, Immediacy http://bit.ly/1sWDBu # RT @jamesparks101: take a look at this wordle project http://tinyurl.com/n8bsxt # Wordle – Beautiful Word Clouds. Might be useful to determine relative weighting in a document e.g. a CV, or abstract http://bit.ly/NLWzM # @pixlr Been playing with Firefox plugin. Very nice, especially screen capture…
Sharing documents and profiles

Jul 11, 2009

in Social media

abstract, facebook, flickr, mendeley, publishing, research, scribd, slideshare, twitter

I’ve been meaning to play around with Scribd for a while now but never felt I had anything useful to put up. After uploading some conference presentations on Slideshare a week ago and seeing the steadily climbing views, I finally decided to get a few abstracts together and upload them publicly. You can see them…
Faculty writing workshop

Jul 10, 2009

in Photography, Research, Social media

abstract, academic writing, communication technology, delicious, digg, facebook, flickr, Houwhoek Inn, journal editor, physiotherapy, publish, research, social software, social software tools, south africa, twitter, wikipedia, youtube

I just got back from an academic writing workshop at the Houwhoek Inn (their site needs some serious work). The point was to go there with an idea of an article you were going to write, spend 3 days writing it and getting feedback from the other participants and to end up with a draft…
First article published

May 23, 2009

in Physiotherapy, Research, Technology

abstract, article, communication technology, education, healthcare, healthcare workers, ICT, learning tools, professional practice, research, World Health Organisation

I just had my first research article published. It’s based mainly on the literature review I did for my Masters degree last year, with a few updates. It’s strange, but when I submitted it about 6 months ago, I thought it was a reasonable piece of work. Reading it now, I feel like taking it…
Blogging downturn

Apr 22, 2009

in Education, Technology

abstract, blogging, ethics, MozOpenEdCourse, presentation, reflective tool, saahe

This term has been a bit mental so far, which is why I’ve cut back considerably on the blog. Between clinical supervision, preparing for exams, extra courses and research, I’m finding it hard to keep up. It’s not permanent and once things have slowed down, I’ll get back into it. Here’s a brief update on…
SAAHE ’09: abstract for oral presentation

Mar 30, 2009

in Conference, Education, Physiotherapy, Social media

abstract, blogging, clinical reasoning, collaboration, education, ethics, healthcare, healthcare system, human rights, lecturer, online tools, physiotherapy, professional development, reflection, reflective tool, saahe, social constructivism, social software, student

Here’s the abstract I submitted for SAAHE ’09. It was submitted for consideration in the Innovations and work in progress category. Title The use of blogging as a reflective tool in physiotherapy ethics. Context The use of social software in higher education facilitates collaborative learning practices and mirrors the social constructivist principles of education by…
Conference: Higher education as a social space

Sep 16, 2008

in Conference, Research

abstract, grahamstown, HESS, HESS08, ICT, quality management

I just found out that the abstract I submitted for the Higher Education as a Social Space conference has been accepted. I’ll be presenting a paper on the use of ICT by physiotherapy students in South Africa, based on the results of my Masters thesis. The conference will take place in Grahamstown from the 30…