Tag: blogging

Claude, help me to write

Nov 18, 2023

in AI, Writing

academic writing, argument, blogging, critical feedback, critical friend, feedback, large language model, LLM, peer review, premises, process, prompt, prompt design, review, writing, writing coach, writing process

Yesterday I published a post describing my concerns with how universities are responding to the new paradigm of expertise-on-demand that’s facilitated by generative AI. At the end of that post I noted that I wrote it collaboratively with Claude, and this post describes what that process (kind-of) looked like. I also want to be clear…
‘Academic writing’ includes more than we think

Jul 11, 2023

in Writing

academia, academic writing, application, blogging, cv, email, essay, grant application, interview, magazines, peer review, podcasts, proposal, social media, writing

https://patthomson.net/2023/07/10/academic-writing-its-a-lot/ When we talk about academic writing, as usually refer to papers, books, chapters and dissertations. However, there’s a lot more to academic writing than just these four.
Casting a shadow…

May 8, 2023

in Note

blogging, creativity, writing
Twitter is a lost cause for academics…

Apr 22, 2023

in Note, Social media

academic writing, blogging, social media, twitter

This platform is a lost cause for academics. Social platforms have become integral to the research infrastructure in a way analogous to conferences, workshops and seminars. Universities and funders need to take responsibility for the upcoming transition rather than outsourcing it to private firms. If you’re committed to using Twitter for external engagement then only…
I deleted my Twitter account

Apr 21, 2023

in Social media

blogging, mastodon, social media, social network, twitter

I deleted my Twitter account about a week ago, but I’ve waited a bit to see if I regretted the decision. There’s a 30-day cooling off period and I didn’t want to write this post, then realise that I’d made a mistake, and recover the account. But the fact is, I don’t miss it at…
PHT402 Ethics course: Developing an online professional identity

Aug 23, 2013

in Ethics, pht402, Social media, Technology

blogging, clinical education, ethics course, facebook, Online identity, pht402, professional identity, professional presence, social media, twitter

This post was written for the participants of the #pht402 Professional Ethics course. For many of our participants working online has been a new and interesting experience but for most it will probably won’t progress much more than that. This post is intended to highlight how the blogs that have been created as part of…
Strategic blogging in the PHT402 Ethics course

Jul 31, 2013

in Ethics, pht402, Social media, Technology

blogging, ethics, online course, pht402, writing

This post is intended for the participants in the #pht402 Professional Ethics course who would like to take a more strategic approach to their blogging. By using a few strategies suggested here, you may find that it’s easier to make the best use of your time when preparing your posts for the course. One of…
Constructing a blog post for the PHT402 Ethics course

Jul 19, 2013

in Ethics, pht402, Technology

blogging, design, multimedia, pht402, physiopedia, professional ethics course, writing skills

This is a post for participants in the #pht402 Professional Ethics online course being run by the University of the Western Cape and Physiopedia. Many of our participants have little or no blogging experience, so this post is intended to provide some suggestions and resources that may be useful when learning how to write your…
Social media and professional identity: Part 2 (blogs & microblogs)

Sep 11, 2012

in Social media, Technology

blogging, blogs, microblogging, microblogs, professional identity, social media, twitter

Welcome to Part 2 of my series on using social media to create and develop an online professional identity. Here is the full list of topics that I’m going to cover: Part 1: Introduction to the internet and social media Part 2: Social media, online identity and engagement (blogs and microblogs) Part 3: Academic social…
Moving to Blogger

Aug 21, 2012

in Blog, Technology, Writing

Blogger, blogging, wordpress

Update: I’ve since decided to move back to WordPress. After using Blogger for a couple of weeks I realised that, even though there were some definite advantages, the flexibility and control I get when I host my own blog is difficult to match with Blogger. The statistics, integration with Google+ and responsive default theme were…
Blogging taking a back seat for now

May 22, 2012

in PhD, Research

articles, blogging, phd, research

I’m in the process of writing up the final parts of my PhD and am hoping to submit a first full draft in August, in preparation for a final submission in November. I’m doing it by publication and so am focusing my attention on the last 2 articles I need to complete. I’ve published two,…
Using a rubric for a blogging assignment

Jan 3, 2012

in Assessment, Education, Ethics, Physiotherapy, Social media, Technology

assignment, blogging, grading, reflection, rubric

Earlier this year I gave my 3rd year students an assignment in which they needed to write a reflective blog post based on a clinical experience they’d experienced. I just thought I’d share the rubric I used to grade the assignments, as I’ve come across a few people have have had difficulty trying to assign…
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-07-25

Jul 25, 2011

in Digest

blogging, digital citizenship, facebook, feedback, flipboard, history boys, ipad, ken robinson, marshal mcluhan, medical smartphone apps, papers, paywall, peer review, research, social media policy

Watched “The history boys” (http://ht.ly/5LUce) last night at Theatre on the Bay (http://ht.ly/5LUdg). Was excellent # Don’t tell teachers how to act on Facebook, says union | Education | guardian.co.uk http://bit.ly/rth3x5 # Harry Potter Special: Evaluating Hogwarts Teachers http://ow.ly/1uRLRD # Killing Peer Review http://ow.ly/1uRLEF # Changing Education Paradigms http://ow.ly/1uRLpR. Presentation by Ken Robinson # Marshall…
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-07-18

Jul 18, 2011

in Digest

blogging, cape royale hotel, faimer, Google, google plus, greenpoint park, open access, relationships, research, safri, slow academia, social networks

Some beautiful photos from around Cape Town over the past few days (not mine) http://t.co/56JmLtl # Amazing weekend at the #caperoyale hotel. Recommend it for any special occasions / celebrations. Friendly staff & great food. Thanks # Beautiful day at Greenpoint Park, can’t believe what amazing weather we’re having # Over 1 billion items shared…
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-07-11

Jul 11, 2011

in Digest

apture, blogging, coi, community of inquiry, creative commons, google plus, hospital apps, lecturing, oer, social presence, uct, wordpress, zen mode

Is More Zen, Less Plus The Way to Go? http://ow.ly/1uqHOf. “Zen mode” in WordPress helps you to focus on writing # Google Plus Feature Request: Automatic Circles http://ow.ly/1uqH4n # Learning with ‘e’s: Seven reasons teachers should blog http://bit.ly/pVV9A8 # Reasons teachers don’t blog http://t.co/VKLcLIS # OER@UCT | Excellent video explaining Creative Commons http://bit.ly/qzgJFI # Sage…
Reflective blogging in an Evidence-based practice module

Jun 20, 2011

in Conference, Physiotherapy, Research, Social media

blogging, ebp, evidence based practice, kolb’s learning cycle, physiotherapy, publication, reflective learning, research, wcpt, world congress of physical therapy

During 2010 a colleague and I studied the use of blogging to facilitate reflection among postgraduate physiotherapy students as it related to the process of learning evidence-based practice. We’re in the last stages of writing the article and have developed a poster that will be presented at the World Congress of Physical Therapy in Amsterdam…
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-01-24

Jan 24, 2011

in Digest

activity theory, alpha, blogging, cable card, cognician, concept map, connectivism, Construct Activity Systems, Dave Pollard, decision book, digital habitats, email, facebook, joanne hardman, learning theories, mit, mont fleur, mp, open courseware, RT, Silicon Cape, standing desk, twitter, writing retreat, xkcd, zotero

♻ @samanthaperry #xkcd on airport security stupididty – classic http://xkcd.com/651/ # RT @ivovegter: Sense, at last. Table mountain ‘Cable Card’ for SA citizens. Unlimited rides & skip Q for R490/y http://bit.ly/ewxC8L # Just read “Conversations in the cloud: The use of blogs to support learning in higher education” (http://bit.ly/gJr45r) Thanks @mpaskevi # RT @barrykayton: @michael_rowe…
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…
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-04-12

Apr 12, 2010

in Digest

blogging, Brian Austin Green, Chronic, david warlick, douglas adams, education, Google Earth, ipad, Megan Fox, mindmapping, personalised learning, presentations, questionnaire, reliability, scientist, social responsibility, south africa, stephen downes, test-retest, the chronic, twitter, Uses Google Earth, xmind, youth

@sbestbier enjoyed it too, been thinking about ways to break away from the linear presentation, looking forward to your thoughts # @clivesimpkins Good idea, I’ll bring it up with him & ask about opening the platform to other students for editing # Never really had much use for mindmapping, so when I played with #xmind…
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-04-05

Apr 5, 2010

in Digest

adobe air, afrihost, blogging, buddypress, chromium, cognician, dept social network, downes, grades, hootsuite, http, lectures, meerkat, Microsoft Windows, profession, RT, scientist, social network, solitude, teaching, telkom, textbooks, twitter, ubuntu, wordpress mu

the lost art of solitude http://zenhabits.net/2010/04/solitude/ # @dkeats I use #hootsuite almost exclusively because everything I tweet is from the browser, so its already open. Besides, #AIR sucks # RT @openended: Ubuntu 10.10 to be codenamed Maverick Meerkat – http://arst.ch/hyt # RT @barrykayton: Just uploaded nine short video interviews about Cognician: http://bit.ly/9NIv77 #cognician # The…