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…
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…
Is blogging the “new” lifestream?

Sep 6, 2009

in Social media

blogging, delicious, facebook, flickr, Flickr stream, friendfeed, lifestream, online properties, scribd, slideshare, twitter

A little while ago I was wondering what platform I could use to aggregate my various online properties (Flickr, Delicious, Twitter, etc.) in a so-called “lifestream” and someone suggested that Friendfeed might be feasible. I looked into it for a while, but couldn’t commit to it because something didn’t feel right about using one service…
Reflective blogging assignment – finished

Jul 24, 2009

in Assignments, Social media, Students

assignment, blogging, presentation, reflection, saahe

Earlier this year I gave my final year physiotherapy students a blogging assignment as part of their Professional Ethics module. The goal of the assignment was to read a selection of articles that were relevant to coursework that had been discussed in class, to reflect on those readings, and then to post a blog entry…
My presentation at SAAHE 2009

Jul 4, 2009

in Conference, Research, Social media

blogging, creative commons, license, microsoft, opendocument, openoffice, physiotherapy, presentation, saahe, slideshare

My presentation at SAAHE looked at the use of blogging as a tool to facilitate ethical and clinical reasoning among final year physiotherapy students in my department. The abstract is available here, and I’ve shared the presentation slides on Slideshare. You can either view it online, or download it. I’ve shared it under this Creative…
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…
Reflective blogging assignment

Feb 13, 2009

in Assignments, Education, Physiotherapy, Social media

assignment, blogging, clinical reasoning, comment, conversation, ethical dilemmas, online space, reflection, reflective tool, social media platforms

A few months ago, I wrote about the use of blogging as a reflective tool. I’ve since developed an assignment for the Professional Ethics in Physiotherapy module I teach, in which students will blog as a form of reflection on some of the topics we cover in class. Every student will then read every other…