Tag: mendeley

I enjoyed reading (April)

May 10, 2013

in Note

3d printing, academic publishing, danah boyd, elsevier, Google, mendeley, reader, reading, research distribution, steven downes

Sudden site shutdowns and the perils of living our lives online (John Paul Titlow): When Google decided to shut down Reader and made the announcement a few weeks ago, this really made me think carefully about what I do online, and where I decide to do it. Obviously there’s incredible convenience in having someone else…
Why I’ll keep using Mendeley…for now

Apr 9, 2013

in Research

elsevier, mendeley, zotero

Well, it finally happened…Mendeley has been acquired by Elsevier. This shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone. Mendeley has never been open source (“free” does not equal “open source”), they’ve always been a commercial company and have never suggested that they were anything else. This day was always coming. I’ll be honest, my immediate reaction…
Social media and professional identity: Part 3 (Mendeley)

Sep 18, 2012

in PhD, Research, Social media, Technology

mendeley, Online identity, professional development, professional identity, social media

Academic social networks: Mendeley Everyone is familiar with Facebook and many people have heard of Google+ so I’m not going to spend much time reviewing them, other than to say that for me, neither of them is currently a big part of my own professional presence. I use Google+ a lot but in a personal…
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-03-12

Mar 12, 2012

in Digest

mendeley, research ethics

Figs! https://t.co/T63h8Dv8 # Mendeley Desktop 1.5 Preview Available | Mendeley Blog http://t.co/gFzhitR8. Can’t express enough how much I love using Mendeley # We’re All Criminals http://t.co/fDCWXs31. Breaking the law to be a better teacher # Safeguarding research ethics is key to our work, especially when we aim to create impacts on politics and society http://t.co/wos4sNFC…
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-11-21

Nov 21, 2011

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clinical education, delphi study, ipad, mendeley, papert, phd, physics, plos, research, rhizomatic learning, surface, tablet

Papert: “…the practice of segregating children by age into “grades” will be seen as…old-fashioned, and inhumane” http://t.co/pvXVRayG # Great way to learn physics http://t.co/oNRel2Qm # Scientists invent lightest material on Earth. What now? http://t.co/i1BF632n via @zite # The Top 10+1 apps in the Mendeley-PLoS Binary Battle! http://t.co/oVT6cva8 via @zite # Dave Cormier: Explaining Rhizomatic Learning…
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-08-01

Aug 1, 2011

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academia, british medical association, cities, city planning, cityafrica, classrooms, design, formal education, ipad apps, iphone, kevin kelly, learning spaces, legitimate peripheral participation, living spaces, medical records, mendeley, Mobile computing, mokena makena, policy, qr codes, realm, samsung galaxy, social media, stafford massie, tedxstellenbosch, working spaces

Cities Are Immortal; Companies Die http://bit.ly/pEWOmx. Masie briefly mentioned this Kelly article (I think) in his great presentation at #cityafrica # (link updated after the fact) Historic medical manuscripts go online http://ow.ly/1v9v0b # Omniscient Mobile Computing: What if Your Apps Knew Everything About Where You Are? http://ow.ly/1v9tkE. Reminded of Masie at #cityafrica # Is RT…
Mendeley and Dropbox

Jul 8, 2011

in Research, Technology

articles, dropbox, mendeley, papers, research

A little while ago I finally hit the 500 MB free storage limit of Mendeley, which isn’t surprising considering how I go about collecting research papers. Whenever I come across an article that looks like it might be mildly interesting / vaguely related to my work I copy it into a folder that…
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-07-04

Jul 4, 2011

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adult learning theory, athol kent, augmented reality, basic human right, blackboard, charles boelen, clinical competence, clinical education, competency, competency-based assessment, competency-based education, concept mapping, david taylor, deborah murdoch-eaton, dissemination, ebp, educational technology, evidence based practice, faimer, health educators, innovation, internet access, jack boulet, just in case learning, just in time learning, learning management system, learning theories, lms, mendeley, papert, portfolios, reflection, reflective journaling, research, saahe 2011, saahe2011, safri, social accountability, social media, social networks, social responsibility, united nations, workshop

U.N. Report Declares Internet Access a Human Right | Threat Level | Wired.com http://bit.ly/ivNke2 # #saahe2011 officially over. It was a wonderful conference made possible by the participation of health educators from all over the country # Papert http://bit.ly/mggi6R. Being a revolutionary means seeing far enough ahead to know that there is going to be…
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 2011-06-20

Jun 20, 2011

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active learning, africa, bamboo, books, clinical trials, data visualisation, educational technology, engagement, history, informal knowledge, lunar eclipse, mendeley, network, opencourseware, phd, pln, podcasts, pomodoro, reading, research, research whisperer, supervisor, surgery, teaching philosophy, writing

Mendeley goes open http://ow.ly/1tTg3t # Books Everyone Should Read http://ow.ly/1tTfS6 # VLT Survey Telescope snaps out-of-this-world photos with 268-megapixel camera http://ow.ly/1tSyUs # Surgery podcasts go viral http://ow.ly/1tSxxI # Be like the bamboo http://ow.ly/1tSxut # Visualizing Facebook Groups at UCT http://ow.ly/1tSxhV # My Teaching Philosophy http://ow.ly/1tSx4p # The Rise of Informal Knowledge and the Teacher’s Evolving…
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-05-16

May 16, 2011

in Digest

android, cheating, clinical reasoning, curriculum, dropbox, learning outcomes, literature review, mendeley, research, systematic review, webmd

RT @amcunningham: An analysis of clinical reasoning through a recent and comprehensive approach: the dual-process theory http://is.gd/WrvHwI # The use of tense in Lit review. http://bit.ly/ma0MBm. I also prefer the present tense to situate the conversation in a current context # 13 Photographs That Changed the World. http://bit.ly/iK9LFP # “Dropbox Lied to Users about Data…
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-04-18

Apr 18, 2011

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audio, blended learning, canvas, critical thinking, daniel suarez, Donald Clark, e-learning, games, gaming, Google, Google Docs, Inside Higher Ed, instructure, kevin kelly, lms, mendeley, michael wesch, mobile learning, net generation, physiopedia, presentation, publication, Purdue University, research, RT, smartphones, social networks, tedxcapetown, twitter, We Can, wesch, wikipedia

@EranEyal Found it hard to follow the links you were trying to make, presentation by video is hard. My comment was harsh, I apologise # #eraneyal throws together haphazard ideas in a rambling, incoherent, disconnected rant. WTF #tedxcapetown # @rachaellowe Is there a difference between “…informed” and “…based”? If so, what do you think it…
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-03-14

Mar 14, 2011

in Digest

apartheid, API, ebooks, Google, mendeley, piracy, poster, reflection, saahe, safri, scribd, social networks, twitter, USD

Will E-Book Prices & Restrictions Lead to E-Book Piracy? http://ow.ly/1sa2pu. Pirating ebooks illegal but not unethical # Mendeley Launches $10,001 API Contest for Open Science Apps http://ow.ly/1sa2nX # Google Funds Preservation of Apartheid History http://ow.ly/1sa2j6 # @RachaelLowe Thanks. Lots more to talk about, but limited space on poster. Still trying for WCPT. Would be awesome…
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 2011-02-28

Feb 28, 2011

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activism, assessment, big data, Campus Technology, chronic disease, critical thinking, curiosity, discovery, e-learning, educause, feynman, games, Gardner Campbell, health, hootsuite, http, John Vlismas, mendeley, mobile phones, onion, online policy, papert, Professor, research paper, Richard Feynman, Seymour Papert, social media, steve hofmeyr, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Thought Leader, twitter, web app, Wired Campus

@hotdogcop Tweeted this earlier, pretty funny, but also pretty accurate http://onion.com/h3coIN # The Changing Landscape of Higher Education (EDUCAUSE Review) | EDUCAUSE http://bit.ly/dFXmaz # Richard Feynman on the pleasure of finding things out http://bit.ly/gij2ve # Massive Health Uses Big Data, Mobile Phones to Fight Chronic Disease http://ow.ly/1s4Epd # The Daily Is Interesting, But Is It…
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-09-27

Sep 27, 2010

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alt2010, ALT2010 Learning Technologist, America, apgar, assessment, blended learning in clinical education, connective learning, diigo, facebook, Gardner Campbell, Gardner Writes, Google, Jonathan Kozol, mendeley, RT, slideshare, social web, teaching and learning, technology enhanced learning, tweets, twitter, world university rankings, zotero

@cristinacost: Times HigherEd reports on winning ALT2010 Learning Technologist of The Year http://ht.ly/2ICPV. Congrats. Again 🙂 # @amcunningham I use Diigo, but only 2 track my own reading with the highlight feature (it posts content I read to my blog). U did respond 🙂 in reply to amcunningham # @amcunningham I’m in the process of…
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-09-06

Sep 6, 2010

in Digest

mendeley, open data, open research, twitter

Panton principles for open data in science (http://pantonprinciples.org/) # Moving towards open research with Mendeley http://ht.ly/2x9ng #
Posted to Diigo 08/31/2010

Aug 31, 2010

in Research

learning spaces, mendeley, open access, open science, physical spaces, publication, research, virtual spaces

Dear researcher, which side of history will you be on? | Mendeley Blog – Annotated technology is finally at a point that if we don’t use it now, then we are holding back the progress of science The dominant mode of communicating research results is through peer-reviewed literature. This dates back to more than 300…
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-08-23

Aug 23, 2010

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academic integrity, africa, CEO, cheating, cognician, conversation tool, facebook, inception, ipad, kmail, language, mendeley, online behaviour, online learning, pdf, port Zotero, professional behaviour, rapportive, RT, teaching problems, thunderbird, Tony Bates, twifficiency, twitter, United Kingdom, zotero

Cheating in online learning. Balanced viewpoint from Tony Bates http://bit.ly/adFoXT # Went back 2 Thunderbird after using Kmail for a few years. Really impressed with how it’s developed, I’m actually enjoying managing my email # RT @alastairotter: How the Internet is changing language http://bbc.in/95XmAo # @nlafferty Used 2 use Zotero until I tried Mendeley, which…
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-06-21

Jun 21, 2010

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american internet, Animation, author, backchannel, blooms digital taxonomy, BP, cars writing model, cent, Co-operative, collaborative learning, e-learning, facebook, Fast Company, FIFA, gilly salmon, Google, Google Docs, Google Earth, google search story, Harvard, http, Internet stars, journals, learning management system, lms, meego, mendeley, michael wesch, new media, oer, online world, open educational resources, otter trail, peer review, personal learning environment, player, ple, plearn, presentation, privacy, publication, reading, research, RT, Running stable, sajp, Salford, slideshare, social learning roles, social media, south africa, stephen downes, steve wheeler, swot analysis, tagxedo, twitter, uct, vygotsky poster, wordpress 3.0, world cup, world cup 2010, youtube

RT @dreamingspires: RT @stevesilberman: First time I’ve seen the phrase “the American Internet.” http://bit.ly/anZeIc # RT @barrykayton: Reading Blooms Digital Taxonomy v2.12 on Scribd http://scr.bi/cBGHrj #readcast # From Knowledgable to Knowledge-able: Learning in New Media Environments, by Michael Wesch http://bit.ly/daChh2 # Gilly Salmon’s 5 stage model of e-learning http://bit.ly/c1MKHB # Social Media Explained Visually «…