Tag: researcher

Link: Scientists cutting back on Twitter

Aug 21, 2023

in Note

community, researcher, science, social media, twitter, X

“A Nature survey reveals scientists’ reasons for leaving the social-media platform now known as X, and what they are doing to build and maintain a sense of community.” https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02554-0
Generative AI for researchers

Jul 18, 2023

in AI, Research

artificial intelligence, ChatGPT, Elicit, explainpaper, funding, GPT-Researcher, grant application, literature review, research, Research Aide, Research Rabbit, researcher

Generative AI for researchers I’ve been collecting some bits and pieces on the use of generative AI for researchers, and thought I’d share a few resources that you may find useful. Blog posts about using AI for research AI tools for research (note that these are only the ones I’ve played around with a bit…there are…
SAAHE conference, 2010 – day 1

Jul 22, 2010

in Conference, Research

health education, medical education, research, researcher, saahe

I had made notes for the presentations I attended during the first half of the day using the Scribefire plugin for Chromium, when it crashed and I lost all my notes 🙁 I knew that there wasn’t a save button in the plugin (I didn’t have an internet connection so couldn’t publish as a draft)…
“Objectivity” in educational research

Apr 13, 2010

in Research

distance, engagement, involvement, objectivity, participatory action research, phd, research, researcher, supervisor

Earlier today I had a productive meeting with one of my supervisors where, in addition to updating her on my progress, we discussed my reluctance to get “too involved” in my research projects. This is something I’ve touched on before and will probably continue returning to it during the course of my research. I come…
Personal attachment to research

Mar 11, 2010

in Research

assignment, attachment, personal, phd, positive tool, reflection, research, researcher, safri, social network, supervisor

Yesterday I had a meeting with my supervisor to discuss the assignments I’m going to run as part of the first objective of my PhD. Together with a systematic review and a survey, I was interested in using student and staff participation in a social network to derive additional data that would help me form…
Research development workshop: research methods

Mar 1, 2010

in Research

methodology, qualitative, quantitative, research, research methods, researcher, uwc, workshop

This section included a general discussion on methods, then provided a brief overview of the 2 main types. Make sure to choose a design that’s appropriate for your project Research tends to fall broadly into one approach or the other, and is often not entirely quantitative or qualitative Make sure to avoid using the language…
Research development workshop: writing a proposal

Mar 1, 2010

in Research

editor and supervisor, methodology, proposal, research, research process, researcher, supervisor

These are some of the notes I made during the presentation on preparing a proposal, but include some points that relate to the general process of conducting research There are 3 things a proposal should try to address: What? – What contribution will this research make? What is it about? What do you want to…
UWC writing for publication retreat – day 3

Feb 26, 2010

in Research

academic writing, article components, Google, researcher, uwc, writing retreat

Today is the last day of our writing retreat. We had a short session this morning briefly going over the Method, Results, Discussion and Conclusion, before going back to our rooms to spend the last few hours writing. Coming from a more quantitative background, I’m having some difficulty writing up my qualitative responses, so looking…
UWC writing for publication retreat

Feb 24, 2010

in Research

academic writing, author, Docs, editor, feedback, genre, Google, Google Docs, Here’s mine, mont fleur, research, researcher, writing

I’m just finishing up the first day of a 3 day “writing for publication” retreat, hosted at the Mont Fleur conference centre just outside of Stellenbosch. We spent the first half of today covering some of the underlying ideas and concepts around the first sections of an article, which was useful for me because I…
Open research

Mar 27, 2009

in Open access, Research, Technology

blogs, collaboration, Google, Google Docs, internet connection, Jean-Claude Bradley, jon udell, methodology, open notebook science, open research, open science, peer review, publication, researcher, secrecy, social networks, social tools, wikis

I’ve been thinking about the concept of open research since listening to Jon Udell’s interview with Jean-Claude Bradley on his open notebook science project. The idea is similar to the open approach to writing software in that the process is transparent and open to scrutiny by anyone. This could have important implications for the soundness…