Learning in the 21st Century

Intro Over the last couple of years as I have got into the world of Academia, certain tools have made my life much much easier. I thought I would put them all together in one place in case someone else finds them helpful and also so that I don't forget that they exist, going forward. Some Useful Links  Tools I've Used  Zotero - amazing reference and content management system Google Docs / Microsoft Word  Google Sheets / Excel Google Forms / Microsoft Forms  Qualtrics - high quality powerful survey software and Data Analysis  Timeline JS - making useful Timelines from spreadsheets  Diagrams.net - free tool for complex diagram drawing integrates with Drive / OneDrive Google Data Studio - for Data Analysis  Atlas.Ti for Qualitative Data Analysis  Temi - Transcription Services for Audio  Google Scholar   - Access to References Quickly BASE - Academic Search Engine  TurnItIn - Writing Feedback and Plagiarism Check  Grammarl...

Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay Introduction As part of my minor dissertation I am really having to up-skill on Social Network Analysis (SNA). This is a collection of the best stuff I have found on the the web to help me learn. This covers collecting data as well as visualising of the data and the calculation of various related descriptive statistics.  Update April 2021 Comprehensive resource for overview of Network Structure  in YouTube video and really great explanations About  Network Canvas  and citing it  and article about it Tools for Gathering Social Network Survey Data  Showcasing building a SNA Survey in Qualtrics - this is the method i have used Newer tech GENSI  with a graphical approach to capturing SNA data, that could possibly be integrated into Qualtrics  Network Canvas - very new but looks promising and free  Tools for Drawings Network Diagrams and Descriptive Stats 1) Ucinet - link to site   2) Netdraw  - link...

Introduction I am at the stage now where I am finally beginning to write my dissertation and have noticed that this again needs a new set of skills. So I have decided to write another post to house the collection of resources I have used as I attempted to do this. This is actually the 5th post I have written which deals with resources I have found on the dissertation journey. I have linked the other three articles below for easy reference. Resources for Academic Writing with APA Focus Finding Literature for Research More Resources for Structuring Educational Research   Understanding Social Network Analysis with a Focus on Teacher Collaboration   Setting up Word Documents & Templates When writing a dissertation you need to have pretty decent word document processing skills and since I didn't really have those when I started I decided to read as many articles as I could and watch any related YouTube videos. The tools I am using are a 2018 Macbook Air with a copy of word for ...

Introduction This is a collection of my latest useful resources from my Research.  It is an interesting mixture of screenshots and documents I came across through searching the web or my supervisor.                 Becoming A Literature Search Ninja   Kickstart your Research   Successful Educational Research  Literature Review Templates  Really Good Dissertation Guide   Thematic Lit Review Video Lit Reviews Writing Center How to write a Literature review   How to Conduct a Literature Review: Organizing/Writing Research And Dissertation Resources DOCUMENT TEMPLATES Writing Tools  Hemingway Editor  Thesis Writer  Open Source Writing Aide   Grammarly  

  Introduction I decided to do this post, as I am busying completing my minor dissertation and one of the key skills I am needing to upgrade is my ability to find useful, credible and relevant academic literature for my research area. As I have dug deeper into the problem, it was interesting to see how many different approaches there were and how the skill is a strange mix of being systematic and creative at the same time. I also had a friend who is an experienced academic who made some very helpful videos on the topic and so I have included them in this post too. Charting a Path The world's knowledge, whilst mostly converted into digital form these days, is still really spread out amongst a varied collection of sources. These sources comprise things like open source repositories, university libraries, private databases, journal articles, ...  etc. Access to these sources or repositories is not always free and even when you do manage to get access through a university l...