ICT tools for research and publications

1. Dr. Z. Zayapragassarazan, PhD.
Associate Professor of Educational Technology
Department of Medical Education
JIPMER
Puducherry -6.
e-mail: zprazan@yahoo.co.in
ICT tools for Research & Publications

2. Objectives of this presentation
to explain the concept of e-learning
to introduce the various e-resources that aids research
to demonstrate some e-research tools
to motivate the participants to adopt ICT tools in their research processes
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3. Four Revolutions in Education
Revolution-I:
Changing the responsibilities of education from parents to teacher and from home to school
Revolution-II:
Replacement of Oral instruction by written words
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4. Four Revolutions in Education (contd.)
Revolution-III:
Invention of printing press and subsequent availability of books
Revolution-IV:
Invention of electronics that led to the application of mass media and ICT (GREY REVOLUTION)
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5. Role of Technology in Higher Education
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Communication
Information sharing
Simulation
Evaluation

6. How Technology helps Higher Education?
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Concretize teaching
Saves time
Creates Interest
Makes learning efficient
Economize learning cost
Overcomes Space & Time
Multi sensory approach (Visual, auditory, tactile/kinesthetic)

7. The concept of e
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e-mail e-commerce
e-marketing e-books
e-shopping e-governance
e-health e-exam
e-banking e- interview ……….
….e-learning

8. ICT Products & Services for Research
E-mail & Document Exchange
E-journals
E-books
Locate, Collect data using internet
Online databases
Free /paid online courses for career development
Preparing manuscripts, proposals & papers
Discussion forums
Blogging
Teleconferencing/Videoconferencing
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9. Research Process
Identify research areas
Literature survey
Choose Methods for research (Q&Q)
Data Collection
Analyze & interpret
Referencing
Present / share / disseminate
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10. e- tools for Literature Survey
Examples for Online articles / journals
http://www.freefullpdf.com/
https://archive.org/
http://www.elsevier.com/about/open-access/open- access-journals
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/jrnlallbooks/ all/open-access
http://www.nbrc.ac.in/library/free_journals.htm
http://124.124.221.7/AccessDetails.php
http://doaj.org/
http://journals.cambridge.org/action/browseFreeContent
http://www.e-journals.org/
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11. Examples for Indexing database services
Repositories
http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/
http://repository.lib.ncsu.edu/ir/handle/1840.16/1
http://ir.lib.uwo.ca/do/search/?q=education&start=0&context=686929
http://scholarlyrepository.miami.edu/etds/
http://digitool.library.colostate.edu/R/
http://repositories.lib.utexas.edu/handle/2152/ 11
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12. e- tools for Data Collection
Examples
http://www.google.com/forms/about/
http://www.surveygizmo.com/
https://www.surveymonkey.com/
http://www.project-redcap.org/
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13. e-tools for analyses & Interpretation
Examples
Windows Excel
http://www.graphpad.com/
http://openrefine.org/
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14. e-tools for referencing
Examples
http://www.refman.com/
https://www.zotero.org/
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15. e-tools to check plagiarism & grammar
Examples:
www.grammarly.com
http://www.paperrater.com/plagiarism_checker
http://www.reverso.net/text_translation.aspx?lang=EN
http://www.gingersoftware.com/grammarcheck
http://www.plagscan.com/
http://www.ithenticate.com/products/plagiarism-checker-for-authors-and-researchers/
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16. Presentation Tools
Examples:
http://www.posterpresentations.com/
http://www.postergenius.com/cms/index.php
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17. Publish online
Example: http://www.ijmi.org/
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18. Collaboration though Videoconferencing
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20. Other resources
MOOCs
Examples
https://www.coursera.org/course/researchmethods
http://www.ocw.mit.edu/
http://www.scoop.it/t/mooc-course-sites
https://www.edx.org/
Search Engines & Apps for Researchers
http://www.teachthought.com/technology/100-search-engines-for- academic-research/
http://libguides.mit.edu/content.php?pid=174869&sid=1481864
http://connectedresearchers.com/online-tools-for-researchers/
http://oedb.org/ilibrarian/best-online-research-sites/
http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/vlabs/
http://virtuallabs.stanford.edu/
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21. Role of institutions
Form a Scientific Advisory Committee (including Ethics)
Institute’s policy for research and ICT
Provide link in Home Page for free online resources
Conduct awareness programme
Identify faculty with knowledge, skills and attitude towards ICT
Empower them to take a lead in training other faculty
Provide training
Buy software like SPSS on behalf of institution
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22. Make an institute repository for research publication & dissertations
Start e-Journal Club
Start e-journal for the institute
Collaborate with other institutions
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23. Merits & demerits
Search more
Research more
More effective
Disseminate quickly
More accountability
Needs browsing skills –Tech-savvy
Information overload
Reliability & validity of the contents and output
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24. What can ICT offer for my Research?
24/7 access to
materials and
support. Enables more
engaging
materials to be
created for a
range of abilities
and preferred
learning styles.
Encourages the
development of
an independent
research culture.
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25. Ethics
ICT has a very valuable role to play in research as long as it
is used appropriately
Supports genuine research
does not detract or distract from the proposed research work
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26. What next?
Just Start!
Start small
Collect information
Ask others how they got started
Visit web sites
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28. Technology is only another tool for productive research
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29. Thank you for your attention !
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