The new Internet technologies have infiltrated the academic environment, both at individual and at institutional level. Therefore, more and more teachers have started educational blogs, librarians are active on Twitter, other educational actors curate web content, students post on Instagram or Flickr, and university departments have Facebook pages and/or YouTube accounts etc.
Today, the use of web technology has become “a legitimate activity in many areas of higher education” (Waycott, 2010) and a considerable shift to digital academic research has gradually occurred. Teachers are encouraging students to take up digital tools for research and writing, thus revealing new ways of using information and communication technologies for academic purposes and not just for socializing.
The main objective of this paper is to investigate the effects of integrating diverse digital and Web 2.0 tools and resources in research and in the construction of academic texts. We aim to stress the increasing influence of digital and online tools in academic research and writing.
Teachers, specialists, and students alike are affected by this process. In order to show how, we explore the following issues: What is Research 2.0? Which digital/online tools have we used to assist our students? What are the challenges for academic research using digital / web 2.0 tools? And how do digital tools shape academic research?
Pe plan internațional, pe fondul unei deschideri a educației, a unor politici care sprijină pedagogiile și resursele educaționale deschise, ultimii ani au marcat o creștere exponențială în oferta de cursuri online masive deschise (Massive Open Online Courses - MOOCs).
Prezenta lucrare propune modalități în care cursurile online masive deschise pot fi integrate în educația adulților în România.
Prin analiza unor articole și studii de cercetare recente, sunt relevate proiecte din spațiul educațional nord-american și european, în care astfel de cursuri contribuie la învățarea continuă.
De asemenea, sunt prezentate inițiative românești legate de MOOC-uri.
Lucrarea își propune să răspundă la întrebări cum ar fi:
• Cum pot contribui MOOC-urile la educația adulților în țara noastră?
• Ce putem învăța din experiența altora?
• Cum poate fi evaluată calitatea și impactul acestor cursuri?
• Ce efort și competențe sunt necesare pentru dezvoltarea, derularea și facilitarea lor?
• Cine pot fi furnizorii și beneficiarii?
• Ce schimbări sunt necesare la nivelul politicilor educaționale?
This work was supported by a grant of the Romanian National Authority for Scientific Research and Innovation, CNCS – UEFISCDI, project number PN-II-RU-TE-2014-4-2040:
NOVAMOOC – Development and innovative implementation of MOOCs in Higher Education
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Presented at the 8th World Conference on Educational Sciences - WCES2016
4-6 February 2016 Madrid, Spain
Published on WJET - http://sproc.org/ojs/index.php/wjet/article/view/832
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Pe plan internațional, pe fondul unei deschideri a educației, a unor politici care sprijină pedagogiile și resursele educaționale deschise, ultimii ani au marcat o creștere exponențială în oferta de cursuri online masive deschise (Massive Open Online Courses - MOOCs).
Prezenta lucrare propune modalități în care cursurile online masive deschise pot fi integrate în educația adulților în România.
Prin analiza unor articole și studii de cercetare recente, sunt relevate proiecte din spațiul educațional nord-american și european, în care astfel de cursuri contribuie la învățarea continuă.
De asemenea, sunt prezentate inițiative românești legate de MOOC-uri.
Lucrarea își propune să răspundă la întrebări cum ar fi:
• Cum pot contribui MOOC-urile la educația adulților în țara noastră?
• Ce putem învăța din experiența altora?
• Cum poate fi evaluată calitatea și impactul acestor cursuri?
• Ce efort și competențe sunt necesare pentru dezvoltarea, derularea și facilitarea lor?
• Cine pot fi furnizorii și beneficiarii?
• Ce schimbări sunt necesare la nivelul politicilor educaționale?
This work was supported by a grant of the Romanian National Authority for Scientific Research and Innovation, CNCS – UEFISCDI, project number PN-II-RU-TE-2014-4-2040:
NOVAMOOC – Development and innovative implementation of MOOCs in Higher Education
MOOCs for Innovative Entrepreneurship in Smart CitiesCarmen Holotescu
Presented at the 8th World Conference on Educational Sciences - WCES2016
4-6 February 2016 Madrid, Spain
Published on WJET - http://sproc.org/ojs/index.php/wjet/article/view/832
Emerging Technologies in Education. Conceiving and Building a Microblogging P...Carmen Holotescu
PhD Thesis, Magna cum laude
Full thesis at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/260436339_Emerging_Technologies_in_Education._Conceiving_and_Building_a_Microblogging_Platform_for_Formal_and_Informal_Learning.
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Discusses some of the web 2.0 tools &
technologies for using in ILI programs and it is
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in the ILI programs of various Libraries and
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Towards Research 2.0: The Influence of Digital and Online Tools in Academic Research
1. Towards Research 2.0:
The Influence of Digital and Online Tools in
Academic Research
Ramona BRAN
Vlad CHIRIAC
Gabriela GROSSECK
West University of Timisoara, Romania
2. ??? digital academic research ???
Web 2.0 technologies have infiltrated the academic environment,
causing a considerable shift to digital academic research
(using digital tools for research and writing).
The main objective of our communication is to investigate the
effects of integrating diverse digital and Web 2.0 tools and resources
in research and in the construction of academic texts.
3. Our questions:
What is Research 2.0?
Which digital/online tools
have we used with our
students?
What are the challenges
for academic research
when using Web 2.0 tools?
How do digital tools
shape academic research?
4. Some definitions ….
Sakraida, Spotanski and Skiba (2010): “In a sense, Web 2.0, as applied to the
research study effort, evolves into Research 2.0”.
Duval et al. (2010): “Research 2.0 is in essence a Web 2.0 approach to how
we do research. Research 2.0 creates conversations between researchers,
enables them to discuss their findings and connects them with others. Thus,
Research 2.0 can accelerate the diffusion of knowledge”, “improve practices
and increase participation and collaboration”.
Koltay et al (2014): Research 2.0 “refers to new approaches in research that
promote collaborative knowledge construction, rely on providing online
access to raw results, theories and ideas, and focus on the opening up of the
research process”.
5. Which digital / online
tools have we used with our
students?
Our main aim is to teach students how to
use several Web 2.0/social media tools and
apps in their research activities in order to
strengthen 21st century students’ digital
literacy and empower them to be better
researchers.
As a result of our teaching experience, we
compiled a list of digital tools that have the
potential to assist teachers and students
alike in the Research 2.0 process
(development and sharing of ideas,
cooperative planning, collaborative writing,
the publication of writing in a digital mode,
sharing results).
8. According to Thompson (2011), MOOC brings a new
“model for delivering learning content online to
virtually any person - and as many of them - who
wants to take the course” having as central
characteristics the learner-centered, open access and
scalability approach
e.g. Coursera, edX, FutureLearn etc.
9. What are the challenges for academic
research when using Web 2.0 tools?
Despite the fact that students use
all kind of devices and apps on a
daily basis, they still lack digital
literacy (the knowledge, skills, and
behaviors used in a broad range of
digital devices such as smartphones,
tablets, laptops and desktop PCs, all
of which are seen as network rather
than computing devices).
They often confuse digital literacy
and basic ICT competencies
(technical abilities to use a
computer/other devices, different
platforms for learning, etc.)
Knowing how to cope with different
risk situations in the online world
(cyberbullying, plagiarism, cheating,
illegal software download).
10. How do digital tools shape academic ?
Integrating digital tools in research can:
motivate students and thus support learning
connect with their interests and experiences, but teach them how to make the
switch from informal style to formal writing assignments
enhance key components of effective research skills and writing instruction
work collaboratively with their peers and share their work with varied
audiences
educate them about issues such as plagiarism and fair use (CC licenses and
Turnitin)
improve their digital literacy.
11. FINAL
REMARKS
It is important to start from what our
students already know about the
various existing digital environments,
and build academic research
competencies. We showed them
how to properly use Web 2.0 and
social media when conducting
research: read, collaborate, write,
publish.
We explained that the research
process should not end with
publication. They can evaluate
their research in at least two ways:
technical (Did I use the best
digital tools?) and content (peer
review).