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DEVELOPING THE DIGITAL RESEARCHERNeal Sumner, City University London, United KingdomA recent survey by the Research Information Network identified at least ten different types of social media tools that may be used to support research (Caan, Dimitriou, & Hooley, (2011). Together these tools can support key research activities including keeping informed of developments in the area of research interest or the discipline more generally, engaging with the relevant research communities, organising and recording meetings with supervisors, document sharing and storage, developing ideas and sharing them with peers and developing professional networks. This paper examines the UK evidence for the current use of the range of available digital tools to support the academic research process based on recent studies; it discusses the potential use of the range of digital tools available to support the research process and some of the implications of this for the development of a 21st century academic identity and the role of the university. |
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