Jun
13
2011
Cristina Costa
Looks like the event season is open again. Until the end of July I am involved in the organisation and participation (as a speaker and/or a chair) of quite a few events (8 at least!). Although I really cherish the …
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no comments | posted in Interesting Stuff
May
8
2011
Cristina Costa
Last week I took part in a JISC event where participants were asked to have an active role and share their thoughts about “how institutions can and should respond to the opportunities and challenges presented by the fast-changing pace of …
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no comments | posted in education, educators, emerging technologies, JISC, Learning Technologies, practice, social media, students, transformation, Web 2.0
Mar
27
2011
Cristina Costa
I have been meaning to blog. I actually feel the need, but in the end it’s a bit like sport. The more you do it, the more energy you find to keep doing it. Once you start ‘tricking’ the routine, …
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no comments | posted in 21st Century Skills, bon jovi, Collaboration, communication, Connectivity, Digital Literacy, digital scholarship, facebook, lisa harris, marketing, My PhD, networked researcher, networking, personal branding, PhD, researchers, social media, Social Network, sotonmba, twitter, Web 2.0
Feb
27
2011
Cristina Costa
The CARS approach I am not sure if I have published this is any of my blogs. If I haven’t, I meant to. Be that as it may, I will publish it here now as I think this is quite …
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no comments | posted in abstract writing, CARS, CARS - approach to research, Create a Research Space, My PhD, research, writing
Feb
5
2011
Cristina Costa
What’s the purpose of education? What’s the purpose of education? The purpose? The purpose? Ooohhh the purpose. I think somewhere down the line we forgot what the purpose of education is. I have been thinking on how to blogpost an …
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Feb
3
2011
Cristina Costa
… is about understanding people! This blog post has been written in the back of my mind for a couple of days now, but I still hadn’t managed to put it into words. Last week we had the a Technology …
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no comments | posted in Interesting Stuff, social media, Social Network, Social Software, Web 2.0
Jan
18
2011
Cristina Costa
A couple of months ago I mentioned this event organised by RIN that I went to. The event sought to answer the following question The future of scholarly publishing – where we go from here? The debate shifted in many …
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no comments | posted in Cameron Neylon, carol haigh, digital researcher, digital scholar, innovation, My PhD, participatory media, research, research communication, research dessimination, scholarly communication, social media, tfspc
Jan
16
2011
Cristina Costa
…. some new beginnings HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!! Before I go into the new year though, let me summarise what happened in the last few weeks of 2010. It’s been a while since I last posted here, but there are …
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no comments | posted in Collaboration, cristina costa, Jobs, Learning Technologies, MMU, My PhD, Professional Freedom, Professor Carol Haigh, social media, trust, Visiting Research Fellow
Dec
12
2010
Cristina Costa
There is a question that has been populating my mind lately. It is the one Cameron Neylon posed to the audience in his talk at the Research Information Network event a month or so ago. It was something like: What …
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no comments | posted in communication, Dissemination, open access, REF, REF Indicators, research, Research Activity, Research Impact, social media
Oct
30
2010
Cristina Costa
It started on Monday and it only stopped on Friday. It was literally a week full of events worth writing home about! And I just wish the days were longer or I could cope without sleeping! Yes, I do sleep, …
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no comments | posted in Collaboration, communication, community engagement, crescent network, Interesting Stuff, Learning Technologies, My PhD, networking, presentation, public engagement, social media, Social Network, talking in public
