Lecture 30: Interview Analysis

Today's lecture is going to be in two parts. Those of you who have been following along on Twitter, would have seen that we'll have fellow student, Ian McNeill tall us about some software development he's made using what he's learnt in #ALES204. Exciting!

 This is what Ian says about his presentation:

LMS stands for "Learning Management System" and is used in one form or another by practically every company today.  LMS software has a large variety of different purposes, but they all follow the same structural format (Information presentation followed by Testing and online).  Over the last year and a half I have been making my own LMS software and you will notice much of what we learned in ALES 204 has been incorporated into the presentations!

For the second half of the class (if time permits), we'll practise analysing an interview. You will have the opportunity to find an interview related to your interest or field, and then you can analyse it using a google doc which can be found here.

Note: PLEASE make sure you *save a copy* of the google doc rather than simply writing in it! more like a workshop where you'll have most of the class to practise what we've been covering all week.

Lecture 30 interview analysis short version

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Using Google for Research

During the lectures I often noted how useful google can be to find academic research. We talked about using google scholar and the advanced search function. With that in mind, I'm sure you'll appreciate this infographic from Jenica Rhee.



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Lecture 28: Podcasting & Interview Techniques

Happy Monday everyone!

Lecture 28 Podcasting and Interview Techniques

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Social Media and ALES204 Students

In academia there continues to be a lot (a lot!) of discussion about the pros and cons of allowing (or enabling?!) students to use social media in class. There are quite a few (the majority it seems) of professors and teachers who think students should NOT use laptops or smartphones in class. They are a distraction is the oft' touted reason. Well students of #ALES204, you know I think differently! And, in many of our lectures I've tried to highlight why it is so important that we all learn to become digitally literate. It is more than just using Facebook, but learning to use it for specific purposes (like to promote oneself for a job) and learning to make some aspects of our profiles private. We're also learning that tweeting about research-related information can generate new connections - possibly even with future employees.

So, it is with this in mind that I share with you an infographic sent to me from Jenica Rhee. It is called The Digital Promise. What do you think?

Social Media & Student Use

I just want to say how proud I am of all of you and how well you're harnessing social media to further your learning and collaboration.

I thought I would highlight student work when it is brought to my attention. Here is a great example of an ALES204 students (Julianna Damer) using YouTube to broadcast her thoughts and connect with other classmates. Feel free to comment here to start a discussion with Julianna and/or to let me know what you've been up to. Perhaps you've made a video or a google doc that you'd like me to share with the class?

Employability & Social Media Use

Students should find this infographic very informative!

Infographic by Reppler via Mashable.

E-Portfolio Rubric

Seeing as next week is e-portfolio week, here is the rubric that we will use to mark your work. This should guide you when you craft and design your posts.

As always, e-mail me should you have any questions!

Remember to comment on someone else's blog.

See the rubric about the final reflective blog post - remember to add all your four (or more) comments in your blog post and have them linked.

Remember too, if you want to review what is required of the e-portoflio, see here for the google doc which I recommend that you PRINT out for your easy reference:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/17P4d3DQvb7MRGSfNkTiwOEHlNXzZpPwXL2HkcXjbmVE/edit?hl=en_US


Remember, no labs this week.

#ALES204 Blog Stats

I thought you all would be interested to know that in this young blog's life (only 2 months old!), we have already had over 14 THOUSAND people coming to view your work! Congratulations!


Here is some information on the most popular blog posts, where people are coming from and how they find us.

Also of interest, are the words people use to search for us. The most common are:

ales 204
university of alberta blog
jessica laccetti class blog
science blog agriculture

Lecture 5: Online Class Today

Lots to do today!

By the end of class today students must:

Complete the social media survey on the Module 2 blog post

Set up a blog using Blogger and write an introductory post about you and your field of study and what role communication plays in your work (dissemination of results, linking with fellow researchers, etc.…)


In a comment on the Module 2 blog post, leave a link to your newly started blog and note which Lab Section you are in (absolutely necessary so the professor and TAs can grade your work)


 Note: you require a personal blog for your E-Portfolio.






Here is the rubric that will be used to grade your work. Keep it in mind as you write and create your blog so you can satisfy all criteria:

Twitter Alias Spreadsheet

Can everyone please find their name on the following spreadsheet (it's a google doc) and fill in the column with your twitter alias? I would like to cross-reference this with my information.

You can also access the google doc here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AjsIVysTrCWkdGZjR1ZmRUxMdmJ3TThyQzRIbTg4Wnc&hl=en_US#gid=0

If you can fill this in by the end of Friday's online class (9:50am), that would be very helpful.

Thanks.





https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AjsIVysTrCWkdGZjR1ZmRUxMdmJ3TThyQzRIbTg4Wnc&hl=en_US#gid=0

Lecture 3: Blogs & Twitter 101

Lecture 3: Blogs & Twitter 101, Intro to Science Journalism

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How To Use Twitter Effectively

Homework:

Come to next class having read:

Public Library of Science (PLoS): http://blogs.plos.org/blogosphere/ 

Scientopia: http://scientopia.org/blogs/ 

Not Exactly Rocket Science:

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/  

Module 1 – Introduction to Social Media and Science Communication

The first week will focus on providing an overview of communication modes, assignments, and key terms such as new media, social media, convergence, interactivity, rss, blogs, microblogging…

Video: Did you Know 4.0: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ILQrUrEWe8

Video: The Machine is Us/ing Us: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLlGopyXT_g

Lab – Module 1:

No Lab this week.