Thursday, July 12, 2012

Study reveals social-media behaviour of young researchers

see report: The study found that 23 per cent of all the students have used an online forum passively but only 13 per cent have taken an active part in any discussions. Similarly, 23 per cent followed blogs, but only 9 per cent maintained a blog themselves. Active take-up of institutionally-provided open web resources is also low, with students requesting more information about technologies and applications such as Google Scholar, cloud computing, EndNote and Mendeley.
The report also found a continuing lack of understanding about the nature of open access. Generation Y students who responded felt that putting their own work out openly would bring them no positive benefits, and may even have a negative impact. Doctoral students also perceived the intellectual property and copyright environment as a source of confusion.

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