Times Higher Education - Next-gen PhDs fail to find Web 2.0's 'on-switch'

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"Interim results, released to Times Higher Education, show that only a small proportion of those surveyed are using technology such as virtual-research environments, social bookmarking, data and text mining, wikis, blogs and RSS-feed alerts in their work. This contrasts with the fact that many respondents professed to finding technological tools valuable.

Just under half of those polled used RSS feeds and only about 10 per cent used social bookmarking, with Generation Y students exhibiting the same behaviour as other age groups.

The study found that Google and Google Scholar are the main sources used by doctoral students to locate information; that only about half have been trained to find journal articles; and that far fewer have received any training in using more advanced technological research tools, such as e-research."

The study found that Google and Google Scholar are the main sources used by doctoral students to locate information; that only about half have been trained to find journal articles; and that far fewer have received any training in using more advanced technological research tools, such as e-research.
- Willrich on 2009-11-05
  
  Der. Who's teaching them?

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"Interim results, released to Times Higher Education, show that only a small proportion of those surveyed are using technology such as virtual-research environments, social bookmarking, data and text mining, wikis, blogs and RSS-feed alerts in their work. This contrasts with the fact that many respondents professed to finding technological tools valuable.\n\nJust under half of those polled used RSS feeds and only about 10 per cent used social bookmarking, with Generation Y students exhibiting the same behaviour as other age groups.\n\nThe study found that Google and Google Scholar are the main sources used by doctoral students to locate information; that only about half have been trained to find journal articles; and that far fewer have received any training in using more advanced technological research tools, such as e-research."

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- The study also shows that when it comes to getting help with the tools, Generation Y students are likely to turn to their peers or supervisors rather than library staff. Dr Newman said this could suggest that library professionals need to rethink their work in this area.
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TimesHigherEducation: Next-gen PhD's fail to find Web2.0's 'on-switch' - adoption of tools is slow for doc students who believe technology is valuable but still aren't integrating it very quickly.

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- only a small proportion of those surveyed are using technology such as virtual-research environments, social bookmarking, data and text mining, wikis, blogs and RSS-feed alerts in their work. This contrasts with the fact that many respondents professed to finding technological tools valuable.
  Just under half of those polled used RSS feeds and only about 10 per cent used social bookmarking, with Generation Y students exhibiting the same behaviour as other age groups.
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Will Richardson
"Interim results, released to Times Higher Education, show that only a small proportion of those surveyed are using technology such as virtual-research environments, social bookmarking, data and text mining, wikis, blogs and RSS-feed alerts in their work. This contrasts with the fact that many respondents professed to finding technological tools valuable.

Just under half of those polled used RSS feeds and only about 10 per cent used social bookmarking, with Generation Y students exhibiting the same behaviour as other age groups.

The study found that Google and Google Scholar are the main sources used by doctoral students to locate information; that only about half have been trained to find journal articles; and that far fewer have received any training in using more advanced technological research tools, such as e-research."

plpresearch research shifts statistics network_literacy
- The study found that Google and Google Scholar are the main sources used by doctoral students to locate information; that only about half have been trained to find journal articles; and that far fewer have received any training in using more advanced technological research tools, such as e-research.
  - Will Richardson on 2009-11-05
    
    Der. Who's teaching them?
  - Ed Webb on 2009-11-07
    
    Which is pretty much the point, right? I'm no Gen Y-er, but my PhD is very recent (second career) and no-one gave me any training or encouragement to use any of these tools. Technology essentially meant MS Office plus LMS for teaching purposes. Library staff showed me some tricks with JSTOR and similar dbases. But everything I know about digital social media, collaborative tech etc I have learned since moving from PhD to full-time teaching.
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  - Kim FLINTOFF on 2009-11-09
    
    We incorporate these in various programs at my current university - largely at the whim of individual lecturers. There is a definite push in first-year undergrad programs to encourage student uptake of these technologies early in their studies (with the hope they'll continue to use them).
    
    I've been teaching various aspects of Web 2.0 in Drama Education and Performance Studies programs for the past few years... and felt quite isolated in doing so... but I can feel the tide changing.
    
    PhD students are far less homogenous as cohort than undegrads - many have been awy from study for a klong time -- so its not surprising these topols are new to them... and if they aren't encouraged to use them professionally they'll stick to old school approaches.