italian-studies: Scholarly discussions in any field of Italian studies
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>italian-studies: Scholarly discussions in any field of Italian studies
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>Dear colleagues,
>
>As part of my work as the Modern Languages Content Editor for the Humbul
>Humanities Hub www.humbul.ac.uk, a free UK-based service which finds,
>evaluates and catalogues online resources considered useful for
>learning, teaching and research in the humanities, I am conducting
>initial research into the UK HE academic community's awareness, usage,
>and perceived value of such resources. I would be very grateful if you
>could spare a few moments to complete the following short questionnaire
>designed to elicit views on using the World Wide Web in teaching and
>research. In the current academic climate where "e-learning" and
>"e-research" are frequently-heard terms, the aim of my research is to
>determine the extent to which the Web is embedded in Modern Languages
>teaching and research, to understand why online resources may or may not
>be used, to gauge which types of resources are most popular and how they
>may be best exploited, and to ultimately offer examples of good practice
>in using the Web for teaching and research which may be shared within
>the Modern Languages community.
>
>The questionnaire should take no longer than 10 minutes to complete.
>All comments are gratefully received.
>
>The questionnaire is both copied below and attached as a Rich Text
>Format document to allow you to complete answers within an email or a
>RTF or Word document, according to your preference. Please return
>answers to: [log in to unmask] preferably before 29th
>August 2005.
>
>Thank you in advance for your time.
>Best wishes,
>Shoshannah Holdom
>
>Please supply your details, which will be kept confidential:
>Name: Julia Bolton Holloway
>Role: Professor Emerita, now Web publisher
>Institution: University of Colorado, now Director, Biblioteca e Bottega
>Fioretta Mazzei, Florence, Italy
>Email: [log in to unmask]
>Subject area: Medieval Studies
>Level(s):
>
>
>1) Have you ever used online resources in your research (e.g.
>material available on the Web, such as specific websites as well as search
>engines)? Yes
>
>
>a) If yes, please indicate which resources you have used and why you
>have used them, i.e. accessing research articles from electronic journals;
>viewing digitized manuscripts; searching online bibliographies; reading
>online literary magazines. Where possible, please give the name of the
>resource you have used.
>Google searches for information, many websites with digitized manuscript
>
>b) If yes, can you give any examples from your own experience of where a
>Web resource has facilitated an area of research which otherwise might not
>have been possible?
Perhaps my answer could be instead that many write to me saying how useful
they have found my websites.
>2) Have you ever used online resources in your teaching, or drawn
>upon Web resources to produce your own teaching materials? I no longer teach
>
>
>3) Have you ever included online resources in your undergraduate
>reading lists or specifically directed students to online resources? If
>yes, please list the names of those resources. N/A
>
>
>a) If you answered yes to either questions 2 or 3, please indicate
>which resources you have used and why you have used them, i.e. CALL
>activities; online newspapers as primary sources; digital libraries for
>electronic texts.
>
>
>b) If you answered yes to either questions 2 or 3, can you give any
>examples of where students have found using an online resource to be
>particularly useful and/or rewarding? People write saying the Julian, the
>Birgitta, the Aucassin, the Florence in Sepia, its Catalogue of the
>Florence 'English' Cemetery's catalogue of tombs, websites that I have
>published are particularly useful in their research.
>
>
>4) Which of the following services do you use to locate material for
>teaching and research available on the Web?
>Search Engine, e.g. Google, Yahoo
Google
>Humbul Humanities Hub
>Resource Discovery Network
>Arts and Humanities Data Service (AHDS)
>Google Scholar
>Other (please indicate)
>
>5) If you have never used or rarely use online resources in your
>teaching or research, please could you give an indication of why this is
>so, e.g. you don't find online materials relevant to your work or you
>don't have time to look for new material on the Web?
>
>
>6) Please indicate whether you agree or disagree with the following
>statements:
>
>There is a lot of useful material on the Web for research and teaching
>in Modern Languages
>
>strongly agree agree don't
>know disagree strongly disagree
> X
>Online materials feature prominently among the sources I use in my research
>
>strongly agree agree don't
>know disagree strongly disagree
>
>Online materials feature prominently among the sources I use in my teaching
>
>strongly agree agree don't
>know disagree strongly disagree
>
>As an academic, I find the Web indispensable for my work.
>
>strongly agree agree don't
>know disagree strongly disagree
> X
>
>7) Are you familiar with the AHRC ICT Methods Network and its work?
>Yes/No/Don't know
> X
>
>8) Are Internet research skills embedded within postgraduate training
>at your institution? Yes/No/Don't know
>
>
>9) Are Internet research skills embedded within staff development
>programmes at your institution? Yes/No/Don't know
> X
>
>10) How would you rate yourself as an Internet user for academic purposes?
>Advanced
>
>e.g. Advanced: I know exactly where to look for materials and I'm aware
>of developments in ICT for academic purposes.
>Competent: I know exactly where to look for materials and I am usually
>successful in locating material of use.
>Basic: I feel uncertain as to where to look for materials, and I need
>guidance in how to best use the Internet for my work.
>
>11) Do you have any further comments?
>Independent Scholars are barred from many university networks.
>
>Thank you for your answers, which will help us understand the extent to
>which the Web is impacting upon Modern Languages teaching and research.
>
>
>--
>Dr Shoshannah Holdom
>Content Editor (Modern Languages)
>Humbul Humanities Hub
>Oxford University Computing Services
>13 Banbury Road
>Oxford
>OX2 6NN
>Tel: 01865 273 260
>Fax: 01865 273 275
>Email: [log in to unmask]
>URL: http://www.humbul.ac.uk/
>
>
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