Category: eresearch
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Where is the theoretical base in eResearch? eResearch versus eLearning
Recently, I have been reading quite a lot about eLearning. I know it is one of those words with an e in front of it. Still, rather than simply existing on the superficial level of language, the sub-field of eLearning is a vibrant one with numerous scholarly contributions, journals, associations, and software. Â One of…
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eResearch in an international information environment: developments, challenges and responses
Synopsis: The application of diverse eResearch infrastructures to support research has a long history. During the 1970s, the genesis of eResearch in the shape of the Internet was driven by the research community’s needs. In this latest stage of eResearch infrastructure development, also primarily driven by the needs of the research, we are witnessing large-scale investments…
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Australian Humanities research infrastructure funding (discussion paper)
Nick Thieberger from here at the University of Melbourne has kindly blogged details about a discussion paper inviting a response from humanities researchers. The discussion paper is about the Federal Governments ’2011 Strategic Roadmap for Australian Research Infrastructure’. All Australian humanities scholars with an interest in digital scholarship should take this brief opportunity to read…
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What is eResearch in the Arts and Humanities
This is the start of a ‘white paper’ on eResearch in the Arts and Humanities. Comments are most welcome (I do admittedly rely a little too much on Susan Hockey’s wonderful history of Digital Humanities in ‘A Companion to Digital Humanities).1 …by its very nature, humanities computing has had to embrace “the two cultures”, to…
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Paul Walk from the UK’s UKOLN – Engaging developers, supporting innovation
Paul Walk – Engaging developers, supporting innovation from VeRSI on Vimeo.
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Victorian eResearch Review
The State Government of Victoria (Australia) has invested a reasonable sum in eResearch activities here in Victoria over recent years. The Government is undertaking a review; the discussion paper is available online with 36 Key Questions (and some of them are really hard like ‘how can the progress and uptake of eResearch be measured’. The…