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  1. Select a topic
    or a tag
  2. Find out more about an OER
  3. Try it out and see what you learn!

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Learning topics

  • Developing Digital Literacies
  • Developing Academic Writing
  • English for Academic Purposes (EAP) Development
  • Qualitative Research Methods
  • Quantitative Research Methods
  • Referencing and Avoiding Plagiarism
  • Use of New Technologies in Research
  • Use of New Technologies in Dissemination and Publication
  • Reading and Understanding Research Papers
  • Research Networks and Scholarship
  • Metrics and Data Management
  • Ethics, Rights and Intellectual Property
  • Establishing an Online Academic Identity and Gaining Recognition

Tags

  • writing
  • research methods
  • qualitative
  • social media
  • howto
  • identity
  • ethics
  • blogging
  • reading
  • referencing
  • tools
  • plagiarism
  • EAP
  • copyright
  • impact

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Rating a resource helps your fellow researchers decide whether to explore it further and also provides valuable feedback to the resource authors.

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Think before you link

To help you decide which resources to visit, we have provided information about each resource before you click through to the resource itself.

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This website allows you to post comments with your opinions about the resources you have looked at, and to read the opinions of other users.

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OER – what’s that?

An OER is an open educational resource - one that has been made available by its creator for use by anyone, without further need to ask permission.

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