ARIN6912 - Digital Research and Publishing

Semester 2, 2013  |  Credit Points: 6

Coordinator: Chris Chesher
Phone: +61 2 9036 6173
Email: chris.chesher@sydney.edu.au

Description

This unit introduces desktop and Internet skills for conducting research, managing peer review and publishing an online journal. It also addresses the wider social and epistemological transformations in cultural practices of knowledge generation, management and consumption associated with new technologies. It offers essential skills for all students interested in contemporary research and a reflexive view of the historical and cultural contexts of networked digital research technologies.

Assessments

1x2500wd journal article (40%), 2x500wd referees' reports (20%), 1x500wd equivalent presentation (20%), participation (20%)

Classes

1x2-hr seminar/week

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