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Dr. Anna Latour<p>Sir Terry Pratchett was one of two people who I quoted directly in my dissertation. This line from Feet of Clay was the motto for my introductory chapter:</p><p>"This is where we’ve filled ourselves up with so many questions that they’re starting to overflow and become answers."</p><p>It resonated with me, because this is what doing research often feels like for me.</p><p><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/GNUTerryPratchett" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GNUTerryPratchett</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/AcademicChatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicChatter</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/PhDLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PhDLife</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/AcademicMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fiction</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Discworld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Discworld</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/DiscworldQuote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DiscworldQuote</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/FeetOfClay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FeetOfClay</span></a></p>
Trevor Burrows<p><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Teachers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Teachers</span></a> and <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/academicmastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academicmastodon</span></a> :</p><p>Does anyone have a good substitute recommendation for using live google docs in the classroom, something that is privacy-conscious?</p><p>I often use a live <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a> Doc, and sometimes a spreadsheet, having students work on tasks as a class.</p><p>Getting away from Google, Microsoft, etc. is the goal here but also preserving student <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a>. Even better if no login is required at all.</p><p>Aside from something like an Etherpad, most of the options seem to lead back to the big companies. Firing up my own <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Etherpad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Etherpad</span></a> instance might be an end goal but I won't get to that until summer...</p><p>Any suggestions? Please feel free to boost.</p>
Dr. Anna Latour<p>Shout-out to my colleagues from Leiden University, University of Applied Sciences Leiden, and mboRijnland, who are striking today in Leiden and The Hague.</p><p>They are protesting the announced budget cuts on higher education, and represent the start of a staggered Higher Education strike that will continue at least for the coming five weeks or so.</p><p><a href="https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2025/03/10-march-leiden-university-starts-staggered-strike-against-government-cuts" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/</span><span class="invisible">2025/03/10-march-leiden-university-starts-staggered-strike-against-government-cuts</span></a></p><p>🟥 </p><p><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/HigherEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HigherEducation</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/AcademicMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/AcademicChatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicChatter</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/LeidenUniversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LeidenUniversity</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/UniversiteitLeiden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UniversiteitLeiden</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/CampusDenHaag" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CampusDenHaag</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/CampusTheHague" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CampusTheHague</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/MBORijnland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MBORijnland</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/TheHague" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheHague</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Leiden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Leiden</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Sleutelstad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sleutelstad</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Strike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Strike</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Staking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Staking</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/WOInactie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WOInactie</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/HogerOnderwijs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HogerOnderwijs</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/AoB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AoB</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/FNV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FNV</span></a></p>
ubi<p><a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/AcademicMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicMastodon</span></a> What is a good introductory book for qualitative methodologies? With more focus on social sciences (Interviews, thematic analysis, etc.).</p>
Seán Fobbe<p>Can anyone tell me what the availability/uptime and usability for Codeberg is these days? </p><p>Edit: here's a link to <a href="https://codeberg.org/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">codeberg.org/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>I am considering migrating all my open source projects there but have heard there were issues in the past.</p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Codeberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Codeberg</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenScience</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Git" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Git</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/AcademicMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicMastodon</span></a></p>
Kristen Wells<p>This is so well stated. So many faculty in the US have concerns right now about our research staff, the staff that manages grands and facilities, and our students: <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottwhite/2025/02/15/the-hidden-cost-of-freezing-indirect-research-funding/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">forbes.com/sites/scottwhite/20</span><span class="invisible">25/02/15/the-hidden-cost-of-freezing-indirect-research-funding/</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/nih" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nih</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/AcademicMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicMastodon</span></a></p>
Trevor Burrows<p>I've been talking to my students a lot this week about things like:</p><p>* How do you all talk with each other these days? <br>* What social media apps are in and out?<br>* Where do you get your news?</p><p>I'm doing this mostly bc I have a few ideas for projects to raise awareness among students about EVERYTHING, but also bc I'm just always interested in this stuff. I probably do this once a semester.</p><p>So here's what I've learned:</p><p>1/?</p><p><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/HigherEd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HigherEd</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Students" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Students</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/AcademicMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Teaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Teaching</span></a></p>
Prof Kemi FG<p>I keep getting told I should make a professional webpage for my work and to raise my profile, but 1) I'm not very professional; 2) that sounds a lot like work, and I'd rather not.</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Blackademia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Blackademia</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academia</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/AcademicMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicMastodon</span></a></p>
Brittany Trang<p>On Monday morning, universities &amp; hospitals will wake up with way less money to pay bills with than they had on Friday, due to a late Friday NIH memo from the Trump administration slashing NIH grant "indirect costs."</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://newsie.social/@STAT" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>STAT</span></a></span> explains what indirect costs are, how this will decrease American scientific dominance, &amp; whether this is illegal:</p><p><a href="https://www.statnews.com/2025/02/08/nih-indirect-costs-explainer-research-budget-cuts-different-accounting/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">statnews.com/2025/02/08/nih-in</span><span class="invisible">direct-costs-explainer-research-budget-cuts-different-accounting/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/hospital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hospital</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/academicmastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academicmastodon</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/nih" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nih</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medicine</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/healthpolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>healthpolicy</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a></p>
Brittany Trang<p>Breaking: The Trump administration slashes indirect costs on NIH grants to 15%.</p><p>This will "grind our scientific complex to a halt," said a UCSD virologist.</p><p>"We’ll be working in the dark," said a UC Berkeley dean—literally: This money goes toward electric bills.<br><a href="https://www.statnews.com/2025/02/07/nih-slashes-indirect-costs-on-all-grants-to-15-percent-trump/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">statnews.com/2025/02/07/nih-sl</span><span class="invisible">ashes-indirect-costs-on-all-grants-to-15-percent-trump/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/nih" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nih</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/academicmastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academicmastodon</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medicine</span></a></p>
UniversityofGroningenLibrary<p>📢 Great news for University of <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/Groningen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Groningen</span></a> staff - you can now add your <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> handle to your official university profile pages! </p><p>This makes it easier for colleagues and students to find and connect with you on the <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/AcademicMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicMastodon</span></a></p>
Anna Loffing<p>Next week I'm off to DOKORP, the Dortmund Conference on Spatial and Planning Research. This year, everything revolves around the topic of “Planning in times of multiple crises”. Who of you will also be there? You are welcome to drop by in the track on “Mobility and Transport”, where I will give a few insights into my current research.</p><p><a href="https://raumplanung.tu-dortmund.de/en/events-transfer/dortmund-conference/dokorp-2025/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">raumplanung.tu-dortmund.de/en/</span><span class="invisible">events-transfer/dortmund-conference/dokorp-2025/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.ridetrans.it/tags/UrbanPlanning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UrbanPlanning</span></a> <a href="https://social.ridetrans.it/tags/Transportation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Transportation</span></a><br><a href="https://social.ridetrans.it/tags/Mobility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mobility</span></a> <a href="https://social.ridetrans.it/tags/AcademicMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://social.ridetrans.it/tags/AcademicChatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicChatter</span></a></p>
Matt Hodgkinson<p>The political commissars are busy.</p><p><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00365-z" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nature.com/articles/d41586-025</span><span class="invisible">-00365-z</span></a></p><p><a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/NSF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NSF</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/AcademicMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicMastodon</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/academicchatter" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>academicchatter</span></a></span> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/AcademicFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicFreedom</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/GrantFunding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GrantFunding</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/NationalScienceFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalScienceFoundation</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Censorship</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/ExecutiveOrdersImpact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExecutiveOrdersImpact</span></a></p>
Brittany Trang<p>I'm hearing that most normal NSF grants are okay. </p><p>But for postdocs directly funded through the NSF, the portal remains frozen.</p><p>Rent, credit cards, bills—early-career scientists live paycheck to paycheck, &amp; the federal freeze that arguably never was is still disrupting lives &amp; research.</p><p>by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://newsie.social/@STAT" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>STAT</span></a></span>'s Eric Boodman:<br><a href="https://www.statnews.com/2025/01/30/trump-funding-freeze-national-science-foundation-suspends-salary-payments/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">statnews.com/2025/01/30/trump-</span><span class="invisible">funding-freeze-national-science-foundation-suspends-salary-payments/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/nsf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nsf</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/academicmastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academicmastodon</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medicine</span></a></p>
Brittany Trang<p>“There has been confusion on the scope of the pause,” said a memo from acting <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a> director Matthew Memoli viewed by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://newsie.social/@STAT" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>STAT</span></a></span> </p><p>The truth about what's allowed: Ongoing clinical trials can continue, and projects that started before January 20 can continue with procurement</p><p>More:<br><a href="https://www.statnews.com/2025/01/27/nih-staff-restrictions-clinical-trials-research-purchasing-travel-eased-trump-freeze-chaos/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">statnews.com/2025/01/27/nih-st</span><span class="invisible">aff-restrictions-clinical-trials-research-purchasing-travel-eased-trump-freeze-chaos/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medicine</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Lifesciences" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lifesciences</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/AcademicMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicMastodon</span></a></p>
Dr. Alexandre Santerne 🌍<p>Morning <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/train" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>train</span></a> from <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/Marseille" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Marseille</span></a> St-Charles.<br>It’s going to be a long day traveling with 4 trains (without accounting for the public transport in big cities).</p><p>Guess what’s my final <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/destination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>destination</span></a> ?</p><p>Clue: not in France</p><p>Of course, I could have done the same with just a couple planes in half a day, but other solutions are need to limit <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a>.</p><p>(Picture is blurred on purpose)</p><p>Cc <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@StayGrounded_net" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>StayGrounded_net</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/academicLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academicLife</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/academicMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academicMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/Climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Climate</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/travel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>travel</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/travelphotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>travelphotography</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a></p>
Trevor Burrows<p>Does anyone know of a tutorial/guide that I could use to set someone up for marking up documents digitally while <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reading</span></a>?</p><p>Here's what I mean:<br>I have a lot of students who only/primarily read digitally. They don't have printers, typically won't print out sources. </p><p>I've learned to work with that in a lot of ways, but *in class* we mark up sources on paper regularly, and I encourage students to take this action and apply it in their own reading at home. So there's a disconnect between the physical practice in the classroom and how some students are likely to do things at home.</p><p>I have all sorts of annotation tools for digital stuff, and notetaking tools that include PDF markup tools, but what I'm looking for is a guide that sets someone up for doing digital scribbling naturally, just as part of everyday reading for coursework: the best software to use, but also best practices, ways to make it more natural, easier. </p><p>Does anything like that exist?</p><p><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Annotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Annotation</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/EReading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EReading</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/PDF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PDF</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/AcademicMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicMastodon</span></a></p>
OERinfo<p>WANTED: Lehrkräfte für Interview gesucht!📢 </p><p>Wir suchen Lehrkräfte, die mit <a href="https://bildung.social/tags/OER" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OER</span></a> arbeiten und diese für <a href="https://bildung.social/tags/Demokratiebildung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Demokratiebildung</span></a> und die Vermittlung demokratischer Werte im Unterricht nutzen.</p><p>Geplant ist ein kleines Interview, schriftlich ODER mündlich.<br>VÖ: Mitte März</p><p>Falls sich jemand nicht als Lehrkraft identifiziert, aber dennoch einen Bezug zum Thema hat, nicht scheuen sich bei uns zu melden!😃<br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://eduresearch.social/@dipf_aktuell" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>dipf_aktuell</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://bildung.social/tags/FediLZ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FediLZ</span></a> <a href="https://bildung.social/tags/Lehrerzimmer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lehrerzimmer</span></a> <a href="https://bildung.social/tags/PolitischeBildung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PolitischeBildung</span></a> <a href="https://bildung.social/tags/politikEdu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politikEdu</span></a> <a href="https://bildung.social/tags/Padagogik" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Padagogik</span></a> <a href="https://bildung.social/tags/AcademicMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicMastodon</span></a></p>
Gregor Kalinkat<p>you can follow the DFG at </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://wisskomm.social/@dfg_public" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>dfg_public</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://det.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://det.social/tags/scicomm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scicomm</span></a> <br><a href="https://det.social/tags/eXit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eXit</span></a> <a href="https://det.social/tags/academicmastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academicmastodon</span></a></p>
petersuber<p>Some scholarly journal articles include links to share the articles on <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/socialmedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>socialmedia</span></a>.</p><p>For example, here's an article with links to share it on <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/X" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>X</span></a> and <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Facebook</span></a>. (Scroll to the bottom.)<br><a href="https://insightsimaging.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s13244-024-01801-w" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">insightsimaging.springeropen.c</span><span class="invisible">om/articles/10.1186/s13244-024-01801-w</span></a> </p><p>I don't think I've ever seen a journal use sharing links for <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> or <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Bluesky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bluesky</span></a>. Have you? </p><p>If some journals are doing this, is anyone keeping track of them? Is anyone systematically encouraging them? </p><p>Here's letter encouraging journals to add sharing links for Bluesky — but failing to mention Mastodon.<br><a href="https://www-nature-com.ezp-prod1.hul.harvard.edu/articles/d41586-024-04191-7" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www-nature-com.ezp-prod1.hul.h</span><span class="invisible">arvard.edu/articles/d41586-024-04191-7</span></a></p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Academia</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/AcademicMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/AcademicBluesky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicBluesky</span></a> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/academicchatter" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>academicchatter</span></a></span></p>