Precarious Academics: Information Practices and Challenges

Academics ’ responses to encountered information

An increasing number of tools are being developed to help academics interact with information, but little is known about the benefits of those tools for their users. This study evaluated academics’ receptiveness to information proposed by a mobile app, the SerenA Notebook: information that is based in their inferred interests but does not relate directly to a prior recognized need. The evaluate...

Flexibility, Technology and Academics’ Practices: Tantalising Tales and Muddy Maps

An investigation into the blogging practices of academics and researchers

11 Chapter 1: Introduction 13 1.1. Motivations for investigating blogs in academia and research 15 1.2. Methods and findings of this research project 20 1.3. The dissertation outline 23 Chapter 2: A review of blogging and blogging practices in higher education 27 2.

E-learning challenges faced by academics in higher education

E-learning has become a necessity in higher education institutions and is being deployed in educational establishments throughout the world. Researchers have made much emphasis on its benefits but not much is discussed on the disadvantages of e-learning technology. This paper references some of the research work on the limitations of e-learning technology, categorises it in five challenges that...

Application of Information and Communication Technology for Dissemination of Agricultural Information among Farmers: Challenges and Opportunities

Agriculture is the backbone of India’s economy as two-third of the population live in rural areas and directly or indirectly depend on agriculture for their livelihood. India’s food production has improved significantly during the last three decades due to all-round efforts but Indian agriculture is still facing a multitude of problems to maximize productivity to feed the continuously increasin...