Resources for graduate students

Online Teaching and Research

This section is a partial-duplicate of the resources provided in the Summer 2020 newsletter.

Part 1

Below, we outline resources and tools that, according to our needs analysis survey, have been helpful for AAAL graduate students with their online teaching and research.

Tip: Always check your institutions' technology service to find free software for students!

For data collection:
- Qualtrics
- Google Forms
- Survey Monkey
- LimeSurvey
- Mechanical Turk

For data analysis
- E-Prime Go,
- PsychoPy,
- NVIVO
- R

For online communication and teaching:
- Communication technology: Zoom, Webex, Microsoft Team,
- Collaboration tools: Google Suites, Google Docs
- Course management systems: D2L/iCollege, Canvas, WordPress personal spaces
- Video-sharing platforms: YouTube, VoiceThread
- Video editing technologies: iMovie, VoiceThread, Flipgrid
- Scheduling and record-keeping platforms: Doodle, MyWConline
- Poling platforms: Poll Everywhere
- Cloud storage: Google Drive, Dropbox, Onedrive

Part 2

Resources on virtual conferencing

Attending a virtual conference for the first time? (Unito)
Presenting online (University of Melbourne)
Tips and best practices for online presenting (Colorado Department of Education)
As COVID-19 forces conferences online, scientists discover upsides of virtual format (American Association for the Advancement of Science)
Attending traditional conferences vs. online conferences (VA Networking)
Learning to love virtual conferences in the Coronavirus era (Nature)

Resources for new skills

Linguistics Podcasts (PlayerFM)
Learn Python 2 (Code Academy)
Research Data Service @ GSU Library (Georgia State University, open for everyone)
Ready for R (with Ted Laderas) (Oregon Health and Science University)

Resources for life in general during/after Coronavirus

Adapting to disaster, episode 4: Overcoming fear and anger (The Professor Is In)
Why you should ignore all that Coronavirus-inspired productivity pressure (The Chronicle of Higher Education)
Covid-19 and the academic parent (The Chronicle of Higher Education)
Music is getting me through this pandemic: A hobby can do the same for you (Today)

Language teaching-related resources

Teaching writing online (TESOL)
Teaching Online Tidbits (TOTs) (University of Arizona Writing Program)
Covid-19: Online teaching resources (Wiley)
Coronavirus resources for ELT (TESOL)
Top 200 tools for learning 2019

Resources to help you with your academic life during Coronavirus

How to create an APA Style reference for a canceled conference presentation (American Psychological Association)
Qual, quant, and quarantine: Six tips for conducting research during a health event (Fors Marsh Group)
What publishers are doing to help during Covid-19 (Good E-Reader)
What publishers are doing to help during the Coronavirus pandemic (Association of American Publishers)
Time trackers to structure your day (Clockify)
The 25+ best sites for finding remote work online in 2020 (Skillcrush)
Beyond tenurecentrism (COVID19 best-of-postac help) (The Professor Is In)
The A-Z of the PhD trajectory (free Springer book)

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