Becoming a Digital Scholar using Social Media #UoRsocialmedia

Becoming a Digital Scholarand developing an online presence using social media

Sue Beckingham | @suebecksInvited Speaker at University of Reading

Begins with your online presence

http://www.alexa.com/topsites/global!will find

you!

Be mindful of how people search for information

Twitter

LinkedIn

Blog

Slideshare

Adapted from Charles Hardy 2015

Identity who you are

Networkswho you know AND who knows you

Knowledge what you know

Developing and optimising your

professional identity

YOUR Professional Identity

social media can help you develop NEWconnections beyond your immediate networks

Image used with permission : https://instagram.com/madebyfolks/ and http://madebyfolks.tumblr.com/

AND to continue this dialogue face to face

CREATORS

CURATORS

CRITICS

CONVERSATIONALISTS

COLLABORATORS

COMMUNICATORS

Social Media EMPOWERS individuals to become digitally

connected and social

Beckingham 2013

http://www.briansolis.com/2013/07/the-2013-social-media-landscape-infographic/Solis 2013

SOC

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IAPersonal networks e.g. Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn

Interest based networks

Niche interests and hobbies e.g. Ravelry, DeviantArt, Goodreads

Media sharing networks

Images, video and audio e.g. Flickr, YouTube and Soundcloud

Discussion forums Threaded conversations e.g. Google communities, LinkedIn groups

Bookmarking sites Curation spaces e.g. Pinterest, Diigo

Social publishing Blogs and microblogs e.g. WordPress, Blogger, Twitter, Tumblr

Online reviews Commentary on publications e.g. ResearchGate, Academia.edu, Mendeley

http://www.newyorker.com/cartoons/a18183

How can social media help us become Digital Scholars?

Established academic 'sharing' mechanisms

LinkedIn updates

Blog comments

Blogposts

Tweets

Slideshare

YouTube& Vimeo

Complementing the traditional we are now seeing a growing

use of social channels

Online collaboration: Scientists and the social network

Nature e-mailed tens of thousands of researchers in 2014 to ask how they use social networks and other popular profile-hosting or search services, and received more than 3,500 responses from 95 different

countries. Responses included: • Google Scholar• ResearchGate• Academia.edu• Mendeley• Twitter • LinkedIn• Facebook

Richard Van Noorden, Nature News 2014http://www.nature.com/news/online-collaboration-scientists-and-the-social-network-1.15711

Online collaboration: Scientists and the social networkRichard Van Noorden, Nature News 2014

Online collaboration: Scientists and the social networkRichard Van Noorden, Nature News 2014

Social media forums can provide the space for: • idea exchanges• Q&As• sharing scholarly activity• feedback• mentoring• collaborations

receivingresponding

regurgitating

Education 1.0

communicatingcontributingcollaborating

Education 2.0

connectorscreators

constructivists

Education 3.0

self-directed, interest-based learning

where problem-solving, innovation and creativity

drive education

Adapted from Gerstein 2014

connectingnetworking connecting

collaboration

interactivitycommunication

mutualitymultimodality

community-building

curation

participation

flexibility

active learning

sharing

customisation

inquiry

responsibility

creativity

EXPLORE >> video images screen capture audio curation << EXPERIMENT

Public Professional

Portfolio

Capture

Feedback

Reflect

Inquiry

PERSONALisedblog

tutors...peers

employers...public

Providing students opportunities to develop professional digital and social media skills to enhance meaningful engagement with personal and professional development planning through inquiry, feedback and reflection

Sue Beckingham | @suebecks | Sheffield Hallam University

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interactlearn

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blog website

LinkedIn profile

https://blogs.shu.ac.uk/profiles

Sheffield Hallam University

CREATE

CURATECOLLABORATE

COMMUNICATE

CONNECTSH

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The 5C Framework Nerantzi and Beckingham 2014

Questions to explore• CONNECTING

As a digital scholar how can I develop a professional online network?

• COMMUNICATINGAs a digital scholar how can I disseminate my scholarly outputs?

• CURATINGAs a digital scholar how can I build and share collections of resources relating to learning and teaching pedagogy and innovative practice?

• COLLABORATINGAs a digital scholar how can I develop collaborative working partnerships with my peers (and students)?

• CREATINGAs a digital scholar how can I showcase innovative practice and openly share this with other educators?

Blogging: private, invite only or public

https://socialmediaforlearning.com/

Benefits of blogging

Sacha Chua Creative Commons https://flic.kr/p/sQrpi9

Steve Wheeler @timbuckteeth

Learning with Es

http://steve-wheeler.blogspot.co.uk

Maha Bali @bali_maha

Reflecting Allowed

http://blog.mahabali.me/blog/

Catherine Cronin @catherinecronin

Learning, Reflecting, Sharing

https://catherinecronin.wordpress.com/

David Hopkins @hopkinsdavid

Technology Enhanced Learning

http://www.dontwasteyourtime.co.uk/

@LTHEchat https://lthechat.com/

10 Ways to use

Twitter in Teaching

Resource building

2. Interactive

lectures

3. Quick-fire recaps

4. Instant feedback

5. Reminders

6. Set up a Twitter chat

7. Research using the advanced

search

8. Reviews

9. Survey

10. Direct (private)

messaging

@suebecks

1. Resource building - tutors AND students can use a course hashtag toshare links to relevant resources. These could include websites, newsarticles, videos, podcasts, images, SlideShare presentations as well asbooks and journal papers.2. Interactive lectures - ask students to answer questions during a lecture.Or, get people talking before the lecture or the seminar by raisingquestions.3. Quick-fire recap of a lecture - ask students to summarise key points4. Instant feedback - areas they would like to go over again5. Reminders of deadlines and events6. Set up a Twitter chat with an industry expert, client group or professionalcommunity7. Research ideas and opinions using the advanced search8. Reviews - write a concise micro review of a book, an article, a film orevent9. Survey - set up a poll or an online questionnaire and tweet the link10. Direct messaging - use DM for private tutorial questions

Resources

http://www.slideshare.net/suebeckingham/getting-started-on-twitter-35704954

TEACHING

• Blogs to share introductions and other induction activities

• Wikis and Google Drive for project collaboration• Google hangouts for group online meetings• YouTube videos for how to guides • Screencast tools such as Jing and Screencast-o-

matic to create short summaries• Pinterest for visual reading lists, Diigo for social

bookmarking

ACADEMIC PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

• Sharing information via Twitter and LinkedIn• Discussion forums such LinkedIn groups and

Google+ communities• Curation tools to gather resources on specific topics

RESEARCH

• Be known as an expert in your field• Research your project definition, funding and

collaboration• Share and promote publications: papers, books,

articles, websites, presentations

STUDENT GUIDANCE

• Facebook and Wikis for FAQs and space to raise questions

• Twitter to signpost support areas such as wellbeing, study support, disability support

• Social Bookmarking tools such as Diigo to tag and highlight key documents and web resources

• Pinterest board of Who's Who in Student Support• Newsletters using Blogs

Research

PEER SUPPORT

• Maintain/make new connections/friendships via Facebook happens!

• Course blogs to share interests, hobbies etc.• Collaborative Pinterest boards to share inspirational

quotes • Picture quizzes of places and people in University• Online group chat using Google+ hangouts, Skype or

Blackboard Collaborate

Research

STUDENT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

• Share information via Facebook groups• Professional networking • Learning about companies via LinkedIn company

pages• Job opportunities/career development on LinkedIn

and Twitter

RECRUITMENT• Communicate events/open days via Facebook,

Eventbrite and Lanyrd• Showcase event photos and videos on Pinterest and

Flickr• Company presence on LinkedIn

Post info and links to: < Postgraduate Study< Distinguished Lecture Series< Careers< Media Centre

UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATION

Twitter, LinkedIn Company page, Facebook, Instagram

Sue Beckingham | @suebecksEducational Developer and Senior Lecturer at Sheffield Hallam University with a research interest in the use of social media in education. 

Blog: http://socialmediaforlearning.com/ LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/suebeckingham

Image sources: where uncited all images used are either public domain via Pixabay or author's own

Developing your academic online presence with social media Led by Sue Beckingham SFHEA, Senior Lecturer in Information Systems and LEAD Associate at Sheffield Hallam University, this workshop will provide an opportunity to learn about new approaches and practical examples of using social media in higher education; and as co-learners share examples of effective practice and consider how these might be applied in your own contexts. The session will also provide participants some time and space to network and potentially make new connections. The workshop aims to provide participants with an opportunity to:• Gain a better understanding of how social media can be used in a scholarly context• Appreciate the value of developing a rich professional online presence• Learn about opportunities for social and open informal learning through social media• Appreciate five elements of ‘working out loud’ (Stepper 2015) and how these can be of value to both yourself and others Using the 5C Framework (Nerantzi and Beckingham 2014, 2015) as a lens we will consider how social media can be used to connect, communicate, curate, collaborate and create. In doing so consider the value of:• Developing a digital professional persona to share scholarly achievements• Cultivating your own personal learning network and co-learning communities• Sharing learning journeys through working out loud  ProgrammeTuesday 26 April 201610.45-11.00 Networking and registration11.00-12.30 Becoming a Digital Scholar using social media12.30-13.15 Lunch13.15 -14.30 Developing a PLN and open co-learning opportunities