Open University Graduate School - Promovendidag Let’s start with a baseline measurement • Show of hands • Who uses social media? – Informally? – Professionally? • Which social media? – How? • Who feels that social media are important for a PhD student? • Who feels confident about using social media?
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Open University Graduate School - Promovendidag
Let’s start with a baseline measurement
• Show of hands
• Who uses social media?
– Informally?
– Professionally?
• Which social media?
– How?
• Who feels that social media are important for a PhD student?
• Who feels confident about using social media?
IndispensableSocial media for a PhD student
Steven Verjans
CELSTEC & IPO2
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Open University Graduate School - Promovendidag
Programme
• Academia vs. digital academia?
• PhD student as
– (Novice) knowledge professional
– Researcher
– Publisher / Reviewer
– Teacher / Presenter
– Innovator
Open University Graduate School - Promovendidag
The Boyer view of scholarship
• Discovery
• Integration
• Application
• Teaching
Open University Graduate School - Promovendidag
Quote 2, borrowed from Martin Wellerhttp://www.slideshare.net/mweller/digital-scholarship-keynote
“a majority of researchers are making at least occasional use of one or more web 2.0 tools or services for purposes related to their research: for communicating their work; for developing and sustaining networks and collaborations; or for finding out about what others are doing. But frequent or intensive use is rare, and some researchers regard blogs, wikis and other novel forms of communication as a waste of time or even dangerous”
(Proctor, Williams and Stewart (2010)
Open University Graduate School - Promovendidag
Quote 2, borrowed from Martin Wellerhttp://www.slideshare.net/mweller/digital-scholarship-keynote
Harley et al (2010) “We found no evidence to suggest that “tech-savvy” young graduate students, postdoctoral scholars, or assistant professors are bucking traditional publishing practices”
“The advice given to pre-tenure scholars was consistent across all fields: focus on publishing in the right venues and avoid spending too much time on public engagement, committee work, writing op-ed pieces, developing websites, blogging, and other non-traditional forms of electronic dissemination”
Tenure and reward
Open University Graduate School - Promovendidag
Quote 2, borrowed from Martin Wellerhttp://www.slideshare.net/mweller/digital-scholarship-keynote
Cheverie et al (2009): “While this community talks about ‘publication’, the language used implies that digital scholarship is of significantly lesser value, and word of mouth to younger colleagues discourages digital scholarship in the hiring, tenure and promotion process