connect more with the future - part two
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SocialMedia:In(andaround)HigherEducation
JenniferM.Jones
PresentationforJISCConnectScotland16thJune2016
@jennifermjones,jennifermjones.net
orhowsocialmediahashelpedmeexist/remaininhighereducation…
JenniferM.Jones
PresentationforJISCConnectScotland16thJune2016
@jennifermjones,jennifermjones.net
“wtf do you do?”
Aboutme:
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JenniferM.Jones(@jennifermjones)@UniWestScotlandEducator&Researcher.EducaQon,socialmedia,digitalstorytelling,majorevents&ciQzenjournalism.Previous:DigitalCommonwealthProjectCoordinator.PTPhD.Greyhounds.
ASSOCIATE LECTURER IN
HIGHER EDUCATION
what do you do?
• TRAINING VIDEO FOR ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN SCOTLAND #HELLO2ARCH
• MENTORING YOUNG PEOPLE FOR CIVIC ENGAGEMENT PROJECT #21REASONS AYRSHIRE
YOUTH ARTS NETWORK • WORKING WITH LOOKED AFTER YOUNG PEOPLE
FROM EAST RENFREWSHIRE COUNCIL TO UNDERTAKE SOCIAL REPORTING TRAINING
• INDUSTRY RESEARCH SUPERVISOR FOR MA DIGITAL MEDIA MANAGEMENT (HYPERISLAND)
• CHAIR OF BRILLIANT SCOTLAND, MEDIA TRUST • CITIZEN REPORTING WORKSHOP IN BELFAST
FOR BUILDING CHANGE TRUST • NHS SOCIAL MEDIA TRAINING • MEDIA FOR COMMUNITIES. ORG • COMPLETING A PHD (DEADLINE OCTOBER 2016)
what do you do…
Alternative Media & Citizen Journalism
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Borrowingfromthe“mediaactivists”
• Dominantmainstreammedia,newspapers,corporatemarketing,publicrelations.
• Buildingnetworks,givingvoicestomarginalisedcommunities,challengedominantnarratives.
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Borrowingfromthe“mediaactivists”
• Dominantmainstreammedia,newspapers,corporatemarketing,publicrelations;
• “small”media-digital,mobile,app-based;• Buildingnetworks,givingvoicestomarginalisedcommunities,challengedominantnarratives.
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User-generated content
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participation
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Digital Common Wealth
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Professor David Mc Project Lead
Social MediaApplied
Practice
Practiceovertechnology
e.g.interviewskills,improvingmobile&audiooffootage,documentation
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Digital Common Wealth
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Creative response to the Commonwealth (Games) from across Scotland, involving diverse range of individuals/communities !Community!media!clusters!1 community!media!cafes!and!digital!storytelling!!workshops!!Schools!programme!!1 !in1school!digital!storytelling!workshops!with!primary!and!secondary!learners!in!Scotland�s!32!local!authori;es!
Crea;ve!voices!1 !documentary!film,!crea;ve!wri;ng!and!!community!songwri;ng!around!!UWS!campuses!
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DevelopingDigitalPractice
Usingaccessibledigital&mobiletoolstocapturestorieseffectively
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Bringing it back ‘into’ the institution…
#jisc50social
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Challenges…
• Difficulttoengagecolleaguesunderdifferentpressures(KPIs,universitypriorities,internalandexternalfactors);
• Expectationsofwhattechnologyenhancedlearning‘looks’likes(VLEs,portfolios,heavyonthetechchat,lessonthebitsin-between);
• Lackof‘wiggle-room’touseandplaywithtoolsunlessyouhaveitinyourjobdescription/contract;
• Focussingonthenumbersratherthanthequalitative,holisticqualitiesofusingsocialmedia.
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In(andaround)education…
• Focusonthepracticeandnotthetechnology,howdoyoumakethatexplicit?;
• Usingsocialmediatofurtherthegainofcorporateagendasovercivicorsociallymotivatedones;
• Usingsocialmediatoresist,challenge,navigatearoundtheseprocesses;
• Qualitativedataonaquantitativescale-notonesizedfitsallprocess.
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How can we maintain the ethos of digitally-enabled community/civic engagement projects within the structures of higher education?
