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Using social media to enhance your research and professional developmentDr Emma Gillaspy
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Objectives
Explore the digital world and some common social media tools
Discuss how social media can further your career and improve your academic practice
Consider how to manage your digital identity and use of information resources
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How do you find information on the internet?
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The rise of social media
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Web 2.0 as a tool for collaboration and creativity
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Social media tools
Microblogging
Blogging
Social citation/bookmarking
Presentation sharing
Social networking/profiling
Collaborative writing
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Microblogging
Mainly Twitter
Ask questions relevant to your practice
Share links and resources you find interesting
Find out what others are interested in
Answer other people’s questions
Engage in conversation
Follow a conference (#tag)
Top reasons to use Twitter http://online-social-networking.com/top-reasons-for-using-twitter
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BloggingReflection, archive of research, peer critique, disseminating (can have private or semi-private sections)
Personal / research area? Individual / collective? Does your research field have active bloggers?Getting your blog on the digital map
www.Blogs.nature.com www.researchblogging.orgwww.scienceblogs.com
Top reasons to blog http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2006/10/top-ten-reasons-to-blog-and-top-ten.html
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Social citation/bookmarking
Citeulike most common
Easily store references and links to reference manager software
Store and search PDFs
Automated article recommendations
Share references with your research team
Find out who's reading what you're reading – new networks
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Presentation sharing
Sharing PowerPoint presentations and other documents
Disseminating your research to a wider audience
Receive feedback on your slides
Slideshare, Scribd most common
Prezi – dynamic presentations using Flash (sign up for an educational account to enable collaborative presentation)
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Social networking/profiling
LinkedIn network grown from 40million in May 2009 to >90million in Jan 2011
Global collaborative opportunities
Proven tool to enhance your career
Great way to enhance your research connections
Lots of tools so need to choose carefully which you will invest time in
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www.linkedin.comSections can include:
Summary
Specialties
Experience
Education
Recommendations
Activity (inc Twitter)
Connections
ResumeApplications (SlideShare, Wordpress)
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Other social networkswww.facebook.com (>500 million active users)
www.buddypress.org (38,850 users in 950 groups, for building social networks)
www.friendfeed.com (users unknown, >1 million/month)
www.researchgate.net (>700,000 members, professional scientists, can also join with Facebook or LinkedIn accounts)
www.academia.edu (>250,000 members, HE academics)
network.nature.com (>25,000 members, professional scientists)
www.methodspace.com (8,479 members, research methods)
www.myspace.com (>2million members, mostly for music/entertainment)
Professional profile only:
www.cos.com
www.iamscientist.com
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Collaborative writing
Google Docs a good example
Allows for collaborators to all work on the same document/spreadsheet/presentation
Private, semi-private or public for each document
Google forms great way to collect feedback from your teaching or send out questionnaires
Integrates well with smartphones
Other cloud space options include Dropbox and A-drive (50GB)
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WIIFMWho are they for?
What are they for?
How many members do they have?
Are they discipline specific?
How active are they?
What do you need to do for it to be a success?
What do you want to gain?
WHATS IN IT FOR ME?
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How to navigate the crowd
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RSS
“Really Simple Syndication”
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enables other sites to
Subscribe
to that information
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Digital identity
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Digital identity
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Your digital identity
www.123people.co.uk
www.google.co.uk
Your university website
What did you find? Are you happy with it? Is it up to date? Does it showcase you and your research? Is it personal or professional? Could it be improved (if so how?), Pleased…disappointed…worried!?
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Your life as a researcher
Academic outputs (practice, papers etc)
Dissemination
Collaboration
Teaching
Professional development (formal and informal learning)
Reputation building
Knowledge acquisition & exchange
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The research cycle
COLLABORATION
e.g. undertaking literature reviewsusing peer reviewed sources
by professional researchersusually behind closed doors
e.g. publication, presentation
at conference
e.g. peer review, filtering the
best for publication
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NetiquetteUnderstand how public and permanent your online footprint isBe aware that your current or future employers could choose to explore that online footprint!Do not say anything online that you would not say face to faceAvoid spamming and flamingBe aware that it is easy to misinterpret irony, sarcasm etc… without tone of voice or expressions to guideCheck your professional body guidelinesConsider who you are talking to…
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Top tips
Develop an online professional profile that is coherent with you face to face approach
Give a bit of your professional self:Share and reflect about your work
allow others to provide feedback
Cultivate the network around youParticipate actively in discussions of your area
Become known among peers
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Your digital profile
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Our online presence
Vitae NW Hub:• www.vitae.ac.uk/nwhub• www.twitter.com/vitaenwhub• http://vitaenwhub.posterous.com• www.slideshare.net/vitaenwhub