becoming a better academic through blogging and social media
DESCRIPTION
Blogging and social media offer academics opportunities to help shape, develop and improve upon their research. Presentation held for PhD students in humanities and social sciences (Erasmus University Amsterdam). I outline 13 reasons why academics blog and tweet, taken from academic research and academic blogs.TRANSCRIPT
Becoming a better academic through blogging and social media
Linda Duits
BLOGGING IDIOTS
BLOGGING IDIOTS
MOTIVATIONS
NWO WANTS YOU TO
CONTROL DIGITAL FOOTPRINT
BLIND SPOTS
LISTENING TO LAY PEOPLE
“We’re privileged when people ask questions, not because we can then go into ‘explananation mode’, but because
they prompt us to think anew.”
LISTENING TO LAY PEOPLE
BALANCING THE NEWS
INCREASE VISIBILITY FOR COLLEAGUES
DISCUSS WITH COLLEAGUES
FOLLOW CONFERENCES
KEEP UP WITH YOUR FIELD
PERSONAL ARCHIVE
RESEARCH LOG
CREATE PERSONAL BRAND
FINDING RESPONDENTS
EXPRESSING OPINIONS
IMPROVING YOUR WRITING SKILLS
THE PLACE TO BE
FINAL THOUGHT
Thank you for your attention!
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