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Social Media for
Researchers
Professor Richard Hall
@hallymk1
rhall1@dmu.ac.uk
Julia Reeve
@DMUwritingpad
jreeve@dmu.ac.uk
Lucy Atkins
@LucyJCA
Bonnie Stewart
Overview
• Linking social media and research
management to researcher
development
• Demonstrating the potential of social
media for academic practice/scholarship
in public
• Demonstrating the potential of social
media for co-operative, academic
practice/scholarship
• Some considerations
Pre-session questions
• Which social media tools do you use?
• What do you use them to achieve in
your academic work?
• What would you like to cover in the
session or in a follow-up discussion?
• What are the ramifications of your work
being social?
• A1: Knowledge Base
• B3: Professional and
career development
• C1: Professional conduct
• D2: Communication and
dissemination
• Available: http://bit.ly/1zn9o3m
The Vitae Researcher Development Framework
Useful tools:A1 Knowledge Base
• Access/chance/trust: Twitter
• Verification/trust: Subject blogs
• Verification/trust: Open libraries
• Resources/groups: Mendeley
• Resources/groups:
ResearchGate
• Searching: Tagging,
folksonomies
• Collecting: Evernote; Tumblr
Useful tools:B3 Professional and career
development
• Networking/reputation: Twitter
• Networking/reputation: LinkedIn
• CPD: Subject blogs
• Publication: Open libraries
• Publication: Academia.edu
• CPD/publication: Mendeley
• CPD/publication: ResearchGate
• Reputation: ImpactStory
Useful tools:C1 Professional conduct
• Collaborative work
• Privacy settings
• Intellectual Property
• Permissions, use, sharing
and re-use [e.g. Creative
Commons]
• Open data [Manchester;
.gov]
• DMU-specific rights
Useful tools:D2 Communication and
dissemination
• File sharing: Dropbox, Google
Drive, Zend
• Conferencing Skype
• Social presentation: Prezi,
SlideShare, Storify
• Multimedia: YouTube
• Plus those in B3, above.
Twitter
• What is Twitter?
• Who uses it?
• How does it benefit your research?
Ned Potter’s: Twitter for
researchers
Blogging
• What is a blog?
• Who uses blogs?
• Different blogging platforms?
• How does blogging benefit
your research?
patter
Linkedin
• What is Linkedin?
• Who uses it?
• How does Linkedin
benefit your research?
LinkedIn
ResearchGate
• What is ResearchGate?
• Who uses it?
• How does ResearchGate benefit
your research?
Researchgate
Lucy Atkins
• Networking
• Promotion of my own
work
• Learning about the
work of others
• Sharing my work
• Reflecting on my work
Lucy Atkins
• Increasing my visibility
• Measuring impact
Lucy Atkins
• #PhDChat - general PhD community.
• @Acwri/#Acrwri - Discussion and support group for academic
writing.
• @SUWTUK/#shutupandwrite - Online shut up and write group.
1st and 3rd Tuesday of every month, 10am BST.
• @thesiswhisperer - Dr Inger Mewburn is the managing editor of
the Thesis Whisperer blog, a highly useful collection of blog
posts about every conceivable PhD concern.
• @PhDForum - Discussion and support group for PhD students.
• @PhD2Published - home of #Acwrimo (academic writing month
- every November)
• @ThomsonPat - Professor at University of Nottingham, author
of patter blog, another brilliant PhD/academia guidance blog.
Case Studies
• Lucy Atkins: PhD
notes/verbs; standard
open tech; links to
Twitter; process of PhD
• Tressie McMillan Cottom:
own site as pivot;
structure; public
scholarship; most read;
events; personal
academic formation
Case Studies
• Transition through PhD:
#phdchat; Guardian HE
Network; therapeutic
networks;
• Writing: seven reasons
why academic blogging
is valuable; the DMU
Commons
To consider
• Intensity of reading/research versus
intensity of networking [time]
• How risk averse do you *need* to be?
• How open do you *need* to be?
• What is the balance between soft and
hard publishing?
• How do you use your networks to
challenge your own orthodoxy?
To consider
• What permissions do you need to use
stuff?
• What permissions do you want to give
your stuff?
• Think about your identity across
disparate platforms
• Think about being true, necessary and
kind
• Think about your e-safety [personal
relationships, the institution/funder,
the State]
Support
• DMU Commons http://our.dmu.ac.uk/
• CELT Hub http://celt.our.dmu.ac.uk/
• DMU Social Media Policy
http://www.dmu.ac.uk/documents/dmu
-staff/pod/people-management-
handbook/emailinternetandsocialmedia
policy.pdf
Further reading
• Common Craft simple overview videos
https://www.commoncraft.com/videolis
t#technology
• Research Information Network: Social
media for researchers
http://www.rin.ac.uk/node/1009
• Mark Reed Fast Track Impact resources
http://www.fasttrackimpact.com/#!res
ources/bt6xl
Further reading
Slides 8-12 in this presentation are amended from “Social Media
for Researchers” by Tanya Williamson and Louise Tripp at
Lancaster University Library.
Social Media for Researchers by Professor Richard Hall, Julia
Reeve and Lucy Atkins is licensed under a Creative Commons
Attribution 4.0 International License.

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DMU Social Media for Researchers

  • 1. Social Media for Researchers Professor Richard Hall @hallymk1 rhall1@dmu.ac.uk Julia Reeve @DMUwritingpad jreeve@dmu.ac.uk Lucy Atkins @LucyJCA Bonnie Stewart
  • 2. Overview • Linking social media and research management to researcher development • Demonstrating the potential of social media for academic practice/scholarship in public • Demonstrating the potential of social media for co-operative, academic practice/scholarship • Some considerations
  • 3. Pre-session questions • Which social media tools do you use? • What do you use them to achieve in your academic work? • What would you like to cover in the session or in a follow-up discussion? • What are the ramifications of your work being social?
  • 4. • A1: Knowledge Base • B3: Professional and career development • C1: Professional conduct • D2: Communication and dissemination • Available: http://bit.ly/1zn9o3m The Vitae Researcher Development Framework
  • 5. Useful tools:A1 Knowledge Base • Access/chance/trust: Twitter • Verification/trust: Subject blogs • Verification/trust: Open libraries • Resources/groups: Mendeley • Resources/groups: ResearchGate • Searching: Tagging, folksonomies • Collecting: Evernote; Tumblr
  • 6. Useful tools:B3 Professional and career development • Networking/reputation: Twitter • Networking/reputation: LinkedIn • CPD: Subject blogs • Publication: Open libraries • Publication: Academia.edu • CPD/publication: Mendeley • CPD/publication: ResearchGate • Reputation: ImpactStory
  • 7. Useful tools:C1 Professional conduct • Collaborative work • Privacy settings • Intellectual Property • Permissions, use, sharing and re-use [e.g. Creative Commons] • Open data [Manchester; .gov] • DMU-specific rights
  • 8. Useful tools:D2 Communication and dissemination • File sharing: Dropbox, Google Drive, Zend • Conferencing Skype • Social presentation: Prezi, SlideShare, Storify • Multimedia: YouTube • Plus those in B3, above.
  • 9. Twitter • What is Twitter? • Who uses it? • How does it benefit your research? Ned Potter’s: Twitter for researchers
  • 10. Blogging • What is a blog? • Who uses blogs? • Different blogging platforms? • How does blogging benefit your research? patter
  • 11. Linkedin • What is Linkedin? • Who uses it? • How does Linkedin benefit your research? LinkedIn
  • 12. ResearchGate • What is ResearchGate? • Who uses it? • How does ResearchGate benefit your research? Researchgate
  • 13. Lucy Atkins • Networking • Promotion of my own work • Learning about the work of others • Sharing my work • Reflecting on my work
  • 14. Lucy Atkins • Increasing my visibility • Measuring impact
  • 15. Lucy Atkins • #PhDChat - general PhD community. • @Acwri/#Acrwri - Discussion and support group for academic writing. • @SUWTUK/#shutupandwrite - Online shut up and write group. 1st and 3rd Tuesday of every month, 10am BST. • @thesiswhisperer - Dr Inger Mewburn is the managing editor of the Thesis Whisperer blog, a highly useful collection of blog posts about every conceivable PhD concern. • @PhDForum - Discussion and support group for PhD students. • @PhD2Published - home of #Acwrimo (academic writing month - every November) • @ThomsonPat - Professor at University of Nottingham, author of patter blog, another brilliant PhD/academia guidance blog.
  • 16. Case Studies • Lucy Atkins: PhD notes/verbs; standard open tech; links to Twitter; process of PhD • Tressie McMillan Cottom: own site as pivot; structure; public scholarship; most read; events; personal academic formation
  • 17. Case Studies • Transition through PhD: #phdchat; Guardian HE Network; therapeutic networks; • Writing: seven reasons why academic blogging is valuable; the DMU Commons
  • 18. To consider • Intensity of reading/research versus intensity of networking [time] • How risk averse do you *need* to be? • How open do you *need* to be? • What is the balance between soft and hard publishing? • How do you use your networks to challenge your own orthodoxy?
  • 19. To consider • What permissions do you need to use stuff? • What permissions do you want to give your stuff? • Think about your identity across disparate platforms • Think about being true, necessary and kind • Think about your e-safety [personal relationships, the institution/funder, the State]
  • 20. Support • DMU Commons http://our.dmu.ac.uk/ • CELT Hub http://celt.our.dmu.ac.uk/ • DMU Social Media Policy http://www.dmu.ac.uk/documents/dmu -staff/pod/people-management- handbook/emailinternetandsocialmedia policy.pdf
  • 21. Further reading • Common Craft simple overview videos https://www.commoncraft.com/videolis t#technology • Research Information Network: Social media for researchers http://www.rin.ac.uk/node/1009 • Mark Reed Fast Track Impact resources http://www.fasttrackimpact.com/#!res ources/bt6xl
  • 22. Further reading Slides 8-12 in this presentation are amended from “Social Media for Researchers” by Tanya Williamson and Louise Tripp at Lancaster University Library. Social Media for Researchers by Professor Richard Hall, Julia Reeve and Lucy Atkins is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.