Developing your Digital Presence: A quick guide for academics and researchers
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Presented at LJMU seminar : A new employability model for the twenty-first century: the importance of social media and digital employability skills. Date: 15 Mar 2013 Start Time: 10:00 am Location/venue: Redmonds Building Liverpool John Moores University
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Developing your Digital Presence: A quick guide for academics and researchers
- 1. #HEALJMU13 Developing your Digital Presence: A quick guide for academics and researchers Alex Spiers Liverpool John Moores University 15 Jmarch 2013
- 2. STAND UP!
- 4. ‘Social media‘ is the term to describe websites and online tools which allow people to interact with each other – by sharing information, opinions, knowledge and interests. Social media involves the building of communities or networks, encouraging participation and engagement.
- 5. Why?
- 8. • Why use it?
- 9. 5 key skills to working in Education 1. Public Speaking 2. Time Management & Self-motivation 3. Inter-personal communication 4. Networking & collaboration 5. Record keeping http://www.jobs.ac.uk/careers-advice/working-in-higher-education/1198/5-skills-you- need-to-become-a-lecturer-in-higher-education
- 11. Top Tips
- 13. • It used to be about telling people how good you are, social media allows you to show how good you are…. Be clear about what you are doing
- 14. Be Choosy!
- 15. Reciprocity • Reciprocity – Help folk – Reciprocity Helping others, who will eventually help you.
- 20. Check your name
- 21. • Find your name & start using platform
- 22. Activity •Activity content Search for
- 29. Twitter
- 32. There are apps for that….
- 35. LJMU Social Networking Policy http://bit.ly/X9G6AU A to Z of Social Media http://bit.ly/ZBWlVU Oxford University social Media Michelmas http://bit.ly/ZBWA2Z Edudemic introduction to Twitter http://bit.ly/X9Gqzr Using Twitter in university research, teaching and impact activities http://bit.ly/X9GT4G VITAE guide to using twitter http://bit.ly/X9HcfW How to use Tweetdeck http://bit.ly/N8MYX7 BBC Twitter guide to the law http://bbc.in/XyX5x
Editor's Notes
- What are you going to do?How will you use it for your students?What do you think its value is?
- Why is this important?
- Public Speaking. – audience to power of 10?Time Management - Hoostuite, Tweedeck, RSSSelf-motivation - Blogging, micro bloggingInter-personal communication - networking & collaboration – social media is networking!Record keeping - blogging, tweeting,
- The networked academic -CT Coordinator of the Faculty of Education, University of Regina, canada
- Be Choosy!Don’t like or follow everything that comes your way
- Risk
- Lord McAlpine drops some Twitter defamation casesFormer Tory chairman to halt actions against tweeters with less than 500 followers and will focus on case against Sally Bercowby Josh HallidayFeb. 21, 2013
- How many of you have a blog?How often is it updated?Community of museum, archive or library professionalsLong tradition of sharing experiences and knowledgeNew issues – need to find new communitiesBlogs can be a timely way toOffer advice and commentaryMake new connectionsRecord discussion over timeAlso provide a different view to email discussion threads
- About. Me
- Social Bookmarking - diigo and delicious – demonstrate deliciousKindle - notes
- Another aspect of sharing is sharing bookmarksThis can be used to:Manage your bookmarksAllow others to contribute resourcesAllow lists of bookmarks to be repurposedCarry out impact analysis
- Initially text based and you can still receive text updates.Nowadays smartphones allow you to update, capture images and video
- Teminology - jargon