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Social Media Summer Workshops

Social Media Summer Workshops

Workshop 1: Social Networking and Collaboration26 July, 12.00-2.00pm

Social media cultures and academic practices

Digital identity

Networking, information sourcing and collaborative working – Twitter, SNS, wikis & online community sites

Workshop 2: Sharing and Managing Work Online2 August, 12.00-2.00pm

Informal dissemination and sharing of work – blogging and content sharing sites

Managing content – social bookmarking, referencing & bibliographies, curation tools & RSS

SOURCE, MANAGE& SHARE RESOURCES

COLLABORATIVEWORKING

DISSEMINATION

NETWORKING

SOURCE, MANAGE& SHARE RESOURCES

RSS Readers

COLLABORATIVEWORKING

DISSEMINATION

Facebook

Twitter

Blogs

Google Docs

Wikis

‘Ning’ Sites

Social Bookmarking& Referencing

Facebook Groups

NETWORKING& DISCUSSION

MOOCs

LinkedIn

Content Sharing Sites

Google+

Toolbox

Space

Individual ProfessionalDevelopment

ResearchProject

Events &Conferences

Research Group /

Department

Dissertation Haiku http://dissertationhaiku.wordpress.com/

Bacteria bindTo cells in lungs; but does itMatter? I don’t know.

Joel Miller | Microstructure-Property relationships in Ti2448 components produced by Selective Laser Melting: A Love Story http://vimeo.com/30299036

Format Media Mode Genre

Granularity

What?Type of research work / activities / content etc.

Where?Social media – platforms and tools

When?Stages of project / study / tenureHow might this support / compromise formal publication?

How?Type of format / media etc.

Who (to/with)?Audience – academic / discipline / publicStakeholders – participants / partners

Blogging: Platforms

Wordpress

Complex, open source, Content Management System (CMS). Highly customisable (plug-ins)Developer-hosted and self-hosted options

Blogger

Mid-range blogging platformLimited customisability

‘Tumblogs’

Simple editing platforms - ‘lifestreaming’ and mobile friendlye.g. Tumblr Posterous

Blog Technologies

Increasingly multimodal – RSS feeds, links, tags, images and videoNon-textual formats: video blogging, podcasting

Blogging: Blog Writing

Historical Culture

Biography, activism and specialismInformal, personal and subjective

Writing Skills

Regularity – writing disciplineInformality – experimentation with different writing forms / stylesGenerality – engaging a wider (non-specialist) audience

Contexts

Emphasis on personal perspectives and experiencesWider contexts – socio-cultural, political and economic

Blogging: The ‘Blogosphere’

The ‘Blogging Community’

Reading, linking to, and commenting on each others blogs

Peer Review

Informal, distributed and unreliableEstablish sustainable channels of discussion, feedback and peer support

Boundary Crossing

Extend beyond local research community – geographically and disciplinaryBlogs as ‘Boundary Objects’ (Efimova, 2009)New interdisciplines and specialist fields (Thrift, 2011)

Efimova, L. (2009). Passion at work: blogging practices of knowledge workers. Enschede, Netherlands: Novay.Thrift, N. (2011). The Power of Blogs in Forming New Fields of International Study. The Chronicle of Higher Education. http://chronicle.com/blogs/worldwise/the-power-of-blogs-in-forming-new-fields-of-international-study/28638

Blogging: Contextualising Process

Blogs as Narrative

Journal-style entry provides narrative structure (e.g. research project / PhD)‘Following’ blogs

Blogs as Documentation

Contextualised personal / professional developmentChronological (time-based) – by date, month, yearConceptual (theme-based) – by category and tagging

Blogs as Reflective Process

Development of ideas / concepts / projectsCross-referencing of posts and self-commenting

Blogging: Relationship with Formal Publication

Work-in-progress – shape ideas, concepts and methodologies

Draw on personal perspectives and experiences

Contribution to development of formal publication – thesis, journal article or report

Develop smaller, specific components of text

Summaries and specific parts

Informal, personal and subjective

Engage a wider (non-specialist) audience

BLOGS

FORMALPUBLICATION

Blogging: Barriers to Sharing

Issues of Disclosure

Sharing ideas, concepts and methodologiesQuestionable legitimacy in establishing intellectual propertyCompromise of formal publication opportunities

Issues of Academic Competency

Lack of formal recognition of peer reviewExposing academic ‘immaturity’

Issues of Academic Reputation

‘Trivial and egotistical’Departmental / institutional responsibility

Blogging: Blog Content

Reports on academic events, including workshops, seminars, and conferences (including ‘live-blogging’)

Book and article reviews

Commentary on ‘academic life’ including teaching and research projects

Research methods and methodologies, and academic writing

Using research tools and software

Development of theoretical and conceptual ideas

Training and professional development

Emotional development and well-being related to academic practice

Based on: Jacob E Bardram | The Fish Model (2007) http://www.itu.dk/people/bardram/pmwiki/?n=Main.ArtPhD

Blogging: Group Blogs

Guest posting

Institutional / departmental blogs or project blogs

Opportunity to experience blogging without commitment to setting up own platform

Less pressure to blog regularly

Potential to reach a wider audience with greater impact

Increased responsibility of representation

Commitment to ‘house styles’ and editorial control (content and format) and authorisation

Potential issues of ownership and copyright

Blogging: Licensing

Creative Commons

Set of copyright options enabling the protected copying, distribution and uses of original work by others

Syndication and Aggregation

The navigation and management of digital environments through the syndication of multiple sites, tools and services.

RSS (Really Simple Syndication)

Subscribe to blogs, websites, podcasts etc.

Types of RSS / Feed Readers

Desktop-basedBrowser-based Web-based

Tagging: Folksonomies

Folksonomy (Vander Wal, 2004)

‘Folk’ + ‘Taxonomy’Knowledge resource created through the process of tagging

Taxonomy / Ontology Folksonomy

Top-down Bottom-up

Vertical / Hierarchical Horizontal / Non-hierarchical

Created by ‘Experts’ Created by many

Each ‘thing’ exists in one place Things exist in more than one place

Tagging: Theory and Context

Everything is Miscellaneous

David Weinberger, 2007

Social / democratic productionInterconnectivity of social mediaIncreased information flow – tools and strategies

Information R/Evolution

Michael WeschDigital Ethnography, Kansas State University

Tagging: Bookmarking Practices

Personal BookmarkingPersonal organisation / management of web-based contentSearchable – Tag List / CloudFurther Organisation Tools – Bundle Tags / Multiple Sites

Group / Collaborative Bookmarking Participatory and democratic knowledge base Social BookmarkingUse as search engine – keyword / userSearch other users bookmarksSubscriptions, networks RSS feeds etc.

Tagging (in)consistency – intra-personal and inter-personal

Examples: Delicious Pinboard

Tagging also used in blogging, and content sharing sites (e.g. Flickr YouTube and Slideshare)

Content Sharing Sites

Sharing of academic content in different formats / mediaDissemination of work to a wider audience

Features

Tagging and annotation of contentPlaylists, subscriptions, favouritesSocial networking and commenting

Content can be embedded on external sites (e.g. blogs)

Networking Sites e.g. LinkedIn AcademiaPapers / Reports e.g. ScribdPresentations e.g. SlideshareImages e.g. Flickr Video e.g. YouTube VimeoWeb Resources e.g. Evernote Pinterest

Social Bibliography / Reference & Citation

Personal and social management of academic papers and references

Synchronisation between browser, desktop and web based programmes

‘One-click’ referencing of web-based content and bibliographic libraries

Collaboration through group-based and networking activities

Examples: CiteULike Zotero Mendeley

Events, Seminars and Conferences

Supporting academic events before, during and afterProjects (e.g. launch events) and departments (open days etc.) NetworkingPre-conference and post-conference Conference MaterialContent (abstracts, biographies etc.)Information (venue etc.) PresentationsRepurposing (Slideshare etc.)External audiences and contextsPresentation notes and slidecasts

Events, Seminars and Conferences

Recording / DocumentationLive streams – embedded into websites / social media e.g. UstreamLive broadcast / post-event resourceVideo / audio / presentations etc. – on mainstream and social media platforms Webinars / web conferencing e.g. Eluminate Big Blue Button Live-blogging – informal documentationPost-event blogging – reports and reflections HashtagsTwitter – live tweetsDisplay - Twitter walls /streams e.g. TwitterfallThe Twitter ‘backchannel’ Aggregating across platforms Twitter, blog posts, photos (e.g. Flickr)Aggregating tweets e.g. Storify

http://newresearchtrajectories.net/

Image: Rachel Walls | http://newresearchtrajectories.net

Critical and Reflective Practices

Resources

Identifying appropriate tools and platforms and evaluating their affordances

Negotiating institutional, proprietary, and open-source resources

Training and Shared Practice

Identifying appropriate training needs and opportunities for shared practice

Lifelong learning and professional development contexts

Developing potential for individual, participatory and collaborative design

Digital Literacies

Developing new socio-technical workflows

Negotiating new academic communities and networks – boundary crossing and interdisciplines

Recognising shifts in academic protocols - new modes and means of production, peer review and knowledge resources

Adapting to new practices in academic integrity and responsibility - referencing and attribution of digital sources and artefacts

Understanding emerging multimedia and multimodal practices

Managing online identities and reputation

http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/graduateschool/resources/socialmedia/index.aspx

Research Practices 2.0

http://www.bloomsburyacademic.com/view/DigitalScholar_9781849666275/book-ba-9781849666275.xml

Martin Weller

The Digital Scholar: How Technology Is Transforming Scholarly Practice

Bloomsbury Academic(2011)

http://alternativeto.net/

Thanks

Andy Coverdale

Blog: http://www.phdblog.netTwitter: @andycoverdale