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This introductory workshop was aimed at postgraduate researchers and early career academics interested in building an online profile. Content covered the need for academics to have an online presence and focused on how academics can use Twitter, blogging platforms (Wordpress and Blogger) and professional networking websites (LinkedIn and Academia.edu).
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Enhancing Your Profile Through Web 2.0Eljee Javier Humanities Researcher Development Programme
[email protected]@eljeejavier
...your name
...key words in your field
WHAT WHERE
Online security✦ You are already online.
✦ You can take control of your privacy. Learn how, no one else will.
✦ “Would I say this in public?”
by default
Alec Couros (2011)
Private
Public with effort
by default
Alec Couros (2011)
Private with effort
Public
Research Profile
• Taking control of your online identity for professional purposes
• Your research area(s)
• Tangible outputs - changing in a digital age
Academics and Web 2.0 Tools
To meet other researchers (within and outside your field)
To share and exchange information
To engage with a wider audience
Blogs
Academia.edu
Using Twitter for academic purposes
• Quickly send and receive information from different sources• Retweeting = passing on information
• Remotely follow conferences, seminars, events around the world• #phdchat #acwri #postdoc #UKHE
• Engage with other academics about...• research publications• funding opportunities
• jobs
Tweet automatically
Schedule tweets
Multiple sites
Discussion
• How do you / could you use Twitter?
• What reservations do you have?
• Examples from the group
• Questions about use
Using LinkedIn and Academia.edu
• Social networking websites for professionals
• Increasingly used for recruitment purposes
• Both websites allow you to showcase your achievement, work experiences, research output
Discussion
• Do you use either LinkedIn, Academia.edu or both?
• What reservations do you have?
• Examples from the group
• Questions about use
Using blogs
• Using blogs to engage with your audience (i.e. research community, the public, specialists)
• Using blogs as a research journal
• Using blogs for a research project
EXAMPLES
Discussion
• Do you blog?
• What reservations do you have?
• Examples from the group
• Questions about use
Creating a network
Choosing one or two web 2.0 applications as your homepage
Start associating key words with your name
Make a contribution (i.e. a blog post, a tweet, a status update)
Join and leave conversations
Creating a network
Choosing one or two web 2.0 applications as your homepage
Start associating key words with your name
Make a contribution (i.e. a blog post, a tweet, a status update)
Join and leave conversations
Creating a network
Choosing one or two web 2.0 applications as your homepage
Start associating key words with your name
Make a contribution (i.e. a blog post, a tweet, a status update)
Join and leave conversations
RSSTumblr
EvernoteDe.li.cious
BufferTweetdeck
TwitterWordpressYouTubePinterest
SlideshareStumble Upon
BloggerFacebookMendeleyLinkedIn
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