are social media for academics?
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Are Social Media for Academics?
Dr Stathis K
onstantinidis
@staconst
Unless otherwise stated
http://www.seosandwitch.com/2012/05/list-of-social-media-sites.html
Should academics use social media?
https://www.forbes.com/sites/emilywillingham/2016/08/06/serious-academics-should-use-social-media/#78b9b6304fb1
Potential Benefits
Help you create an online identity / profile If you don’t exist online…simply you don’t exist
(for many people at least)
Stathis KonstantinidisThis person does not exist!!!
Potential Benefits
Make new connections It is a very good way to “virtual” meet colleagues
around the world
Potential Benefits
Keep up to date with the latest research to your field
ProjectsFunding
Research articles
Conferences Events
Research New
Industry updates
Who new about your new article or your new project before Social Media?
Potential Benefits
Promote your work to your peers and the public at large
And now?
Personal and academic social media Are you a different person when you live the
University? Do your ethics change when you are at home?
http://staging.sickchirpse.com/university-of-manchester-professor-leads-double-life-as-a-porn-star/
Yes but…
I share pictures with my friends on fb that I do not want to be seen by my students…
The Gold rule… … something like an RCT:
“Whatever you don’t want to be shared do not upload it in any social media site… and if possible keep it offline”
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/features/do-academic-social-networks-share-academics-interests
Social media
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Research gate Google+ Slideshare Youtube Instagram Academia.edu Mendeley …
3000 Scientists
Graphic from Nature 512, 126–129 (14 August 2014), doi:10.1038/512126a
Which should I use?
All of them
As much as you can
What it fit better to your style
What do you want to do? Connect with peers, promote your research, promote your educational material...
Have in mind
while…http://triphackr.com/access-facebook-twitter-youtube-blocked/
Wednesday 25 January 2017
Twitter …the basic
A news broadcast
Short messages (<140 Characters)
Messages can contain link to pictures, web pages, etc.
How I select which news to look at?Follow users Search for
keywords
https://twitter.com/search-home?lang=en-gb
How to tweet a news article, research paper etc.
#Hashtags
#Hashtags
Twitter users organize themselves Don’t overuse them Useful for:
Conference, events Twitter chats
Tracking trends
How to attract more followers Follow your friends and colleagues, usually they will
follow you back Check the “who to follow” button If you haven't a username yet, keep it fairly short and
avoid numbers or underlines Make sure that you have a nice picture and a short bio Be active on twitter (Do not overdo it!) Do not be afraid to follow people, they might follow back. Use hashtags in your tweets Participate on twitter chats Create a PLN Mention people in your tweets who are relevant with the
tweet Add your Twitter ID to all of your signatures
The best ever tweet…
Who reads your tweets?
What to tweet?
Interesting Articles News Retweets (be a transmitter for other people’s interesting
tweets) RT: @yourusername
Events/ conferences Use photos, conference hashtag, speaker username
Short your long URLs with http://tinyurl.com/ or http://bit.ly/
Select different time of the day for your tweets.
Tweet Analytics
Multiple online softwaresE.g. : http://keyhole.co/https://www.tweetchup.com
Where I find the time?
You do not have to follow everything… You just can’t
Make it part of your routine, e.g. before a break
Twitter fear
My account has been compromised:https://support.twitter.com/articles/31796
Analysing my account
https://moz.com
ResearchGate.net (EU based)Academia.edu (US based)Benefits Increase the dissemination of your research outputs. Connections with other researchers Find full-text papers, conference papers, abstracts Ask questions, get answers. Find the right job
But Commercial operations – Probably some kind of return
in the future? Not an Open Access repository by funders
http://www.chronicle.com/article/Scholars-Criticize/235102
Where to store your research papers?
Adapted from Ellen Fest, Seven questions about ResearchGatehttps://www.slideshare.net/EllenFest/seven-questions-about-researchgate
ResearchGate.net (EU based) Link to articles were possible Respond to papers request by other academics Turn Email notifications on
Do not trust the cite statistics…
www.researchgate.net
Mendeley
a free reference manager and academic social network
Find groups with relevant research papers Easy to update your presentation if you use them
as a reference manager Research Data Repository Careers
Limitations are the same with Researchgate
Google Scholar
Your Business Card
Your CV
Guides to improve your profile https://www.slideshare.net/LinkedIn-SMB/5-things-yo
u-should-be-doing-on-linkedin?qid=67a19ae9-d99b-41e1-991f-ad12e58e287d&v=&b=&from_search=3
www.linkedin.com
YouTube
YouTube
21,900 results
Keep in touch / Sharing Useful Information Twitter Facebook LinkedIn
Make Your Research Articles Visible Google Scholar ResearchGate.net Mendeley Academia.edu
Do not forget to add full text to your institutional repository
Do not forget to update your institutional personal website
How can you make a good use of social media Understand the importance of having a relevant
bio on their own online profiles Connect with other professionals outside of your
own institutional network of peers Take advantage of anytime anyplace CPD
opportunities and realise the value of self-determined learning
Developing and owning their own professional online presence by sharing achievements of self AND others
Sue Beckingham (2015) The Academics’ Guide to Social Media [a slide form presentation].https://www.slideshare.net/suebeckingham/the-academics-guide-to-social-mediaThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons licence BY-NC-ND
Good use of social media add presentations to SlideShare and sharing also on your
LinkedIn / twitter / facebook profile add your publications to your LinkedIn profile /
ResearchGate/ Academia.edu/ Mendeley / Google Scholar: articles, press releases, papers, books and chapters
add projects you are involved in along with the names of those you are collaborating with (LinkedIn, ResearcgGate, Mendeley)
write guest posts for other peoples’ blogs, websites and digital magazines and share them through Social Media
write your own blog and share a link via Twitter/ Facebook / LinkedIn
write a LinkedIn post and updates which include links to useful content
Sue Beckingham (2015) The Academics’ Guide to Social Media [a slide form presentation].https://www.slideshare.net/suebeckingham/the-academics-guide-to-social-mediaThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons licence BY-NC-NDNote: Text in green have been altered and does not express original creators views.
Thank You!!!
Dr. Stathis Th. KonstantinidisAssist. Prof. in e-Learning and Health InformaticsHealth E-learning & Media (HELM) Team Digital Innovations in Healthcare and Education (DICE) Research GroupSchool of Health SciencesThe University of Nottingham
twitter: @staconstE-mail: [email protected]
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