digital media for academics
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Academic scholarship is being transformed in the digital era. In this talk, meant for grad students and early career researchers, I discuss 10 things you can do to share your research.TRANSCRIPT
Digital Media for Academics
Jessie Daniels, PhD CUNY – Graduate Center
ASA – Professional Development WorkshopAugust 12, 2013
Twitter: @JessieNYC
#ASA13 #PhDchat
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21st century, digital, open, connected to the public
sphere, worldly.
“digital scholarship”
be savvy about academia
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# of pubs
your rate of productivity
date of PhD
some of academia is changing
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digitallegacy
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expansion of digital media
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expanding possibilities
more opportunities to own your work
ten things you can do
first thing:
produce some knowledge
20th century knowledge “products”
Date of Degree Tenure
#2. share that knowledge openly
21st century knowledge “streams”
use video or podcast to tell a story
#3. use your institutional repository
share pre-print versions of papers
#4. make your work searchable
#5. create & control your own web presence
#6. track your influence
#7. build your networks
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meet in person
#8. find your tribe &
articulate a theme
#9. re-invent
what it means to be an intellectual
PhD in History
PhDs in Political Science
#10. tell the ASA to offer pre-conference workshops
in digital media skills
Twitter: @JessieNYC#ASA13 #PhDchat
Thank you!
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