NetworkedScholarship:ThePoten6alandTensionsofusingOnlineToolsforAcademic

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GeorgeVeletsianos,PhDCanadaResearchChairinInnova6veLearning&Technology

AssociateProfessorRoyalRoadsUniversity

Victoria,BC

Shaking the Brick and Mortar: Moving Higher Education Online Workshop European University Institute– Florence, Italy

“scholars’useofpar6cipatorytechnologiesandonlinesocialnetworkstoshare,reflectupon,cri6que,improve,validate,and

furthertheirscholarship”

(Veletsianos&Kimmons,2012;Veletsianos,2016)

Poten6al

“enhancetheimpactandreachofscholarship”

“fosterthedevelopmentofmoreequitable,effec6ve,efficient,andtransparentscholarlyand

educa6onalprocesses”

Tensions&Conundrums

Naviga6ngpersonal-professionalboundariesonline

SystemicIssues,suchas:

1.Workinginanenvironmentthatlacks

frameworkstojudgethelegi6macyandqualityoftheirdigitalundertakings

2.Whatdoourins6tu6onsconsiderappropriate

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2Provoca6ons

FollowerCounts…

Idon’tthinkitmeanswhatyouthinkitmeans

R2=.83,F[4,459]=571.42,p<.001following(B=.58,p<.001),tweets(B=.32,p<.001),role(B=.16,p<.01),andlifespan(B=.12,p<.01)

significantlypredictfollowers

B Std. Error t

(Constant) -.27 .07 -4.2 ***

lg(following) .58 .03 17.2 ***

lg(tweets) .32 .02 15.4 ***

role .16 .02 7.7 ***

lg(lifespan) .12 .05 2.6 **

Theaudiencesscholarsimagine

Theaudiencestheirins6tu6onsimagine

Veletsianos,G.(2016).NetworkedScholars:SocialMediainAcademia.NewYork,NY:Routledge.Veletsianos,G.,&Kimmons,R.(2016).ScholarsinanIncreasinglyDigitalandOpenWorld:HowdoEduca6onProfessorsandStudentsuseTwioer?TheInternetandHigherEduca<on,30,1-10.Veletsianos,G.&Kimmons,R.(2013).ScholarsandFacultyMembersLivedExperiencesinOnlineSocialNetworks.TheInternetandHigherEduca<on,16(1),43-50.Veletsianos,G.&Kimmons,R.(2012).Assump6onsandChallengesofOpenScholarship.TheInterna<onalReviewOfResearchInOpenAndDistanceLearning,13(4),166-189.Veletsianos,G.&Kimmons,R.(2012).NetworkedPar6cipatoryScholarship:EmergentTechno-CulturalPressuresTowardOpenandDigitalScholarshipinOnlineNetworks.Computers&Educa<on,58(2),766-774.Veletsianos,G.,&Shaw,A.(underreview).ScholarsinanIncreasinglyOpenandDigitalWorld:ImaginedAudiencesandtheirImpactonScholars’OnlinePar6cipa6on.

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