“I know it’s important to be active on social networks to increase my research profile, but where do I start?”
Program Goals
This program will support you in analysing and growing your online research network to develop research connections, collaboration opportunities and dissemination channels.
This course will start on 10 August 2015. Over four weeks you will:
- analyse and grow your online research profile
- map your personalized research network
- explore different methods, communities and channels for sharing your work
- develop filtering and management strategies for online information and social interactions
- examine the habits of experienced networked researchers
- develop a personal research network strategy that supports your work and fits your habits
A Social Learning Experience
This programme is designed as a social learning experience. This means that over 4 weeks we will work and learn together as a community of inquiry. For each week, social networking tasks are made available through our mobile learning platform. You choose in what order, how and when you complete them to best fit your time, your practice and your work. Your task is complete when you report back to the community on your progress. You will also track your progress through a number of key social metrics.
You can’t learn about social networking without being social. So we will meet face to face once a week during workshops and coffee check-ins, as well as online via weekly Google Hangouts which will be recorded. We will also learn together asynchronously through our mobile learning platform and social media. You will also be introduced to experienced, highly networked researchers. And throughout the 4 weeks, Joyce will be available as your personal online coach to answer questions or help solve problems.
Expect to spend approximately 2-3 hours per week on the independent learning activities.
Activities
Begins 10 August 2015
- Introduction workshop to meet and set up your tools (3 hours on Wednesday 12 August 2015)
- Analyse and build your online profile and spaces (incl. blogs, Google Scholar and Academia.Edu and your RMIT Expert Profile)
- Connect with Twitter’s research network and participate in our #rmitecr Twitter community
- Explore a case study
Begins 17 August 2015
- Select and configure tools to manage and filter your information streams and social interactions
- Discover and connect with your research communities
- Explore a case study
- Community Google Hangout
- Face-to-face coffee check-in
- Participate in #rmitecr
Begins 24 August 2015
- Analyse your information collections and explore collection tools
- Explore uses of personal research networks and set your goals
- Share one artefact of your work in your preferred medium/platform
- Explore a case study
- Community Google Hangout
- Face-to-face coffee check-in
- Participate in #rmitecr
Begins 31 August 2015
- Reflect on opportunities, risks and new practices of networked researchers
- Map your personal research network & strategy
- Closing workshop (3 hours on Wednesday 2 September 2015)
- Participate in #rmitecr
You will have
- Continued access to the learning resources for 1 year
- Continued participation in the #rmitecr community
- Subscription to a monthly newsletter with curated information for networked academics from Academic Tribe
- An established, expanding and manageable personal research network.
Requirements
Social media experience
In order to participate, you will need a small amount of pre-existing social media experience. Basically, if you have a profile on two or more social networking sites (think: Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, WordPress, Slideshare, Instagram, Pinterest, Scoop.It or similar) and/or you visit those sites at least once every fortnight, you have the skills needed to participate in this course.
Technical requirements
You will need internet access, a computer and a smart device (preferably a tablet) that you can use throughout the program and that you have permissions to install apps on.
About Joyce Seitzinger and Academic Tribe
Joyce Seitzinger is an education technologist, learning designer and professional development specialist with 16 years experience in the Netherlands, New Zealand and Australia. She has worked in corporate training and higher education and enjoys both environments for their own challenges.