Using Social Media as a Doctoral Researcher: Online Boot Camp
7th Sep 2020 10:00am - 28th Sep 2020 12:00pm
“Using social media to develop doctoral researchers’ profiles and the visibility of research”
Online boot camp, with Dr Ana Canhoto (Brunel University London) and Dr Mark Carrigan (University of Cambridge).
Registration in this boot camp is limited to 16 participants. Register here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/online-boot-camp-with-dr-ana-canhoto-bul-and-dr-mark-carrigan-cambridge-tickets-114652763502
With social distancing likely to be the ‘new normal’, confidence and competence in using social media tools for professional purposes is more important than it has ever been. In this month-long, online boot camp, we explore what this new working environment means for current Techne doctoral researchers, and offer training in the skills needed to develop an online identity, network professionally and collaborate creatively in this mediated environment.
The boot camp will take place between September 7th and October 2nd 2020. There will be a two-hours long session per week (4 in total), at the same time each week; and participants will be asked to complete some reading plus a 30-minutes assignment between each session. We will be using Zoom for the synchronous session, plus Wordpress for the asynchronous work. The synchronous, online sessions will take place between 10 am and 12 noon, on Mondays, September 7th, 14th, 21st and 28th.
Participants will be presented with key issues, take part in facilitated discussions and reflect on assignments covering the following topics:
1. The uses of social media in research: content tools vs. social networking tools vs. collaboration tools.
2. Creating and managing social media activity, as a researcher: digital presence, online profiles, sharing outputs, networking, joining conversations, and making research accessible.
3. The dark side of social media: researcher reputation, individual vs institutional interests, research originality, trolling behaviours, dealing with the media, and burning-out.
4. Reflection and feedback.
Participants will get a free copy of the book “Social Media for Academics” authored by Dr Mark Carrigan.
For any questions, contact Dr Ana Canhoto, on ana.canhoto@brunel.ac.uk