#SMsociety15 Conference, Toronto, Canada - July 29, 2015
This panel will focus on the intersections between social media and academia, in relation to the theme of Social Media’s Impact on Society, but discussion will examine impact through the lens of trust and credibility within online communities. In an era of knowledge abundance, scholars have the capacity to distribute and share ideas and artifacts via digital networks and communities of practice. This fosters extensive cross-disciplinary public ties and rewards connection, collaboration, and curation between individuals rather than roles or institutions. These informal online developments and support networks in higher education is contributing to scholarly publications, professional development, and personal support. That being said, participation within these networks offers both opportunities and challenges with engagement. This panel will discuss their perspectives and encourage audience participants to share their stories, questions, and ideas on this topic.
Semelhante a #SMsociety15 Panel: More Than Just a “Follower”: How Is Academia Being Influenced by Online Communities of Practice & Networked Scholarship?
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#SMsociety15 Panel: More Than Just a “Follower”: How Is Academia Being Influenced by Online Communities of Practice & Networked Scholarship?
1. More Than Just a “Follower”
How Is Academia Being Influenced by
Online Communities of Practice &
Networked Scholarship?
#SMSociety15 Conference
Toronto, Canada July 29, 2015
3. Why This Panel?
• Intersections between networks & academia
• Impact on research &scholarship
• Understand the lens of trust and credibility in
online communities
• Influence of the informal on formal institutions
• Access and representation in the networks –
online and offline
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8. Metrics of Status
• Where you went to school
• Who your supervisor was
• Where you’ve published
(& their impact factor)
• Your h-index
• Your citation count
• The associations you belong to
• Your rank in the academic hierarchy
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18. MobiMOOC Research Team
Inge de Waard
Institute of Tropical Medicine, Belgium
Michael Sean Gallagher
University of Edinburgh, UK
Apostolos Koutropoulos
University of Massachusetts Boston, USA
Nilgün Özdamar Keskin
Anadolu University, Turkey
Rebecca J. Hogue
University of Ottawa, Canada
C. Osvaldo Rodriguez
Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina
Sean C. Abajian
California State University Northridge, USA
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31. Experiences
• Visibility
– “I saw your project on Twitter, how can I get my
department involved?”
• Association
– “You’re from MSU! Let me introduce you to…”
• Crowdsourcing and Collaboration
– “Who is interested in writing an article about…”
– “What does ‘production’ mean to you in your
work?”
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42. Thanks for the Discussion!
#SMSociety15panel
http://bit.ly/smsociety15panel
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Notas do Editor
Connection and facilitation. As a practitioner, academic, and recent administrator, social media is the most powerful tool I have to connect to my employees, my colleagues, and cutting edge ideas. And, there is no single right answer in regard to how to use it and what works. I work with collaborators around the globe on a number of projects, and social media tools allow us to not only work together closely, but connect our work to others and others to our work. Conference experiences are heightened, and more useful to my institution because I can connect my co-workers to ideas and conversations in real time. Social media allows my unit to share what we’re doing with others and get feedback. We can test our learner experiences with individuals all over the world, and create a better environment for MSU students and faculty.
Most utilized tools
Twitter
YouTube
Google Docs (the social and sharing features)/Hangouts
Zoom (not strictly social media, but I use it in some social media-like ways)
WordPress
Dabbagh, N., & Kitsantas, A. (2012). Personal Learning Environments, social media, and self regulated learning: A natural formula for connecting formal and informal learning. The Internet and higher education, 15(1), 3-8.
To assist higher education faculty and instructors in scaffolding student self-regulation skills in the creation of PLEs we developed a pedagogical framework for social media use based on the levels of interactivity that social media tools enable. These levels are: (1) personal information management, (2) social interaction and collaboration, and (3) information aggregation and management (Dabbagh and Reo, 2011a and Kitsantas and Dabbagh, 2010). Dabbagh and Reo used Gibson's (1977) theory of affordances to argue that social media possess features that users can activate “to enable the degree of interaction and sharing desired and/or required for learning” (p. 13). The goal of this framework is to inform college faculty and instructors how to engage students in a transformative cycle of creating PLEs that support self-regulated learning. In doing so, PLEs can become effective pedagogical tools that influence students' cognitive processes in addition to serving as vehicles for informal learning (Turker & Zingel, 2008).
Note: Social media is encouraged in my unit. We use our official account to facilitate communication related to technology, and our individual accounts to highlight what we’re working on, and engage people in real time in our brainstorming and activities. We use crowd-sourcing regularly.
Treem, J. W., & Leonardi, P. M. (2012). Social media use in organizations: Exploring the affordances of visibility, editability, persistence, and association.Communication yearbook, 36, 143-189.
Through Advisor Interaction, Influence & Integration we will see more connected learning.