Social Media @ Jubilee Graduate Centre. Series of sessions on the use of social media in academic practice. Delivered to PhD students and Early Career Researchers (ECRs). Session Two: Blogging and Microblogging, Tagging, Syndication and Aggregation. 5 February 2008. Co-authored with LeRoy Hill.

1. Session Two Blogging and Microblogging, Tagging, Syndication and Aggregation Andy Coverdale & LeRoy Hill B14 Jubilee Graduate Centre 5 February 2010

3. Microblogging (Twitter)

4. Activity: Discussion

5. Tagging

6. Syndication and Aggregation1pm Lunch: Further Discussion and Questions

7. http://www.wordle.net

8. Blogging: Anatomy of a Blog Search Archives / Calendar Posts (reverse chronological) Categories OR Tags (List/Cloud) Author, Date Blogroll About Page (Identity Profile) RSS (Posts & Comments) Comments

11. Informality – opportunities to experiment with different writing forms / styles

12. Generality – writing to a wider audienceContexts Risk-free – shape ideas, formulate thoughts, and concepts Work in progress – raw content for thesis, journal article or conference paper Emphasis on personal perspective, opinion or experience

13. Blogging: Peer Review The ‘Blogosphere’ Blogging Community – reading, linking to, and commenting on other blogs Comments and Pingbacks – feedback and review Traditional Forms of Peer Review Formal support and feedback structures from experts and peers - limited in scope and frequency Blogging – Informal, Distributed and Frequent Establish sustainable channels of discussion, feedback and peer support Extend beyond immediate research community – Geographically and Disciplinary Blogs as ‘Boundary Objects’ (Efimova, 2009) Efimova, L. (2009). Passion at work: blogging practices of knowledge workers. Enschede, Netherlands: Novay.

14. Blogging: Process and Reflection Narrative Journal style entry provides narrative structure (e.g. doctoral experience) ‘Following’ blogs Reflective Demonstration and documentation of process Navigation Searchable tool - chronological (time-based) vs. conceptual (ideas-based) Chronological – by date, month, year Conceptual – by category or tags

15. Microblogging Twitter Microcontent – ‘tweets’ (maximum 140 characters) Following and followers Retweeting, direct messaging, replies, Lists, groups and hashtags Twitter Technologies Twitter clients and services – Interfaces, content support, tracking and visualisation etc. Interconnectivity with other social media – e.g. Delicious (social bookmarking)

17. Notification – new blog posts, publications and bookmarks, events, call for papers, announcements and cancellations etc.

18. Self-promotion

19. ‘Crowdsourcing’ – asking questions, making enquiries

20. Real-time social networking and interaction

21. Real-time search engine

23. Following and ‘Unfollowing’

24. Reciprocity

25. (Academic) Hierarchies

26. Personal vs. Professional

27. Information Overload – the ‘Fire Hose’

28. Widespread institutional adoption (e.g. University of Nottingham)

29. Retweeting – Bottom-up / Top-down Design

32. Social Bookmarking

33. Collaborative BookmarkingTagging also prevalent in blogging, and content sharing sites (e.g. Flickr, YouTube, Slideshare etc.) Dedicated academic sites and services

34. Tagging: Theory and Context Folksonomy (Vander Wal, 2004) ‘Folk’ + ‘Taxonomy’ Knowledge resource created through the process of tagging Taxonomy / Ontology Folksonomy Top-down Bottom-up Vertical / Hierarchical Horizontal / Non-hierarchical Created by ‘Experts’ Created by many Each ‘thing’ exists in one place Things exist in more than one place

35. Tagging: Theory and Context http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9e/GFO_taxonomy_tree.png http://phdblog.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/calibrate.jpg

36. Tagging: Theory and Context Social / democratic production Interconnectivity of social media Increased information flow – tools and strategies Everything is Miscellaneous (Weinberger, 2007) Information R/Evolution Michael Wesch Digital Ethnography, Kansas State University

37. Tagging: Bookmarking Personal Bookmarking Personal organisation / management of Bookmarks Searchable – Tag List / Cloud Further Organisation Tools – Bundle Tags / Multiple Sites Group / Collaborative Bookmarking Participatory and democratic knowledge base Social Bookmarking Use as search engine – keyword / user Search other users bookmarks Subscriptions, networks etc. Tagging (in)consistency – Intra-personal and inter-personal

39. Browser-based

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42. Syndication and Aggregation Web Portals Methods of integration between applications (iGoogle, Pageflakes, Netvibes etc.) Personal Learning Environment (PLE) or Network (PLN) Concept developed from e-learning / learning technologists Seen as an alternative to VLE (e.g. WebCT) VLE – Institutional, centrally managed, curriculum-based PLE – Personal, learner managed, self-directed Professional Development Tools E-Portfolios

44. http://edtechpost.wikispaces.com/PLE+Diagrams

45. Lunch: Further Discussion and Questions Graduate School Feedback Forms Please spend a few moments to fill in the feedback forms provided. Thanks. Our last session is onWednesday 17 February: Social Networking and Collaboration Online Resource http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/jubileegraduatecentre/training-and-events/events-resources.phtml OR: http://tiny.cc/ruSBF Contact jubilee-graduate-centre@nottingham.ac.uk Twitter #smjgc1