Academic Twitter and Scholarly Identity
By Social Sciences TU Dublin & Grangegorman Public Art
Date and time
Tue, 20 Feb 2018 13:00 - 14:00 GMT
Location
RD005 Rathdown House,
DIT Grangegorman, Dublin 7 Lower Grangegorman Road Dublin 7 Dublin IrelandDescription
The next seminar in the Social Sciences Roundtable Series takes place on Tuesday 20th February 2018 in RD005, Rathdown House, DIT Grangegorman. Dr. Muireann O'Keefe will present on developing a scholarly identity on social media (see abstract below). Please forward to others in your network who may be interested.
Title: Academic Twitter and scholarly identity: constructing your digital scholarly identity on Twitter
Social media, such as Twitter, are increasingly part of work practices in higher education providing opportunities for promoting academic work and research while offering prospects for networking and learning. However, alongside opportunities, social media presents challenges about how to engage and represent oneself as a scholar and academic online.This seminar will present recent research into using social media for scholarly purposes and highlights the nuances and challenges that exist as we begin to engage in social media spaces. The seminar will initiate a discussion on how best to develop a scholarly identity on social media to effectively share and promote research.
Social media, such as Twitter, are increasingly part of work practices in higher education providing opportunities for promoting academic work and research while offering prospects for networking and learning. However, alongside opportunities, social media presents challenges about how to engage and represent oneself as a scholar and academic online.This seminar will present recent research into using social media for scholarly purposes and highlights the nuances and challenges that exist as we begin to engage in social media spaces. The seminar will initiate a discussion on how best to develop a scholarly identity on social media to effectively share and promote research.
All welcome. Tea/coffee sandwiches will be provided. Please register in advance for catering purposes.
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For further queries, contact Dr. Mairead Seymour mairead.seymour@dit.ie