Leveraging your online presence to develop a professional learning network

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Presentation at the Higher Education Academy Computing Seminar at Birmingham City University

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Sue Beckingham

@suebecks

Networked Participatory Scholarship

The emergent practice of scholars’ use of participatory technologies and online social networks to share, reflect upon,

critique, improve, validate and further their scholarship

Veletsianos and Kimmons 2012

SOCIAL MEDIA

web based and mobile technology that allows the user to produce and share information with others using text and/or media (video, audio, images), who in turn are then able to engage in a interactive dialogue about the content.

Considerations

PersistenceOnline expressions are automatically

recorded and archived

SearchabilityContent in networked publics can be

accessed through search

ScalabilityThe potential visibility of content in

networked publics is great

ReplicabilityContent made out of bits can be

duplicated

Structural affordances of

networked publics

Boyd 2011:46 in A Networked Self: Identity, Community and Culture on Social Network Sites

Identity

Facets include: reputation… impact… influence.. productivity… openness

Conole 2013

Taking charge of your online presence

• Google yourself to discover what is on the internet about you

• Evaluate your online reputation• Protect your online presence and regularly

review settings on your social networks • Cultivate your professional reputation• Monitor the interactions with your online

presence by setting up alerts

http://socialmedia4us.wordpress.com/

Fish where the fish areJeff Jarvis

Where to start?

More than 2.9 million companies

have LinkedIn Company Pages

LinkedIn members are sharing insights and knowledge in

more than 2.1 million LinkedIn

groups

LinkedIn members did over 5.7 billion

professionally-oriented searches on the platform in

2012.

http://inmaps.linkedinlabs.com/

Building online communities

Strong membership

Influence

Integration and fulfilment of needs

Shared emotional connection

students

colleagues

family

friendsspecialism acquaintances

business advisors

service providers

BuildingConnections

YOU

YOU

students and alumni

colleagues

family

friendsspecialism acquaintances

business advisors

service providers

Strong Connections

bossesco-workers

subordinates

school/uni, hobbies, neighbours, work etc

parents siblingschildren

students and alumni

colleagues

family

friendsspecialism acquaintances

business advisors

service providers

Weak Connections

YOU

Knowledge from a network perspective is about connecting experiences, relationships, and situations.

Jarche 2013

Jobs

opportunities

knowledge

skills

collaborations

Sharing...

Altimeter Group 2012:11

Social Capital

HEA STEM (Computing): Professional Presences for AcademicsDate: 9 May 2013Start Time: 10:00 amLocation/venue: Birmingham City University, Millennium Point, Birmingham, B4 7XG

Sue Beckingham MA FHEA FSEDA FAUASheffield Hallam University

Twitter: @suebecks