Twitter and Higher Degree Research (HDR) supervision

PhD Supervision and twitter - a ‘why’ and ‘how’ workshop conversationSupervision Enhancement Program

Dr Merilyn ChildsAssociate Professor and ConvenorSupervision Enhancement ProgramMerilyn.childs@mq.edu.au5/11/2015

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Before we start.

1. Does everyone have a Twitter account?

Please logonhttps://twitter.com

2. I need a volunteer scribe for Brainstorm - slides 5 and 18.

3. If you are already a tweetertoday’s hashtag is #MQPhDSup

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1. Why use twitter? (70% of workshop)

2. Use twitter (10% of workshop)

3. Next steps? (20% of workshop)

http://onlinephdprogram.org/twitter-accounts/

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Brainstorm

This space is for brainstorm

…I started here. #edtech supporting #activelearning

My why?

7This makes it easier. #edtech supporting #activelearning

My why?

1. To be a digital adventurer 2. To participate in the worlds

the #nextgen were born into

3. To take a short cut 4. To create presence 5. To ‘be’ at things I can’t be

at6. To be ‘in the know’ (PD)7. To share8. Oh. And to do something in

boring meetings

My why?

I “attended” via twitter #herdsa2015 and webinar where available

Australians’ digital lives—research ACMA report

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Dixon (2015) http://www.slideshare.net/HelenDixon1/twitter-for-researchers-34616801/10

A researcher’s reasons why?

12http://thesiswhisperer.com/2014/10/22/why-you-should-use-twitter-during-your-phd/

“A professor in my field whose work I very much admired … tweeted thatshe had PhD scholarships available. I would not have heard about thesehad I not been following her on twitter. I was not even looking for scholarshipsat that time… In one of my first ‘professional’ twitter interactions I tweeted herand asked about the possibility of an international scholarship. She replied that she had one.

As I now sit in Australia on that international scholarship I have twitter to thankfor this opportunity to complete my PhD.”

Sheree Bekker, the Australian Centre for Research into Injury in Sport and its Prevention (ACRISP), Federation University Australia, October 22nd, 2014.

A PhD student’s why?

A PhD student’s why?

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impact

dissemination

reputation

networks

promotion

reporting

post-grad employability

sharing

collaboration

Strategic reasons why?

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#edresearch#edstudies#PhDChat#PhDAdvice #ScholarSunday#AdjunctChat#PhDForum#AcWri (academic writings)#academia#Highered#PhDSupervisor

What do you use? (a question for theexperienced tweeters)

16Send a tweet using the hashtag #MQPhDSup

Where did the hashtag #MQPhDSup come from?

I made it up when I joined MQ 3 months ago. For workshops like this.Checked out no-one else was using it by doing a hashtag search.

Easy.

18POST A TWEET: If this is your first tweet, and you feel like it, you can add #firsttweet

19OFFICE I FACULTY I DEPARTMENT

https://twitter.com/HdrOpen

What does your tweetlook like from my perspective?

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Twitter Safety & Abuse Video

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Decide your starting strategy.

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Learn more.Twitter SupportAcademics Using TwitterAcademics Using Twitter GuideTweeting at conferencesThink about ethics, privacy etc.

Google search “twitter for beginners”Google search “hashtags for…”

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Brainstorm – what’s your starting strategy?

This space is for brainstorm

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Be safe. Know the etiquette.

There are cliques and communities in twitter. Be mindful.

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Don’t do #humblebragging (academics are prime suspects)

Do check out #academicswhotweet as a good source of people to follow

Do check out @AcademicsSay and @AcademiaObscura

And if you are into this kind of thing, see #academicswithcats