Using Twitter for Academic Communication

Dr. Amy Scott MetcalfeDepartment of Educational Studies

Faculty of EducationUniversity of British Columbia

Using Twitter for Academic Communication

Digital and Social Media for Research Purposes: A Panel

Date:  Tuesday, February 10, 2015Time:  12:30 – 2:00 p.m.Venue:  University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, Scarfe Building – Room 310What is the significance of social media, digital technologies and online platforms to advance research in education? Digital and social media can play a role at all stages of the research process, including the generation of research questions, data collection, analysis, academic dissemination, and knowledge mobilization. This panel will bring together four researchers from the Faculty of Education – two faculty members and two trainees – who will share their experience using digital and social media for research purposes. Their brief presentations will be followed by a period for questions and open discussion.

Panelists:Dr. Mary Bryson (Professor, LLED) will speak about the use of Digital Storytelling as a method for health knowledge mobilizationDr. Amy Metcalfe (Associate Professor, EDST) will talk about her experience using Twitter for academic communicationDr. Chelsey Hauge (postdoctoral fellow, Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality & Social Justice) will share her experience using digital media production for social justice in the context of international educationAshley Shaw (PhD student in EDCP) will discuss her research in online communities, including Facebook and MOOCs

Dr. Natasha Boskic, Senior Manager of Learning Design in the Faculty of Education, will facilitate the panel.

http://yre.educ.ubc.ca/digital-and-social-media-panel/

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Twitter for Academic Communication

• Dissemination of research• Connecting with students beyond the campus• Establishing and maintaining scholarly networks• Conference communication• Policy advocacy and activism• Current events and news in academia• Internal university news and communication• Unit of analysis for research on higher ed• Humour

Dissemination of ResearchGulson, K. N., & Metcalfe, A. S. (2015). Introduction: Education policy analysis for a complex world: Poststructural possibilities. Critical Studies in Education, 56(1), 1-4.

My tweet

Publisher’s tweet

Journal’s tweet

Research in progress

Connecting with students beyond the campus

Establishing and maintaining scholarly networks

Conference communication

Policy advocacy and activism

Current events and news in academia

Internal university news and communication

Unit of analysis for research

Humour

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