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Social media usage of researchers working in the field of Technology
Enhanced Learning (TEL)working title
Barbara Kieslinger
Research questionsWhat is the value of social media usage for the personal careers of researchers active in the field of Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL)?
1. Context/history/personal trajectory
2. Purpose & value
3. Personal networks/social capital
Research questions1. Context/History/Personal Trajectory
How do scientists arrive at creating web presence via social media and how & why do they refrain from it?
How has this practice been shaped and changed over time?
What factors are influencing and provoking change in the use of social media (e.g. career position, etc.)?
Research questions2. Purpose & Value
What is the main purpose and motivation of an active use of social media?
How important is the use of social media for the work and career of TEL researchers and how much time and effort is dedicated to such practice?
How important is online reputation?
Research questions 3. Personal Networks/Social Capital
Does the use of social media have an effect on the researcher’s social capital?
Are hierarchical structures and borders reflected in social media or are they fading?
The adapted honeycomb of social media (original from Kietzmann 2011)
Researchers and social media
Use and awareness of social media in research by type of tool (CIBER report 2010)
Researchers and social media
Use of social media tools of researchers by age group (CIBER report 2010)
Researchers and social media: drivers
global collaboration
intuitive & easy to use tools
social relations
information retrieval
scientific marketing
reputation management
“To exchange ideas and to get ideas but, most of all, to disseminate ideas....its of big value to be able to communicate with academics all over the world”
(source from RIN 2010 report)
Researchers and social media: barriers
lack of time
prevailing incentive system in academia
quality aspects
competition and transparency of research
need for being constantly online
“Trying to fit blog into annual appraisal as measure of impact: over past year 42k visits, 53k page views, 32k visitors from 153 countries
mweller, 23 March 2011, Twitter
Technology Enhanced Learning
“Computer mediated technological support for learning activities”
multidisciplinarypsychology, educational sciences, computer science, organisational and management science, etc
subcommunitiesCSCL (Computer Supported Collaborative Learning), game-based learning/serious games, mobile learning, workplace learning,.....
Core research areas in TEL Computer-supported collaborative learning
Ubiquitous & mobile technology/learning
Interoperability
Emotional and motivational aspects of learning
Reducing the digital divide
Improve practices of formal education
Informal learning
Connection between formal and informal learning
Workplace learning
Contextualised learning
Personalisation of learning (Spada, Plesch, & Kaendler, 2011)
Conceptual framework
Research methods
Quantitative Qualitative
Online ethnography
Co-construction of cases
Questionnaire in TEL community
Social media
It’s not about technology, it’s about the people using it