Authentic Blogging for Staff at Sussex

Pilot Course Participants Frances Aldrich School of Life Sciences Hanne De Jaegher Informatics HiIlary Lawson School of Social Work & Social Care Suzanne Hyde Centre for Continuing Education Ian Cunningham Centre for Educational Innovation

Frances Aldrich School of Life Sciences

Hanne De Jaegher Informatics HiIlary Lawson School of Social Work & Social Care Suzanne Hyde Centre for Continuing Education Ian Cunningham Centre for Educational Innovation

Why blog? Ever felt isolated? Wanted to reach an audience? Ever needed £ for research? Wanted to improve communication skills? Wanted more dialogue & learning?

Ever felt isolated?

Wanted to reach an audience?

Ever needed £ for research?

Wanted to improve communication skills?

Wanted more dialogue & learning?

Wider Potential

Question? Why would I use my precious time on blogging, when I have papers & grant proposals to write?

Because blogging can directly lead to papers & attracting grant money

Get heard. Listen to yourself.

New Connections

Stakeholders

Dialogue, Learning & Engagement You & Blog Have you considered…? Hmm…Engaged researcher. Give funding..? Interesting! I think… Seen my new paper / idea..? S C S RF P RP Conference?

Academic Blogging Portals & Feeds Professors Who Blog Blog Scholar

Professors Who Blog

Blog Scholar

Example Blogs http://lifeandmind.wordpress.com/ http://callierlibrary.wordpress.com/ (Thanks Hanne :-)

http://lifeandmind.wordpress.com/

http://callierlibrary.wordpress.com/

(Thanks Hanne :-)

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