The document outlines steps researchers can take to increase the external visibility and impact of their research through social media. It discusses moving from being a "digital hermit" with no online presence, to having a moderate online presence by synchronizing across several platforms like Mendeley and ResearchGate. The most engaged level is being a "digital avant-garde" through having one's own website, contributing to collective platforms, creating mashups of academic content and data, and utilizing analytics and open educational resources. Researchers are challenged to raise their digital profile within 1-3 months.
1. Steps to external visibility and impact
Research and Social Media Symposium
23 June 2015
Social Media – Research, Reputation and Impact
Tuesday, 23
rd
June 2015
Dr. Mike Mimirinis
Centre for Academic Practice Enhancement
Middlesex University
3. digital hermits
• voluntary and involuntary hermits
• establishing a digital profile
• scholar, twitter, linkedin
• mimicking a digital leader of your field/community of
practice
• producing video and audio assets
• managing online identities
4. moderate middle
• synchronise presence across several platforms
• bookmarking tools
• publishing and sharing content ( e.g. Mendeley,
scribd, academia.edu, Research Gate, Github)
• managing digital footprint
• curated spaces
5. digital avant-garde
• central presence though own web space
• collective platforms (editorship of)
• mash-ups (compile content from academic collections, broadcast media,
data repositories, museums and private collections or produce timeline of
events)
• automate content
• utilise analytics, open data, OERs, MOOCs
6. digital avant-garde (cont.)
• contribution channels for student contributions
- encourages students to work harder
• social networks visualisations