These slides framed a workshop at Macquarie University for academics participating in a supervision enhancement workshop facilitated by Merilyn Childs

1. PhD Supervision and twitter - a ‘why’ and ‘how’ workshop conversation
Supervision Enhancement Program
Dr Merilyn Childs
Associate Professor and Convenor
Supervision Enhancement Program
Merilyn.childs@mq.edu.au
5/11/2015

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Before we start.
1. Does everyone have a
Twitter account?
Please logon
https://twitter.com
2. I need a volunteer scribe for
Brainstorm - slides 5 and 18.
3. If you are already a tweeter
today’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

6. …I started here. #edtech supporting #activelearning
My why?

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This makes it easier. #edtech supporting #activelearning
My why?

8. 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 at
6. To be ‘in the know’ (PD)
7. To share
8. Oh. And to do something in
boring meetings
My why?

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

10. 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?

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http://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 that
she had PhD scholarships available. I would not have heard about these
had I not been following her on twitter. I was not even looking for scholarships
at that time… In one of my first ‘professional’ twitter interactions I tweeted her
and 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 thank
for 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?

13. 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 the
experienced tweeters)

16. 16Send a tweet using the hashtag #MQPhDSup

17. 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.

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

19. 19OFFICE I FACULTY I DEPARTMENT
https://twitter.com/HdrOpen
What does your tweet
look like from my
perspective?

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Twitter Safety & Abuse Video

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Decide your starting strategy.
AND
Learn more.
Twitter Support
Academics Using Twitter
Academics Using Twitter Guide
Tweeting at conferences
Think 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