Social Media for the Busy Academic Presentation for the University of Derby Learning, Teaching and Assessment Conference 2013 by Sarah Horrigan with Tristram Hooley June 2013

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Social Media
for the
Busy Academic
Sarah Horrigan and Tristram Hooley

2. “websites and applications that enable
users to create and share content or
to participate in social networking”
Oxford University Press, 2013
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Social media

3. Social media is…

5. … but a bit scary

6. … but also very useful

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9. 7 C’s of
Digital
Career
Literacy
Changing
Collecting
Critiquing
ConnectingCommunicating
Creating
Curating
Source: Hooley, T., 2012, “7 Cs of digital career literacy”

10. How does that
relate to the role
of the academic?

11. 7 C’s of
Digital
Career
Literacy
Changing
Collecting
Critiquing
ConnectingCommunicating
Creating
Curating
Source: Hooley, T., 2012, “7 Cs of digital career literacy”

12. Apply them to
an academic
context

13. 1. Changing

14. But how?

15. Changing attitude

16. Changing confidence

17. Changing skills

18. 2. Collecting

19. Find
Store
Retrieve
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20. 3. Critiquing

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22. 4. Connecting

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25. 5. Communicating

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1. Connect with other people

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2. ‘Water the plants’

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3. Do a bit of research

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4. Be yourself… your public self

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5. ‘Be prepared to pivot’

31. 6. Creating

33. 7. Curating

34. Have you Googled yourself lately??

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Social Media
for the
Busy Academic
Sarah Horrigan and Tristram Hooley