Introduction to the 'Networked Scholar' Discussion Series on 'Tweeting Scholars' at the European University Institute on 14th October 2016.

1. “Scholars who make use of participatory technologies and online
social networks to share, improve, validate, and further their
scholarship engage in networked scholarship.” (Veletsianos 2016)
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2. Moving online in Higher Education? What does
that mean for core activities of scholars?
• Publishing
• Research
• Teaching
• Networking
accessible, open, interactive, instantaneous
Role of Higher Education for knowledge
creation and sharing? 2
Why this series?

3. ”..how can such a brief medium have any
relevance to universities and academia, where
journal articles are 3,000 to 8,000 words long,
and where books contain 80,000 words? Can
anything of academic value ever be said in just
140 characters?”
In: Mollett, Amy and Moran, Danielle and Dunleavy, Patrick (2011) Using Twitter in university research, teaching and impact
activities. Impact of Social Sciences: Maximizing the impact of academic research, LSE Public Policy Group, London School of
Economics and Political Science. London, UK.
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Twitter, seriously?

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What you said about Twitter
in the academy:
“…to contact with
academicians around the
globe instantly…”
“…increasing publicity
for scholarly work..”
“…open discussions on
precise topics in a public
and easily way…”
“…am very unfamiliar with
Twitter, not having an account
myself, but am intrigued as to
possibilities of networking with
academic and broader non-
academic public
“… create an
active &
informed public
sphere…”
“…collecting information about
what is going on all around the
world in terms of conferences,
publications..”
“…Researchers must find a way to communicate their
results outside academia. Twitter is the hardest way, but
the most immediate. Ability in using Twitter is a new skill to
be developed. Finding catchy short sentences for
summarizing long research stories is challenging….”
“…impact of their research outcomes is
today exposed in social media, and soon
Impact Factor will not be the only way to
measure scholar impact…”
“…I tried to stay
away from Twitter
because I thought
that academia is
about the search
for the truth which
cannot comply
with word and
time limits. But
maybe I am wrong.
I want to learn
more about…”

5. • Déborah Dubald – 3rd year researcher in the
Department of History and Civilization
• Jean-Michel Glachant – Director of Florence
School of regulation (Schuman Centre) and
Professor of Economics
• Martin Scheinin – Dean of Graduate Studies
and Professor of International Law and Human
Rights
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Today’s Twitter ‘advocates’

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We started already to discuss
and share … on #EUITweets