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Becoming a Networked Scholar
The document discusses the transformation of academic identity and influence through online networks, emphasizing the shift from knowledge scarcity to abundance. It highlights how networks facilitate self-dissemination and the importance of visibility and interaction in establishing scholarly presence. Ultimately, it raises questions about the evolving nature of academic reputation and the signals scholars project in digital spaces.
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- 1. Becoming a NetworkedScholar Bonnie Stewart University of Prince Edward Island h"ps://www.flickr.com/photos/gforsythe/8717211019/
- 2. dissemination of knowledge what people hadfor lunch CHANGE IN HIGHER ED Premise: Online networks enable different forms of academic identity and influence than institutions do
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- 4. Why? Multiple Axesof Change knowledge scarcity knowledge abundance anytime, anywhere public funding marketization set time & place
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- 7. Structure of abundance= Networks
- 8. Price of admission= public identity
- 9. h"ps://www.flickr.com/photos/ooohoooh/1350774613/ Networks arenot just for consuming, but connecting.
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- 11. Knowledge abundance enablesus to create ourselves as network nodes, forming webs of visible (& invisible) connections h"ps://www.flickr.com/photos/mkhmarke>ng/8468788107
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- 14. Some nodes aremore equal than others
- 15. Networks & institutions areboth reputational economies
- 16. To become readablein networks, you need to learn how to read. h"ps://www.flickr.com/photos/koonisutra/7001349018/
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- 18. “Those within theacademy become very skilled at judging the stuff of reputations. Where has the person’s work been published, what claims of priority in discovery have they established, how often have they been cited, how and where reviewed, what prizes won, what institutional ties earned, what organizations led?” Willinsky, 2010
- 19. Reading Status Signals • Where you went to school • Who your supervisor was • Where you’ve published (& their impact factor) • Your h-index • Your citation count • The associations you belong to • Your rank in the academic hierarchy
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- 23. Networks = self-dissemination &new signals
- 24. Intersecting Prestige Economies Institutional Scholarship Google Howwork gets seen/known/used
- 25. Google yourself. Whatdo your signals say? • Are you visible on the first page? • Can I find an interactive platform through which to engage with you or your work? • Do you share your own work and that of others openly? • Can I see you speak/talk/teach? • Are there any red flags?
- 26. For building academicidentity & influence online, you need a platform.
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- 29. What do youSEE when you look at a Twitter profile?
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- 31. Institutional affiliation doesn’tmatter (except Oxford) longevity!
- 32. Shared contexts &standing out
- 34. capacity to contribute to “The Conversation” scaleof visibility common interests & disciplines shared ties Influence = perception of capacity to contribute
- 35. Sometimes…I’ll choose someone withtwenty followers, because I come across something they’ve managed to say in 140 characters, and I think “oh, look at you, crafting on a grain of rice.” - @KateMfD h"ps://www.flickr.com/photos/visualpanic/843670538
- 36. • THE WHAT ITDOES
- 37. Is the effortworth it?
- 38. Benefits as human:support & care
- 39. Benefits as thinker: just-in-timechoral conversation
- 40. Benefits as writer:crowdsourcing
- 41. Benefits as learner& scholar: engagement & perspective
- 42. Benefits as learner& scholar: access & profile
- 43. Benefits as teacher:opportunities to connect students to real audiences
- 44. How will Iknow if I’m succeeding?
- 45. 9 years blogging,8 years on Twitter, 3 months with a Ph.D • 4 peer-reviewed publications (+ 3 more pending review) • 17 public articles on higher ed & networks (Salon, The Guardian UK, Inside Higher Ed) • 474 citations • 11 keynote/plenary presentations • 30+ conference talks • 5 local/national CBC radio appearances • place at the table in leading conversations in my field
- 46. + uncountable flops,failures, rejections, dead-ends, and sites of confusion & uncertainty
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- 48. What signals willyou send?
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Editor's Notes
- #3 Think of a Venn diagram. Here’s traditional dissemination, here’s what people had for lunch. I study the middle. Because so long as senior scholars and administrators and tenure committees think Twitter is what people had for lunch, there’s a gap in our understanding of influence signals, especially in fields that are changing rapidly.
- #9 And it’s more than just putting work online.. It’s a stretching beyond your institutional role to create identity positions within audiences and networks you may not have known were there…through ongoing networked practices.
- #16 Parallel between networks & institutions -