This presentation was created by myself and Melanie Sage of the University at Buffalo for our visit with the College of Social Work at the Ohio State University in August 2017, where we talked about how social work faculty can harness technology for their social work scholarship.
Case Europe Consumer Marketing in Higher EducationLaurence Borel
Presentation prepared for Case Europe Consumer Marketing in Higher Education. How to implement a digital marketing strategy Presentation prepared for Case Europe Consumer Marketing in Higher Education.
This workshop will inform participants about the mechanics as well as the advantages and disadvantages of professional learning networks (PLN), both as a scholar and in the classroom. A professional learning network (also known as a personalized learning network) includes technology-based tools and processes used by a social worker to stay up-to-date and share information about current news, practice knowledge and the latest research findings. Participants will learn how to establish and grow their own PLN, integrate PLNs into a classroom or curriculum, and appreciate how the theory of Connectivism (Siemens, 2005) informs the practice of PLNs.
Professional learning networks (PLN) include tech-based tools and processes used by social workers to stay current and share information about news, practice knowledge and research findings. Participants will learn how to establish their own PLN, integrate PLNs into a classroom, and appreciate how theory informs the practice of PLNs.
Introduction to Social Media for ResearchersHelen Dixon
Slides from the Introduction to Social Media for Researchers course produced by Dr Helen Dixon for Postgraduate Research Students at Queen's University Belfast.
Case Europe Consumer Marketing in Higher EducationLaurence Borel
Presentation prepared for Case Europe Consumer Marketing in Higher Education. How to implement a digital marketing strategy Presentation prepared for Case Europe Consumer Marketing in Higher Education.
This workshop will inform participants about the mechanics as well as the advantages and disadvantages of professional learning networks (PLN), both as a scholar and in the classroom. A professional learning network (also known as a personalized learning network) includes technology-based tools and processes used by a social worker to stay up-to-date and share information about current news, practice knowledge and the latest research findings. Participants will learn how to establish and grow their own PLN, integrate PLNs into a classroom or curriculum, and appreciate how the theory of Connectivism (Siemens, 2005) informs the practice of PLNs.
Professional learning networks (PLN) include tech-based tools and processes used by social workers to stay current and share information about news, practice knowledge and research findings. Participants will learn how to establish their own PLN, integrate PLNs into a classroom, and appreciate how theory informs the practice of PLNs.
Introduction to Social Media for ResearchersHelen Dixon
Slides from the Introduction to Social Media for Researchers course produced by Dr Helen Dixon for Postgraduate Research Students at Queen's University Belfast.
Integrating Technology-rich Assignments in the CurriculumLaurel Hitchcock
In this panel, four educators describe why and how they incorporate social media in classes across the curriculum. Ethical practice, professional presentation, grading social media assignments, preparing students to present for a public audience, and FERPA issues will be addressed.
Theoretical and Empirical Foundations of Connected Learning at Virginia Commo...Laura Gogia
Presentation given for VCU School of Social Work on January 20, 2016 on the approach to connected learning promoted by VCU Academic Learning Transformation Lab
Workshop slides for PGR students at De Montfort University on 12 February 2015. See: http://www.richard-hall.org/2015/02/11/notes-on-social-media-for-researchers/
Slides from the Making an Impact through Social Media Workshop at the University of Edinburgh Digital Humanities: What Does It Mean? information session, organised by Forum Journal, in Edinburgh.
LMS (D2L) and Social Media (SM): friends or foes? Surveys open August 24, 1PM...Plamen Miltenoff
How much of the class interaction belongs to Twitter and Facebook and how much to LMS (e.g. D2L)? Where do students’ and instructors’ preferences lie when choosing between LMS and social media and how to be reconciled? What are the advantages of using social media as communication channel to the advantages of using LMS?
Global digital context
Social Media, a definition
Social Media policies?
Digital identity – the ‘research professional’
Social Media tools for academia?
Social Media – a new data source
Social Media in Research –
what considerations?
Citing Social Media sources
Value of Social Media?
Twitter has been celebrated as a tool for professional learning. However many of the assertions about the benefits of Twitter for professional learning have been anecdotal proclamations rather than research-evidenced claims.
This presentation draws on findings from my EdD research, which explored how higher education professionals use Twitter for learning. A case study approach enabled in-depth exploration of how and why Twitter was used by professionals for learning about teaching-related practices. The research found that participants used Twitter in different ways: some peripherally participated on Twitter, while others participated at the centre of online-networked spaces.
These findings contradict commonly held views that open online spaces, such as Twitter, are inherently social. The research established that capacity to participate, feelings of confidence and vulnerability, and finding a sense of belonging online were contributing factors to participation or non-participation in such spaces.
These findings highlight the complexity of participating in online social spaces for learning. Thus, there are implications for those who advocate online social networks for learning. Critical thought and further discussion coupled with suitable supports are required if open online spaces are to be advocated and encouraged for learning in higher education contexts.
These slides present some of my EdD research findings (Sept 2016). My research highlights the complexity of open online social networks for professional learning and online activities of higher education professionals.
This is a basic overview of several social media platforms as well as specific guidance for creating or improving the visibility of your research profile. Created for the Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health & Comparative Medicine at the University of Glasgow.
Social Networking, Online Communities & Research - WCHRI RoundsColleen Young
This presentation explores how researchers can leverage the social web throughout all stages of research from study design, recruitment and through to knowledge dissemination and integrated KT. Colleen Young discusses the synergies of online communities and research, the people who lead and manage the communities and researchers. The presenter encourages discussion throughout the presentation and will tailor its flow to the attendees' knowledge and participation.
Integrating Technology-rich Assignments in the CurriculumLaurel Hitchcock
In this panel, four educators describe why and how they incorporate social media in classes across the curriculum. Ethical practice, professional presentation, grading social media assignments, preparing students to present for a public audience, and FERPA issues will be addressed.
Theoretical and Empirical Foundations of Connected Learning at Virginia Commo...Laura Gogia
Presentation given for VCU School of Social Work on January 20, 2016 on the approach to connected learning promoted by VCU Academic Learning Transformation Lab
Workshop slides for PGR students at De Montfort University on 12 February 2015. See: http://www.richard-hall.org/2015/02/11/notes-on-social-media-for-researchers/
Slides from the Making an Impact through Social Media Workshop at the University of Edinburgh Digital Humanities: What Does It Mean? information session, organised by Forum Journal, in Edinburgh.
LMS (D2L) and Social Media (SM): friends or foes? Surveys open August 24, 1PM...Plamen Miltenoff
How much of the class interaction belongs to Twitter and Facebook and how much to LMS (e.g. D2L)? Where do students’ and instructors’ preferences lie when choosing between LMS and social media and how to be reconciled? What are the advantages of using social media as communication channel to the advantages of using LMS?
Global digital context
Social Media, a definition
Social Media policies?
Digital identity – the ‘research professional’
Social Media tools for academia?
Social Media – a new data source
Social Media in Research –
what considerations?
Citing Social Media sources
Value of Social Media?
Twitter has been celebrated as a tool for professional learning. However many of the assertions about the benefits of Twitter for professional learning have been anecdotal proclamations rather than research-evidenced claims.
This presentation draws on findings from my EdD research, which explored how higher education professionals use Twitter for learning. A case study approach enabled in-depth exploration of how and why Twitter was used by professionals for learning about teaching-related practices. The research found that participants used Twitter in different ways: some peripherally participated on Twitter, while others participated at the centre of online-networked spaces.
These findings contradict commonly held views that open online spaces, such as Twitter, are inherently social. The research established that capacity to participate, feelings of confidence and vulnerability, and finding a sense of belonging online were contributing factors to participation or non-participation in such spaces.
These findings highlight the complexity of participating in online social spaces for learning. Thus, there are implications for those who advocate online social networks for learning. Critical thought and further discussion coupled with suitable supports are required if open online spaces are to be advocated and encouraged for learning in higher education contexts.
These slides present some of my EdD research findings (Sept 2016). My research highlights the complexity of open online social networks for professional learning and online activities of higher education professionals.
This is a basic overview of several social media platforms as well as specific guidance for creating or improving the visibility of your research profile. Created for the Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health & Comparative Medicine at the University of Glasgow.
Social Networking, Online Communities & Research - WCHRI RoundsColleen Young
This presentation explores how researchers can leverage the social web throughout all stages of research from study design, recruitment and through to knowledge dissemination and integrated KT. Colleen Young discusses the synergies of online communities and research, the people who lead and manage the communities and researchers. The presenter encourages discussion throughout the presentation and will tailor its flow to the attendees' knowledge and participation.
The presentation provides reasons for using social media in research activities and communication. Various social media are linked to the Research Life Cycle.
The original presentation was held at a research group meeting at Utrecht University of Applied Sciences, June 2014.
Harnessing Technology for one’s own Good: Professional Learning Networks in S...Laurel Hitchcock
Participants will learn about the mechanics, advantages and disadvantages of establishing a professional learning networks (PLN), which incorporate technology-based tools and processes in a way that allows individuals to stay up-to-date and share information about current news, politics, practice knowledge and current research findings. This workshop will provide hands-on practice in designing and implementing a PLN for scholarship and advocacy.
On the last day of CSWE’s Annual Program Meeting at 10:00 AM in the Dallas Ballroom A-2, Nancy J. Smyth, Melanie Sage, Jonathan Singer, and I are presenting about how social work educators can use technology for career-long learning. Nancy, Melanie and I introduced the idea of professional learning networks (PLN) to a packed room at Social Work Distance Education Conference in April, and wanted to bring the practice to the #APM17 crowd. A PLN incorporates technology-based tools and processes in a way that allows individuals to stay up-to-date and share information about current news, practice knowledge and current research findings. We will be talking about the mechanics, advantages and disadvantages of establishing a PLN. One resources we will be sharing is our Professional Learning Network (PLN) Worksheet, which takes a social worker through the steps of creating their own PLN.
Networked Scholars, or, Why on earth do academics use social media and why ...George Veletsianos
This workshop is divided in 2 parts. In the first part, I will discuss how/why academics use social media and online networks for scholarship, and explore the opportunities and tensions that exist in these spaces. In the second part of the workshop, I will facilitate small group and large group conversations on this topic based on participant interests. Potential topics of exploration may include but are not limited to: social media participation strategies; self-disclosures on social media; capturing and analyzing social media data; ethics of social media research; social media use for networked learning.
Teaching and Learning with Social Media WorkshopJoshua Murdock
This is a workshop conduct with faculty at various college to discuss how to implement social media in education. The Teaching and Learning with Social Media Workshop is conduct by Professor Josh. For more information visit http://professorjosh.com or @professorjosh on Twitter.
Reibling - Effective Use of Social Media For Knowledge MobilizationShawna Reibling
"Effective Use of Social Media for Knowledge Mobilization". Presented by Shawna Reibling, Mobilizing.Research@gmail.com at Knowledge Mobilization Institute Summer School 2015 https://agfoodrurallink.wordpress.com/knowledge-mobilization-summer-institute/
Best Practice for Social Media in Teaching & Learning Contexts, slides accompanying a presentation by Nicola Osborne, EDINA Digital Education Manager, for Abertay University (Dundee). The hashtag for this event was #AbTLEJan2017.
NeuroDevNet NCE in collaboration with York University's KMb Unit reviewed and assessed existing guides for researchers to use social media for dissemination of research finding and engaging with their stakeholders (end users). The guides are ranked from beginner to advanced, and are presented in an annotated bibliography format which also indicates platforms/tools reviewed in each guide.
The talk is given as part of the 2019 Worldviews conference at the panel on "Digital technology’s impact on how media and higher education communicate".
Can social media help with post-graduate studies?DrCameronWebb
These are the slides from a professional development lecture I gave to University of Sydney post-graduate students at Westmead Research Hub in August 2016. The aim of this lecture was to showcase some of the ways I use social media as a researcher and public health advocate. The presentation touches on issues such as engagement with the community and mass media, increasing exposure of published research and gathering data to use for grant applications. For more on my use of social media, visit my blog https://cameronwebb.wordpress.com/
CDR Evidence Centre Technology & Social Media StrategyStephanie Glegg
This presentation provided an overview of the Child Development & Rehabilitation Evidence Centre's Technology & Social Media Strategy to our Program Managers at Sunny Hill Health Centre for Children. The presentation was augmented with hyperlinked examples of several of the key software, social media platforms and tools and how we intend to use them to augment communication and collaboration with our key stakeholders.
Evolving the Signature Pedagogy with the Social Media Toolkit for Field Educa...Laurel Hitchcock
Field Directors are increasingly dealing with ethical and practical issues related to the use of social and digital media in field education. This workshop will provide both information and tools that field directors can use to guide curricular development and assessment strategies around interprofessional communication with digital and social technologies.
Participants will learn how to access the Social Media Toolkit for Field Educators, a free resource with educator’s guide and a PowerPoint slide deck.
Changing Teaching Practices for Technology: Using the SAMR Model for Technolo...Laurel Hitchcock
Teaching with technology is a key skill for future social work educators. All social work educators, especially those early in their careers, find themselves teaching from syllabi they had no role in developing. Although there are many benefits to the "hand-me-down" syllabus, one of the limitations is that assignments are rarely updated to reflect the realities of the 21st century workplace, which now includes the use of technology to achieve practice outcomes for clients and organizations. The purpose of this workshop is show how to incorporate the use of technology into social work assignments across the curriculum.
Developing a Professional & Ethical Online Presence for Social Work PracticeLaurel Hitchcock
This presentation was delivered on 10/4/19 at the Alabama/Mississippi Social Work Education Conference in Oxford, MS. Social work practitioners and educators are increasingly dealing with ethical and practical issues related to the use of social and digital media across various practice settings. This workshop will provide information and tools that social workers can use related to the use of social and digital media in practice.
Imagining Social Work Education into the Future: Skills for Social Justice in...Laurel Hitchcock
Technology is profoundly shaping the world, especially in the delivery of education. Concurrently, services like telehealth, predictive analytics, and technology aids (i.e. Fitbits, apps and home listening devices) affect service delivery. Given these changes, how do social workers promote social justice and support privacy and equity? And consider needs of the vulnerable while harnessing technology for good? How does social work redefine the profession in the face of algorithmic solutions to human problems? This panel will introduce a dialogue about what’s happening, where are gaps in social work education, and how programs might reinvent in a rapidly-changing environment.
What role will social worker choose in shaping the digital future? Laurel Hitchcock
Keynote presentation at 2019 Social Work Distance Education Conference in San Antonio, TX, April 10, 2019 by Melanie Sage, Laurel Iverson Hitchcock and Nancy J. Smyth.
#SWDE2019 - Incorporating Technology into Social Justice Assignments for Soci...Laurel Hitchcock
The purpose of this workshop is show how to incorporate the use of technology into social work assignments that focus on social justice across the curriculum. We will provide a brief overview of teaching with technology before focusing on how to infuse technology into an assignment, providing examples for social justice focused assignments. Participants will learn to identify ways to substitute, augment, modify or redefine existing learning strategies and assignments with technology-mediated learning strategies and assignments, and leave the workshop with ideas and possible assignments that use technology to meet the learning needs identified in their syllabus.
Visualizing Data: Infographics for Teaching and Learning about Social WelfareLaurel Hitchcock
On Friday July 6, 2018 at 10:03 AM in Dobber B of the RSD at the 2018 International Social Work, Education & Social Development Conference, Nathalie Jones, Melanie Sage, Todd Sage and I (Laurel Hitchcock) are presenting we are presenting on the use of infographics in the Social Work curriculum
Visualizing Data: Infographic Assignments across the SWK CurriculumLaurel Hitchcock
The use of infographics for classroom assignments is becoming commonplace in higher education, although less is known about its use in social work education. This workshop will review how three social work educators collaborated to develop, implement and evaluate an infographic assignment for courses across the social work curriculum. By the end of the session, participants will be able to recognize how infographic tools can be incorporated into assignments for social work courses, and understand how the use of social media as a teaching tool in undergraduate courses can be used to develop and assess social work competencies.
As part of our discussion, we proposed that social media can be a tool to help social work academics and practitioners to discover and share knowledge as well as build relationships for collaborative work. Social media platforms are well-placed to allow social workers across the professional continuum to engage with each other, creating communities of learning and practice that bridge the gap between practice and research in social work.
#BPDNOLA17 - Road Map for Success: Incorporating Social Media in the Social W...Laurel Hitchcock
At BPD in 2016, I attended a wonderful session by Drs. Becky Anthony and Jennifer Jewell of Salisbury University titled Building student connection by utilizing social media in the social work classroom. They graciously wrote about this presentation in a blog post - Social Media How-To Guide for Social Work Educators (http://www.laureliversonhitchcock.org/2016/06/24/a-social-media-how-to-guide-for-social-work-educators/). Today (Saturday, March 4th), Becky and I will be presenting about how we both are the using guidelines that she and Jennifer developed, giving examples from our own teaching and classroom assignments. Please join us at 8:00 AM in Bayside B at the Sheraton in New Orleans for our presentation.
Visualizing Data: Infographic Assignments across the Social Work CurriculumLaurel Hitchcock
Today is the third day (Friday, March 3rd) of #BPDNOLA17, and I am presenting with some of my favorite #swtech peeps, Dr. Nathalie Jones of Tarleton State University and Dr. Melanie Sage of the University of North Dakota, at 1:45pm in Bayside C at the Sheraton in New Orleans. We will be talking about an infographic assignment that we jointly developed and implemented with students at each of our campuses. The use of infographics for classroom assignments is becoming commonplace in higher education, although less is known about its use in social work education. Our workshop will review how we collaborated to develop, implement and evaluate an infographic assignment for courses across the social work curriculum
#BPDNOLA17 – The Social Media Toolkit goes on the roadLaurel Hitchcock
In November 2016, I had the pleasure of presenting with Allison Curington, Director of Field Education at the University of Alabama, about our Social Media Policy Toolkit at CSWE’s 2016 Annual Program Meeting in Atlanta, GA. Today, we are at BPD’s 2017 Annual Conference in New Orleans to share our work once again. We will be talking about a project that we have been working on for the past two years, a Toolkit for Social and Digital Media Policies in Field Education. Please join us at 11:00 AM in Bayside B at the Sherton in New Orleans for our presentation. Allison and I started collaborating on this toolkit after many, many conversations about the growing use (and misuse) of social media in field education by students, educators and field supervisors. We saw that field directors were increasingly dealing with ethical and practical issues related to the use of social and digital media in field education, and we wanted to provide information and tools to help field directors raise awareness with students and field supervisors.
#APM16 Incorporating Digital & Social Technologies into Social Work EducationLaurel Hitchcock
This panel includes social work educators experienced with infusing social and digital technologies into social work courses and curricula. Topics will focus on digital literacy, using theory to inform the integration of technology into online courses, and creating assignments and learning activities for social work courses that incorporate technology.
#APM16 - A Toolkit for Social and Digital Media Policies in Field EducationLaurel Hitchcock
Social Work field directors are increasingly dealing with ethical and practical issues related to the use of social and digital media in field education. This workshop will provide information and tools to help field directors raise awareness with students and field supervisors.
Fellows in Engaged Scholarship Program: Supporting Faculty in Service LearningLaurel Hitchcock
This presentation provides an overview of a faculty development program providing a one-year fellowship to selected faculty members eager to develop exemplary curricular service learning approaches in higher education. The program’s director and two faculty fellows (Social Work and Foreign Languages and Literatures) will share their experiences and lessons learned.
Incorporating digital and social technologies into social work educationLaurel Hitchcock
Our workshop will inform participants about the mechanics as well as the advantages and disadvantages of incorporating digital and social technologies assignments into social work courses. Topics to be covered include the importance of digital literacy and how to use theory to inform the integration of technology into their online courses. Participants will learn about example assignments and learning activities for social work courses that incorporating digital and social media such as microblogging, designing infographics, and creating a video.
Service Learning Labs: Integrating experiential learning across a BSW Curricu...Laurel Hitchcock
Day 4 of #BPDTX16 for me and my last presentation will be at 9:30 AM today. I will be talking about the work I have been doing with my colleague, Dr. Scott Batey, along with many other partners at UAB and in the Birmingham community. Unfortunately, Scott was not able to attend BPD this year, but he feels confident I won’t mess up the presentation. For our session, we really wanted to highlight the development of service learning labs in our BSW curriculum as a case study, hopefully offering tips and ideas for others wanting to incorporate more service learning into their assignments, courses & curricula.
Using Pinterest in Undergraduate Social Work EducationLaurel Hitchcock
Practitioners are increasingly using social media to interact with client systems. As such, educators and students should recognize the role social media plays in developing practice related competencies and connecting to a larger learning network. This workshop presents the development, implementation and evaluation of Pinterest assignments in undergraduate education.
2024.06.01 Introducing a competency framework for languag learning materials ...Sandy Millin
http://sandymillin.wordpress.com/iateflwebinar2024
Published classroom materials form the basis of syllabuses, drive teacher professional development, and have a potentially huge influence on learners, teachers and education systems. All teachers also create their own materials, whether a few sentences on a blackboard, a highly-structured fully-realised online course, or anything in between. Despite this, the knowledge and skills needed to create effective language learning materials are rarely part of teacher training, and are mostly learnt by trial and error.
Knowledge and skills frameworks, generally called competency frameworks, for ELT teachers, trainers and managers have existed for a few years now. However, until I created one for my MA dissertation, there wasn’t one drawing together what we need to know and do to be able to effectively produce language learning materials.
This webinar will introduce you to my framework, highlighting the key competencies I identified from my research. It will also show how anybody involved in language teaching (any language, not just English!), teacher training, managing schools or developing language learning materials can benefit from using the framework.
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It is possible to hide or invisible some fields in odoo. Commonly using “invisible” attribute in the field definition to invisible the fields. This slide will show how to make a field invisible in odoo 17.
The Art Pastor's Guide to Sabbath | Steve ThomasonSteve Thomason
What is the purpose of the Sabbath Law in the Torah. It is interesting to compare how the context of the law shifts from Exodus to Deuteronomy. Who gets to rest, and why?
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The empire's roots lie in the city of Rome, founded, according to legend, by Romulus in 753 BCE. Over centuries, Rome evolved from a small settlement to a formidable republic, characterized by a complex political system with elected officials and checks on power. However, internal strife, class conflicts, and military ambitions paved the way for the end of the Republic. Julius Caesar’s dictatorship and subsequent assassination in 44 BCE created a power vacuum, leading to a civil war. Octavian, later Augustus, emerged victorious, heralding the Roman Empire’s birth.
Under Augustus, the empire experienced the Pax Romana, a 200-year period of relative peace and stability. Augustus reformed the military, established efficient administrative systems, and initiated grand construction projects. The empire's borders expanded, encompassing territories from Britain to Egypt and from Spain to the Euphrates. Roman legions, renowned for their discipline and engineering prowess, secured and maintained these vast territories, building roads, fortifications, and cities that facilitated control and integration.
The Roman Empire’s society was hierarchical, with a rigid class system. At the top were the patricians, wealthy elites who held significant political power. Below them were the plebeians, free citizens with limited political influence, and the vast numbers of slaves who formed the backbone of the economy. The family unit was central, governed by the paterfamilias, the male head who held absolute authority.
Culturally, the Romans were eclectic, absorbing and adapting elements from the civilizations they encountered, particularly the Greeks. Roman art, literature, and philosophy reflected this synthesis, creating a rich cultural tapestry. Latin, the Roman language, became the lingua franca of the Western world, influencing numerous modern languages.
Roman architecture and engineering achievements were monumental. They perfected the arch, vault, and dome, constructing enduring structures like the Colosseum, Pantheon, and aqueducts. These engineering marvels not only showcased Roman ingenuity but also served practical purposes, from public entertainment to water supply.
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Instructions for Submissions thorugh G- Classroom.pptx
Harnessing Technology for Social Work Scholarship
1. Harnessing Technology
for Social Work
Scholarship
Text
Images
Data
Melanie Sage, PhD, U at Buffalo, SUNY
Laurel Hitchcock, PhD, UA at Birmingham
2.
3.
4. Today’s Agenda
Icebreaker
Learning
Objectives
Why use social
media in research
Learning Theory to
inform use of
social media
Overview of social
media; examples
from each of us &
our PLNs
Focus – Using
Infographics
References &
Resources
5. Find a partner and Google
them- find out everything you
can about them
6.
7. Learning Objectives
By the end of this presentation, we’ll teach you these things….
2. Appreciate how social media can foster and
support collaborative work among social work
academics.
3. Recognize how infographic tools can be
incorporated into research dissemination.
1. Understand the use of social
media as a dissemination tool in
social work scholarship.
8. Why share your
research on
social media?
• Widens scholarly audience
+ citation impact
• Social citation altmetrics
• Influence audiences &
Informs field
Bik, H. M., & Goldstein, M. C. (2013). An introduction to social media for
scientists. PLoS Biol, 11(4), e1001535.
Peoples, B. K., Midway, S. R., Sackett, D., Lynch, A., & Cooney, P. B. (2016).
Twitter Predicts Citation Rates of Ecological Research. PloS one, 11(11),
e0166570.
12. Who’s got the time??
What’s the cost/benefit
analysis for you?
• Pros: dissemination, reach,
recruitment, identify
collaborators, get early feedback
on work, introduce yourself to
funders, become notable in your
area of research, stay connected
to current trends, increase
citations
• Cons: requires
upkeep/management, must set
aside time, may open yourself to
critique
13. Professional Learning Networks
• Technology-based tools & processes to
network, disseminate, and stay informed
• Building professional relationships in digital
spaces
Examples:
• Following a local NASW Chapter
Facebook Page
• Table of Content Alerts from a
Journal
• Participating in a educational
technology Facebook Group
14. Social Learning
Social presence is key
• Imitation and reinforcement
• Socialization helps with identity
development
• Use of videos, social media,
avatars, discussion boards can
help reinforce social presence
• Group work
• Active/collaborative learning,
performing for public audience
Digital Literacy
understand, share and create meaning with different kinds
of technology and media:
• Understand the range of ways that social media could be used
within professional practice
• Respecting and promoting ethical practice
• Participate in a variety of platforms
• Skills to create professional content
• Share content appropriately
Connectivism/Connected Learning
learning is fast paced and connections are
needed for lifelong learning
• Non-human tools can promote learning
• Ability to see connections between fields, ideas, and
concepts; peers and practitioners
• Decision-making about what to learn is a key learning
process
• Academic learning can occur outside the classroom
Communities of Practice
learners have a tribe:
• Collective competence and
willingness to learn from others
• Engaged in contributing to the
collective knowledge and resources
• Sustained and consistent interaction
• Professional topics
USING THEORY TO UNDERSTAND SOCIAL
SCHOLARSHIP
15. Social Media is used in social
research for multiple purposes
Social
interventions
1
To recruit
research
participants
2
As a primary
data source
3
To
disseminate
and network
4
16. Interventions on Social Media
Most commonly health-related
intervantions:
• Social influence (social
network) impact on health bx
such as physical activity/diet
• Live chat to increase safe sex in
consumers with high HIV risk
• Teen mom educational program
to reduce infant obesity
• Organ donation registration
17. Outreach on Social Media
Finding and working with
vunlerable populations:
• FaceBook Groups for people
with rare diseases
• Texting – text4baby and
parenting tips for low income
families
• Homeless Youth
• Ratings on Yelp or
Healthgrades.com
18. Research with Social Media
• Content and Network
Analysis of posts, images,
hashtags, etc.
• Visual Mapping Tools
• Software: Nvivo and NodeXL
• Examples:
• Symplur Hashtag Project
• Inequaligram
19. Dissemination with Social Media
Function of the Media:
• Social Networking
• Publishing &Collaborating
• Bookmarking & Aggregating
• Microblogging
• Media Sharing
Examples:
Podcasts
Academic Blogs
Videos
Infographic CV
21. Laurel’s Digital Tools for Social Scholarship
#MacroSW
Online Community
Professional Blog
Teaching and Learning in
Social Work
TWITTER
Relationship Building &
Sharing with Students &
Colleagues
Social Work &
Technology
Google+
Community
Online Community
#SWTech
LinkedIn
Relationship
Building & Sharing
with Students,
Colleagues & Alums
22. Melanie’s Digital Tools for Social Scholarship
You
Tube
husITa/tech groups
Relationship building,
developing expertise
FB
Facebook
Personal/professional
relationship building
(people I’d invite over for
dinner)
T
Twitter
Professional relationship building, research
dissemination, reputation management
BPD Listserv
IV-E Listserv
Learning about
trends and issues
Infographics
Research Dissmenation
23.
24. Why use infographics to
disseminate your research?
Pique
interest in
your work
Effective way to
communicate:
readable and
shareableTransfer
research to
practice
25. Who knows about your research?
• Audiences
Practitioners
Consumers
Foundations
Federal, State and Local Agencies
Professional Associations
Interdisciplinary Professionals
Colleagues
Students
26. What is an infographic?
Visual images and writing put together to explain/tell a story
27.
28. Considerations for Digital Storytelling
Hardware Software Techniques Outputs Ethics
Smartphone Phone apps Record in quiet
space
Health messages Informed
consent
Video camera Storify Test sound
quality
Infographics Institutional
review
Audio Recorder Piktochart Use text to
caption video
Video shorts Professionalism
Laptop/Desktop Powerpoint for
slideshows
Train participants
to use
technology
Audio stories Confidentiality
Microphone audacity Attention span
3-5 minutes
Photo exhibits Student privacy
34. Steps to Making an Infographic
• Step 1. Identify your Message
• Step 2. Choose your platform
• Step 3. Consider design principles
• Step 4. Get feedback
• Step 5. Plan to share it
Inspiration:
Daily Infographic- a curated website of
infographics
(http://www.dailyinfographic.com/)
35. Tips for Research
Infographics
Keep it simple:
• What’s it about?
• Why’s it matter?
• What are the
findings?
• What’s the
implication?
Include contact
info/ twitter handle
or other social
media handles
Follow/tag/share with others
interested in topic- relational
38. Tell us your plans for using social
media to harness your scholarship
https://www.polleverywhere.com/
39. Questions?
Laurel Iverson Hitchcock, PhD, MPH, LICSW, PIP
Assistant Professor
University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB)
lihitch@uab.edu
@laurelhitchcock
Melanie Sage, PhD, LICSW
Assistant Professor
University at Buffalo
msage@buffalo.edu
@melaniesage
40. References
Bik, H. M., & Goldstein, M. C. (2013). An introduction to social media for scientists. PLoS Biol, 11(4), e1001535.
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention. (n.d.). Infographics. Retrieved May 21, 2016, from
http://www.cdc.gov/socialmedia/tools/infographics.html
Dyjur, P., & Li, L. (2015). Learning 21st Century Skills by Engaging in an Infographics Assessment. In Proceedings of the
IDEAS: Designing Responsive Pedagogy (pp. 62–71). University of Calgary. Retrieved from
http://dspace.ucalgary.ca/bitstream/1880/50860/1/7%20Learning%2021st%20-%20Dyjur%20%26%20Li.pdf
Joosten, T. (2012). Social media for educators: strategies and best practices. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Kos, B. A., & Sims, E. (2014). Infographics: The New 5-Paragraph Essay. In 2014 Rocky Mountain Celebration of Women in
Computing. Laramie, WY, USA. Retrieved from
http://scholar.colorado.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1001&context=atlas_gradpapers
Martix, S., & Hodson, J. (2014). Teaching with infographics: practicing new digital competencies and visual literacies.
Journal of pedagogic development, 4 (2). Retrieved from: http://www.beds.ac.uk/jpd/volume-4-issue-2/teaching-
with-infographics
Richardson, W., & Manacebelli, R. (2011). Personal learning networks: Using the power of connections to transform
education. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
Peoples, B. K., Midway, S. R., Sackett, D., Lynch, A., & Cooney, P. B. (2016). Twitter Predicts Citation Rates of Ecological
Research. PloS one, 11(11), e0166570.
Editor's Notes
Melanie to start
The use of digital and social technology (mobile devices, social media, and more) is omnipresent in our daily lives, and ahead of practice, policy, and ethics in social work. This presentation will show how social media platforms and applications can be tools to help social work academics and practitioners discover and share knowledge as well as build relationships for collaborative work. Special attention will be paid to the creation and use of infographics in the dissemination of scholarship.
Cover the first five items before the break and last ones after
Melanie
What do you want people to know about your research when they google you? What do you want them to do with the information?
Give five to search, five minutes with partner; What did you find?
Our debrief- How much was about your research agenda? Was it more personal? Professional?
Melanie
Melanie
Melanie – first half
Laurel – second half
Laurel
usage - views, downloads, holdings, document delivery, ILL
captures - favorites, bookmarks, saves, readers
mentions - blog posts, Wikipedia articles, news stories, comments, reviews
social media - tweets, +1s, likes, shares, ratings
citation - Web of Science, Scopus, Google Scholar, PubMed, patents
With the explosion of “big data,” we can find out more about articles and other research output, and we can do it on a faster timeline than in the past. Altmetrics have the potential to do the following: "provide a broader, more diverse view of the impact of any piece of scholarship, to reflect the impact of the article itself, not its publication venue, to track impact outside the academy, to track the impact of influential but uncited work, and to track track impact from sources that aren't peer-reviewed." (source: http://altmetrics.org/manifesto)
Laurel
Example from Jonathan: Here’s how all of this plays out in real life. Over the course of a year, Kim O’Brien, Mary LeCloux and I wrote an article about psychotherapies for suicidal youth. In August 2016 Child & Adolescent Social Work Journal published the article online (Singer, O’Brien, & LeCloux, 2017). Since Child & Adolescent Social Work Journal is not listed in the Impact Factor journal list, I decided to run my own experiment on social media to see if posting about the article on a regular basis would increase reach as measured by altmetrics. I set up a daily tweet through the app If This Then That (ifft.com) that said “Online access to Theory & Techniques for ABFT, DBT & I-CBT for #suicidal adolescents http://rdcu.be/ntfQ #SPSM #Socialwork #psychology”. So, what happened as a result of this daily tweet? The article quickly became the most tweeted article from the journal and in the Top 5% of all research articles tracked by altmetrics. At least one person per day (other than me) shared the article with their followers. See Figures 3 and 4.
Laurel
When the publisher notified me that the article was being published in the physical journal I went to the journal website. I saw that the article had been shared 429 times and downloaded 262 times. There were 8 other articles in the issue. The second most widely downloaded article had 166 downloads and 0 shares.
Figure 4. Shares and Downloads on March 4, 2017 by Jonathan B. Singer
Melanie
What are your goals? Using social media for scholarship is not for everyone.
Laurel
One more reason to share on social media
A professional learning network (also known as a personalized learning network) includes technology-based tools and processes used by a social worker to stay up-to-date and share information about current news, practice knowledge and the latest research findings.
Why? - Life-long or Career Learning - Ethical practice for Social Workers - Rapid pace of change requires active strategies to stay up-to-date
Reflection: What do you need? – self-reflection and what are your reasons for networking relationship-building (networking) ; dissemination & Feedback (; learning (what topics)
Introduce the topic – PLN
http://griffinfarley.typepad.com/propagation/2009/08/new-ground-swell-researh-on-social-technology-adoption.html (Ground Swell)
Clay Shirky
Self-Reflection on Current Strategies- What topics do you need to stay abreast of?
How do you current keep up on new developments?
When you need to know something, to whom to you go?
Handout with resources: one-page handout; worksheet to map out
Professional Development Plans from Education
Melaine
Define Social Scholarship: . The use of social media in scholarship has been called social scholarship (Greenhow & Gleason, 2014). Disseminating scholarship through blogs, podcasts, and other forms of social media makes content accessible to the general public and is therefore consistent with the Social Work values of social justice and service.
Melanie
Melanie - Social media is now also being used for intervention research- not just as a dissemination tool
Melaine
Melanie
In this slide, we will cover some of the different types of social media platforms that are available and widely used. Generally, social media are used to share and create digital content. Because the number and brands of social media change rapidly, I will cover some general ways that social media are used today with a few brand examples. Understanding the function of social media will help you to keep up with the ever changing landscape of social and digital media.
The first and probably most popular type of social media platform are for social networking, which are designed to help people connect with each other, share information and view information about each other. Users share information about themselves, follow each other and respond to each others’ comments. Examples are Facebook or Linked In, a professional networking site.
A second type of social media includes software that allow for creating, publishing and collaborating on content. For example, Google Documents include web-based word processing software that allow more than one person to access at the same time. This means that multiple people can write and edit one document together. This content could then be published on a website using blogging software such as Wordpress or Blogger.
Microblogging is creating short posts with text and/or images to be shared with others. There is usually a word or image limit to the posts. Twitter is the most popular of these platforms.
Another type of social media are bookmarking and aggregating apps. These services allow a user to collect, organize and then share content around specific topics. This is also known as digital curating. Pinterest is a great example as it allows users to create virtual bullet boards with images and text on content such as recipes, fashion ideas and more. Professional groups such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also have boards that share information about current public health issues.
Finally, there are numerous media sharing platforms that allow users to upload content that is created by the user to share publicly or privately with others. Examples include Flickr and Instagram for photos and YouTube for videos.
Because the nature of social media is to promote public sharing, users can follow other users (known as friends, followers,etc) with most of these sites, and like or comment on content or posts. Thus, writing and posting comments can be considered another important function of social media.
Social Media = forms of electronic communication
Digital Media = digitized content
Mobile Devices
Laurel – decision on what your goals and don’t have to do it all; we don’t do it all; targeted
Laurel Examples of how use social media for dissemination
Melanie – one minute
BREAK
Laurel – SWKers with Pinterest Boards
Research
Stop and think about your research
Research for practicing social workers.
How can you best reach these individuals
What is one research project you are working on?
Who needs to know about it? Audience? Change
How do you currently share your research?
Thinking about your research and who do you want to reach from this list.
Keep it simple:
What’s it about?
Why’s it matter?
What are the findings?
What’s the implication?
Melanie – example of research turned into an infographic
Melanie
Melanie
Melanie – take pics
Laurel
If, for example, you have a broad topic like cookies, narrow it down to something such as: "How do cookie flavors rank around the world?“
https://piktochart.com/blog/choosing-the-color-palette-part-iii-the-rule-of-3-colors/
Adopt the rule of three: pick three primary colors, with the lightest being the background. Stay within that color palette.
Laurel
If, for example, you have a broad topic like cookies, narrow it down to something such as: "How do cookie flavors rank around the world?“
https://piktochart.com/blog/choosing-the-color-palette-part-iii-the-rule-of-3-colors/
Adopt the rule of three: pick three primary colors, with the lightest being the background. Stay within that color palette.
Laurel
Laurel
Infographics are visual representations of information. They can include numbers, text, images, or any combination of the three. Just as in traditional writing assignments, infographs can take on any of the various rhetorical modes — informative, instructive, descriptive, persuasive, etc. Infographics provide authors with a quick way to convey a lot of information. For example, this infographic on infographics conveys interesting data much more concisely than another paragraph inserted here could have:
Laurel
What are the main goals for your lesson? What steps will get to your goal(s)? How can these steps be visualized? What learning story are you telling? What’s the ultimate “aha” moment, and how will you represent it visually? Gather and organize your data or information to create a big picture of what you’d like to share with your students.
Sketch out your steps and make sure they make sense before you start. There is nothing more frustrating than having to start a whole design over on the computer.
Step 2. Choose your platform
There are many ways to represent your ideas. Choosing a format will help you refine the visual approach that you’d like to take. There is no right or wrong format, so pick something that is appealing to you and that you think your students will find meaningful and easy to remember.
Piktochart provides a useful flowchart to help you decide which format is best for you.
Below is a list of the most popular infographic platforms:
Piktochart (a presentation tool with templates that allow you to turn any kind of data into engaging infographics. You can modify color schemes and fonts, and upload basic shapes and images.)
Easel.ly (web-based tool with dozens of customisable templates. They have a library with basic shapes, and you can change fonts, colours, text styles and sizes. You can also upload graphics and place them within the infographic.)
Visual.ly (this is a community platform for data visualization and infographics that allows you to create infographics and to share them on social media.)
InFoto (this site builds infographics from photos available on your Android phone.)
Venngage (a tool that allows you to create and publish infographics. Templates, themes, charts and icons are available, and you can upload your own images as well.)
Dipity (here, you can create, share, or embed content with interactive timelines. It lets you add video, audio, images, text, and links to social media for instance)
Step 3. Consider design principles
Once you have chosen a format and are ready to start your infographic, remember that colors that are too bright or too dark are not attractive to the eye. Avoid white backgrounds when possible (because most websites have a white background, it will make your work blend in too much).
Adopt the rule of three: pick three primary colors, with the lightest being the background. Stay within that color palette.
Try keeping the text minimal, in “bite size” chunks. What are the keywords that you want your students to remember? A well-styled infographic will be balanced and consistent, and uses size, colors, and images to make important information stand out.
Step 4. Get feedback
Remember that infographics should speak for themselves. Show it to a colleague, a family member, or even your students to see if that’s the case. If you have to explain to them what’s in the infographics, it probably means that it needs a little more work. Don’t get discouraged. Great work requires many iterations before being shared.
Step 5. Share it
Most infographic platforms allow you to share your work through different media sites or to embed in your own website. You also have the option to save it as an image or PDF. Keep in mind that some websites might require you to upgrade your subscription to access some of these features.
Finally, think about adding a Creative Commons license (a public copyright license) to retain copyrights to your infographics while allowing others to use them.
Need more help? Check out Piktochart’s blog for additional tips on how to create infographics. Share your experience or suggestions with others in the comments below!
Melanie
Know your hashtags and target audiences
Melaine
What looks good? What needs improvement?
Melanie
Tweeting is relational
Bitmojis
Laurel Iverson Hitchcock, PhD, MPH, LICSW, PIP
Assistant Professor
University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB)
lihitch@uab.edu
@laurelhitchcock
Nathalie P. Jones, PhD, MSW
Assistant Professor
Tarleton State University
njones@Tarleton.edu
@DrNJonesTSU