Discussing bringing your digital identity online in higher ed for research and practice with ALS 6015: Teaching in Higher Education @profpatrice's class

1. Higher Ed Digital Identity:
Bringing Your Scholarship &
Practice Online
#HEdigID @LauraPasquini
2014 AACE E-Learn #elearn14
Virtual Brief Paper New Orleans, LA
Laura A. Pasquini, Ph.D.
Learning Technologies – @UNTCOI College of Information
The Digital Learning & Social Media Research Group, @RoyalRoads

2. about.me/laurapasquini @LauraPasquini

3. “Technology is a
form of culture, a
social practice...
[however] they
don’t arrive in our
midst as neutral
tools.”
Nora Young, “The Virtual
Self: How Our Digital Lives
are Altering the World
Around Us”

4. What does your digital
presence or your identity
online say about you?
AND
Why should you care?

5. Will you be “Googled well?” asks Richardson
(2008). Let’s find out.

6. “The way we are
defined on social
media, on the
Internet, and on
Google has
become more
important than
who we actually
are as people.”
Jon Ronson, “So You’ve
Been Publicly Shamed”

8. Digital
Footprints
Digital footprints emerge as
we communicate and interact
online over social media,
content sharing platforms,
and by using and subscribing
to tools and services
(Bodhani, 2012).

9. The Digital Scholar
Movement
Martin Weller a.k.a. @mweller & his blog
The Ed Techie:
http://blog.edtechie.net
https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/the-
digital-scholar-9781849666268/

10. The Digital
Scholar
“Impacts for digital scholarship include the quantity
of peer-reviewed online information sources, the
growth of social, peer academic networks, and the
variety and range of content to draw upon for
research that has broadened to include drafts of
publications, conference presentations, blog posts,
video and audio” (Weller, 2011).

11. The Digital Scholar Revisited
"Much of the increased adoption in academia mirrors
the wider penetration of social media tools amongst
society in general, so academics are more likely to have
an identity in such places that mixes professional &
personal.” says @mweller
http://blog.edtechie.net/digital-scholarship/the-digital-scholar-revisited/

12. Assessment of Research
Performance
Measurement of quantity and impact for research
can also predict future scholarly behavior.
(Vieria & Gomes, 2011)

13. Literature Review
• What is shared through networks may not always be the true story.
(Latour, 1986)
• Challenge with assessing scientific performance at the individual level
(Vieira & Gomes, 2011)
• “move the evaluation from the power of the scientific journals to the
quality of the single researcher (Castelnuovo, Limonata, Sarmiento &
Molinari, 2010, p. 111)
• Scholars and educators participate on Twitter (Veletsianos &
Kimmons, 2016) and identity development with open practices on
social media (Veletsianos, 2013)
• Academic influence in a scholarly network (Stewart, 2015) and
vulnerabilities in collapsed publics (Stewart, 2016)

14. Research Identity
Development –
The Platforms and Social
Spaces

15. ORCID
ORCID: Connecting Research and Researchers
http://orcid.org

16. Researcher ID
http://www.researcherid.com/

17. Scopus
http://www.scopus.com

18. Google Scholar Citations
https://scholar.google.com/citations

19. Research Networks
academica.edu researchgate.net

20. Citation Management
mendeley.com zotero.org

21. The Social (Media) Scholar
Beyond these specific
scholarly platforms, we
have seen an increase in
social networking use,
academic blogging or
microblogging (e.g.
Twitter), and online
sharing of images,
videos, and audio for
both data and research
distribution.

22. BloggingResearch
(Chong, 2010)

23. TwitterScholarship
(Darling, Shiffman, Côté, & Drew, 2013)

24. The “So What” for
Research =
Sharing Practical
Implications

25. @catherinecronin

26. Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org
OER Commons https://www.oercommons.org

27. Research Shorts: http://youtube.com/c/ResearchShorts
The Digital Learning & Social Media Research Group
http://thedlrgroup.com

28. Study In Plain English:
https://techknowtools.com/2016/07/06/how-do-online-
learners-overcome-challenges-in-moocs-new-publication/

29. Networked Research
Collaborations & Opportunities

30. Flickr photo c/o dsearls
Academic research silos BE GONE!

31. (Milton & Cox, 2004)

33. #AcAdv
#phdchat
#SAchat
#edtech
#AcWri
#highered

35. Meet the #AcAdv Chat
Community
Follow on Twitter:
@AcAdvChat
Tuesdays (Bi-Weekly)
12-1 pm CST
Hashtag #acadv
acadvchat.wordpress.com

36. Cultivate an Active Social Network
http://networkedcommunity.wordpress.com

37. Flowing from Digital Water
Coolers…
• Innovative Thinking & Practices
• Knowledge Curation & Sharing
• Interdisciplinary Studies of Student Support
• Idea Generation & Growth

39. Impact &
Influence

42. higheredpodcasts.wordpress.com

44. “Academics should utilize these emerging
platforms to increase their influence and reach
beyond traditional publishing forums. These
researcher identification and citation tools are
not “just for geeks,” but rather a growing
expectation for scholarship development and
publication notation. It is a critical time to rethink
how research is produced, distributed, and
acknowledged.”
(Pasquini, Wakefield, Reed & Allen, 2014)

45. Flickr photo c/o furiousgeorge81
How will you
manage
your digital
identity?

46. Ask Yourself These First
1) Where are you online right now?
2) What are your goals for being networked
professionally? (and personally)
3) How will you engage in connected practice?
4) What are the characteristics or things you should
consider in each digital space/platform?
5) What resources are available for you to learn
more? Who can mentor/support your practice?

47. (Pasquini & Evangelopoulos, 2016)

48. #SAspe@LauraPasqui

50. project.wnyc.org/privacy-paradox

51. Stay in touch: @LauraPasquini

52. JOIN the conversation: https://techknowtools.com/2018/01/26/hedigid-twitter-chat/

53. References
Bodhani, A. (2012). Digital footprints step up. Engineering & Technology, Feb2012. Retrieved from www.EandTmagazine.com.
Brey, P. (1997). Social constructivism for philosophers of technology: A shopper’s guide. Techne: Journal of the Society for Philosophy and Technology, 2(3-4), 56-78. [Web
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Castelnuovo, G. (2008). Ditching impact factors: Time for the single researcher impact factor. British Medical Journal, 336(7648), 789.
Castelnuovo, G., Limonta, D., Sarmiento, L., & Molinari, E. (2010). A more comprehensive index in the evaluation of scientific research: The single researcher impact factor
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Chong, E. K. (2010). Using blogging to enhance the initiation of students into academic research. Computers & Education, 55(2), 798-807.
Darling, E. S., Shiffman, D., Côté, I. M., & Drew, J. A. (2013) The role of Twitter in the life cycle of a scientific publication. PeerJ PrePrints 1:16(1)
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Latour, B. (1987). Science in action: How to follow scientists and engineers through society. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
Hacking, I. (1999). The social construction of what? Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
Hewson, K. (2013). What size is your digital footprint. Kappan, 94(7), 14-15.

54. References (con’t)
Stewart, B. (2016). Collapsed publics: Orality, literacy, and vulnerability in academic Twitter. Journal of Applied
Social Theory, 1(1).
Stewart, B. (2015). Open to influence: What counts as academic influence in scholarly networked
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Richardson, W. (2008). Footprints in the digital age. Educational Leadership, 66(3), 16-19.
Viera, E. S., & Gomes, J. A. N. F. (2011). An impact indicator for researchers. Scientometrics, 89, 607-
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