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Steps to external visibility and impact
Research and Social Media Symposium23 June 2015
Social Media – Research, Reputation and Impact
Tuesday, 23rd
June 2015
Dr. Mike MimirinisCentre for Academic Practice Enhancement
Middlesex University
academic legitimacy and public impact
digital hermits
• voluntary and involuntary hermits
• establishing a digital profile
• scholar, twitter, linkedin
• mimicking a digital leader of your field/community of practice
• producing video and audio assets
• managing online identities
moderate middle• synchronise presence across several
platforms
• bookmarking tools
• publishing and sharing content ( e.g. Mendeley, scribd, academia.edu, Research Gate, Github)
• managing digital footprint
• curated spaces
digital avant-garde
• central presence though own web space
• collective platforms (editorship of)
• mash-ups (compile content from academic collections, broadcast media, data repositories, museums and private collections or produce timeline of events)
• automate content
• utilise analytics, open data, OERs, MOOCs
digital avant-garde (cont.)
• contribution channels for student contributions - encourages students to work harder
• social networks visualisations
a Mary Beard or a Terry Eagleton?
One to three months impact challenge: raising the digital profile of your research
Contact: [email protected]
