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Social media, metrics, preprints, websites – much of our academic identity is now tied up in how we mediate ourselves online. So what should we be thinking about and what should we do?
The Academics Writing Project, in conjunction with Lancaster’s Literacy Research Centre and the North West Doctoral Training Centre is running a series of interactive workshops for PhD students and early career researchers on the use of social media and metrics, called Designing the Academic Self. The workshops are open to doctoral students, staff and researchers from Lancaster and Manchester Universities.
| Friday 29 January 2016, 13.00-15.00
Bowland North SR10 |
Session 1: Who does the Internet think you are?
Sharon McCulloch, Diane Potts, and Tanya Williamson, Lancaster University Rescheduled from Dec 2015 – please note that this session is on a Friday. You must register to ensure a place. |
| Tuesday 16 Feb 2016, 13.00-15.00
Charles Carter A15 |
Session 2: How are metrics affecting academics’ writing practices in UK universities?
Sharon McCulloch and Karin Tusting, Lancaster University You must register to ensure a place. |
| Tuesday 26 April 2016, 13.00-15.00
Charles Carter A15 |
Session 3: What can and can’t metrics tell us?
Masud Khokhar and Sharon McCulloch, Lancaster University |
| Tuesday 24 May 2016, 13.00-15.00
Charles Carter A15 |
Session 4: Metrics through a critical lens
TBC |
The first workshop, Who does the Internet think you are? is a discussion of if and how emerging academics can be pro-active in creating or ‘designing’ a coherent online presence, including practical matters such as selecting your online name and keywords, as well as the pros and cons of commonly used sites for showcasing academic work. Click here to register for the first workshop.
By the end of the four Designing the academic self sessions, attendees will have a deeper understanding of the underlying mechanisms of metrics and how such tools can extend the audience for one’s work; of evolving academic writing practices in the face of new modes of dissemination and measurement; and of the critical questions such changes are provoking.
