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Vanessa

"Who Do You Think You Are?": When Marginality Meets Academic Microcelebrity - Ada: A Jo... - 0 views

adanewmedia.org/...issue7-mcmillancottom

academe public scholar social media microcelebrity

shared by Vanessa on 12 Jul 15 - No Cached
    • Vanessa
      Vanessa on 12 Jul 15
       
      I find this concept of academic microcelebrity fascinating. It makes me question why we do the things we do. Are we trying to become microcelebs? Or to have a meaningful impact on our fields -- which may involve finding new ways of doing things, collaborating with others, etc. 
  • A systematic analysis of my public writing makes the case that as academics are increasingly called to “publicly engage,” we have not fully conceptualized or counted the costs of public writing from various social locations.
    • Vanessa
      Vanessa on 12 Jul 15
       
      This statement really resonates with me -- I feel like the notion of being a public scholar has been tossed around and is valued in name, but few people are taking the time to really explore what it might mean. Further, the systems in which we operate as academics (tenure and promotion systems, hiring, evaluation) are such that publicly engaging may be just as likely to backfire on the individual as it is to support the individual.
yidke6463

Social capital for students - 10 views

Social Capital in Virtual Learning Communities and Distributed Communities of Practice http://scholar.google.com/scholar_url?url=https://www.learntechlib.org/p/43189/article_43189.pdf&hl=en&amp...

social_capital CoP teachers college_students

started by yidke6463 on 27 Jun 19 1 follow-up, last by yidke6463 on 27 Jun 19
Vanessa

Social Media, Service, and the Perils of Scholarly Affect - Hybrid Pedagogy - 3 views

www.hybridpedagogy.com/...the-perils-of-scholarly-affect

social media scholarship

shared by Vanessa on 07 Jul 15 - No Cached
  • Vanessa on 07 Jul 15
     
    Tagging because I want to read it, but thought some of you might be interested as well.
  • anonymous on 10 Jul 15
     
    Interesting piece. I've heard lots about the debate over scholarship versus service, and thought that Bessette's analogy to blogging as service was fascinating. Knowledge sharing may not be scholarship in the traditional sense, but it certainly plays an important role in pushing higher education forward, so maybe it should be considered a real part of a scholar's contributions to the field.
  • Vanessa on 12 Jul 15
     
    I know some bloggers who are actively lobbying to consider their blogs as scholarship. Some have submitted archives as part of promotion dossiers. Generally, they're not at R1 universities -- although there are plenty of R1 scholars who see how blogging and other social media interactions can enhance their scholarship via promoting their work and building their networks. And many have also talked about the effect it has had on their writing. I think I'll blog about that sometime in the next week.
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