Social media usage of researchers working in the field of Technology

Enhanced Learning (TEL)working title

Barbara Kieslinger

Research questionsWhat is the value of social media usage for the personal careers of researchers active in the field of Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL)?

1. Context/history/personal trajectory

2. Purpose & value

3. Personal networks/social capital

Research questions1. Context/History/Personal Trajectory

How do scientists arrive at creating web presence via social media and how & why do they refrain from it?

How has this practice been shaped and changed over time?

What factors are influencing and provoking change in the use of social media (e.g. career position, etc.)?

Research questions2. Purpose & Value

What is the main purpose and motivation of an active use of social media?

How important is the use of social media for the work and career of TEL researchers and how much time and effort is dedicated to such practice?

How important is online reputation?

Research questions 3. Personal Networks/Social Capital

Does the use of social media have an effect on the researcher’s social capital?

Are hierarchical structures and borders reflected in social media or are they fading?

The adapted honeycomb of social media (original from Kietzmann 2011)

Researchers and social media

Use and awareness of social media in research by type of tool (CIBER report 2010)

Researchers and social media

Use of social media tools of researchers by age group (CIBER report 2010)

Researchers and social media: drivers

global collaboration

intuitive & easy to use tools

social relations

information retrieval

scientific marketing

reputation management

“To exchange ideas and to get ideas but, most of all, to disseminate ideas....its of big value to be able to communicate with academics all over the world”

(source from RIN 2010 report)

Researchers and social media: barriers

lack of time

prevailing incentive system in academia

quality aspects

competition and transparency of research

need for being constantly online

“Trying to fit blog into annual appraisal as measure of impact: over past year 42k visits, 53k page views, 32k visitors from 153 countries

mweller, 23 March 2011, Twitter

Technology Enhanced Learning

“Computer mediated technological support for learning activities”

multidisciplinarypsychology, educational sciences, computer science, organisational and management science, etc

subcommunitiesCSCL (Computer Supported Collaborative Learning), game-based learning/serious games, mobile learning, workplace learning,.....

Core research areas in TEL Computer-supported collaborative learning

Ubiquitous & mobile technology/learning

Interoperability

Emotional and motivational aspects of learning

Reducing the digital divide

Improve practices of formal education

Informal learning

Connection between formal and informal learning

Workplace learning

Contextualised learning

Personalisation of learning (Spada, Plesch, & Kaendler, 2011)

Conceptual framework

Research methods

Quantitative Qualitative

Online ethnography

Co-construction of cases

Questionnaire in TEL community

Social media

It’s not about technology, it’s about the people using it