Social NetworkingSome thoughts about the possibilities of social networking in

research

Alex Hardman

And I am?

• Alex Hardman@manchester.ac.uk

• E-Learning Technologist

• Former Teacher

• Former Analyst/Computer Programmer

• www.ivida.co.uk

“What is the web/ technology good at?”

“What is the web/ technology good at?”

Multiple sources of Information

Communicating Connecting

&

Collaborating

Creating

(video, audio, text, images,

charts, tables)

Broadcasting

&

Sharing

There are many areas in which you might benefit from social networking

Such as?

Events

Conferences broadcastslive blogging

Symposia

Training

Public engagement

Collaboration/Sharing

Email/ IM/ Twitter

Blogs

Professional networking (Linkedin/ Nature Net etc)

Links to personal spaces Facebook (etc)

Online reputation Support

Learning Communities

Research

Documentation/ Media

Presentations

Reports

Projects

CRASAN

Mentoring

Special interest groups

Methodology groups

Journal groups

Online learning events

Areas

Examples

Examples: Events

• Conferences • Symposia• Training• Public engagement

• Twitter• Blogs• CoverItLive• Session Broadcasts• Workshops

Examples: Learning Communities

• Special interest groups• Methodology groups• Journal groups• Online learning events

• Manchester E-Learning Technology Social Group

• Geekup• E-Pedagogy Journal Gro

up

Examples: Collaboration/Sharing

• Research• Documentation/ Media• Presentations• Reports• Projects

• Wiki’s• Video conferencing• Google

– Docs– iGoogle

• Slideshare.net• Skype• Ning• etc

Examples

• Twitter• Blogs• Professional networking

(Linkedin/ Nature Net etc)

• Links to personal spaces Facebook (etc)

• CRASAN• Mentoring

Online reputation Support

ResearchConnect

The ResearchConnect Project

http://rhogos.mc.man.ac.uk/GradConnect/

Questions