Supporting Researcher Engagement With Social Tools - Alan Cann, University of Leicester A Netskills Online Seminar
About Alan Cann
Alan Cann is a Senior Lecturer in the College of Medicine, Biological Sciences and Psychology at the University of Leicester. He has been employed as a consultant by numerous organizations including universities, pharmaceutical companies and scientific publishers.
He writes online at MicrobiologyBytes and Science of the Invisible and is Internet Consulting Editor for the scientific journal Annals of Botany (Oxford University Press).
Clay Shirky: tools don't get socially interesting until they get technologically boring
Social media is a buzz-word that many researchers feel has nothing to do with them. Studies have shown that few researchers engage with social tools as part of their research practice. However I will argue that social tools offer researchers an opportunity to improve the quality of their work, through enhanced ability to find, use and disseminate information. I will discuss my own experiences in this area over the last few years and describe how I arrived at my present solution which is to de-emphasise technology and tools and instead recruit around a narrative involving communities of practice - a Personal Learning Network rather than a Personal Learning Environment.
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