TY - JOUR
T1 - Digital and distributed
T2 - learning and teaching doctoral writing through social media
AU - Guerin, Cally
AU - Aitchison, Claire
AU - Carter, Susan
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019, © 2019 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2020/2/17
Y1 - 2020/2/17
N2 - Higher education learning is increasingly enacted in digital environments and doctoral education is no exception. Scholars–supervisors and PhD candidates–actively create their own digital profiles, and their research is often disseminated via social media in tandem with the traditional publication of journals and books. Online learning behaviours, social media and doctoral education are complex, and, when considered together, present distinct challenges. This paper explores the work and practices of digital academics using social media through a case study of an academic blog, DoctoralWriting. We use statistical data from the blog to map evolving pedagogic practices and forms of doctoral writing support and engagement. This analysis reveals horizontalised networks of co-creating consumers and producers who interact on social media platforms in ways that signal new transnational networks of learning and teaching. This paper contributes to our understanding of academic engagement with social media in contemporary doctoral education, particularly doctoral writing.
AB - Higher education learning is increasingly enacted in digital environments and doctoral education is no exception. Scholars–supervisors and PhD candidates–actively create their own digital profiles, and their research is often disseminated via social media in tandem with the traditional publication of journals and books. Online learning behaviours, social media and doctoral education are complex, and, when considered together, present distinct challenges. This paper explores the work and practices of digital academics using social media through a case study of an academic blog, DoctoralWriting. We use statistical data from the blog to map evolving pedagogic practices and forms of doctoral writing support and engagement. This analysis reveals horizontalised networks of co-creating consumers and producers who interact on social media platforms in ways that signal new transnational networks of learning and teaching. This paper contributes to our understanding of academic engagement with social media in contemporary doctoral education, particularly doctoral writing.
KW - Doctoral education
KW - doctoral writing
KW - social media
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U2 - 10.1080/13562517.2018.1557138
DO - 10.1080/13562517.2018.1557138
M3 - Article
SN - 1356-2517
VL - 25
SP - 238
EP - 254
JO - Teaching in Higher Education
JF - Teaching in Higher Education
IS - 2
ER -