Training Workshop “Academia 2.0″ for UWS PhD Students (1st of November, 2010)...
Earlier this week I was in Scotland to give two workshops at the University of the West of Scotland where I did my undergraduate (and now my PhD) degree. The first workshop was for PhD students as part...
View ArticleReflections on “Amplified Events Workshop for PhD Students” and research...
After being postponed due to snow before Christmas (these things happen in Scotland) I finally got to deliver my workshop on Amplified Events to UWS’s PhD cohort. As expected, it wasn’t as busy as I...
View ArticleSocial Media for @UniWestScotland PhD Students: Overview of Workshop (21st...
This 3 hour workshop broadly explored the role of new media within academia from writing, research and dissemination perspective. It tracked the ongoing history of social online technologies, unpick...
View ArticleResearch Practices 2.0: Reflections on #RP2NOTT
Back in the summer, I was approached by Andy Coverdale to be interviewed and to help out on a project around social media for PhD students. The first part of the task was to be interviewed about how I...
View ArticleOn why I will never *teach* social media again. #RP2NOTT #uwsltas
This is the second year that I’ve delivered social media workshops to the PhD student community at UWS through the Innovation and Research Office (IRO) – last year, I reflected on the content of the...
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View ArticleEvent: Everyday Growing Cultures, Sheffield (23rd July)
I was invited by Farida to give a social media masterclass to PhD students at the University of Sheffield ahead of attending and covering the “Everyday Growing Cultures” event based her research around...
View Article5 Lessons I learned from teaching Digital Literacies in Scottish Schools
Through my role as project coordinator for the Digital Commonwealth, I’ve had to spend a lot of time this year behind my laptop, coordinating, making sure that the right people are in the right...
View ArticleInnovation award for @HousingAccess
Last July, I delivered 2 days of training for DPHS (Fife) (Disabled Persons Housing Service) in social media, digital storytelling and mobile film making with staff and board members. This morning I...
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