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Type: Journal article
Title: Blogging as community of practice: lessons for academic development?
Author: Guerin, C.
Carter, S.
Aitchison, C.
Citation: International Journal for Academic Development, 2015; 20(3):212-223
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Issue Date: 2015
ISSN: 1360-144X
1470-1324
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Cally Guerin, Susan Carter & Claire Aitchison
Abstract: As practices and expectations around doctoral writing continue to change, so too do the demands on academic developers and learning advisors. Social media is increasingly playing a role in doctoral education, just as it is in higher education more generally. This paper explores a blog initiated in 2012 to inform and support doctoral writing; since its inception, it has grown to include diverse and overlapping communities of academic developers, language and literacy specialists, supervisors, and students with shared interests in doctoral writing. This case study reflects on our experiences of entering the online environment through the lens of connectivist learning, noting the practices and communities that have been established, and the blog’s positioning in relation to our formal roles within universities. We consider how blogging relates to our work as academic developers. Details of our experiences, with our analysis and reflection of them, can inform other academic developers seeking to engage in social media networks as part of their working lives.
Keywords: blogging
connectivism
doctoral writing
community building
social media in higher education
Rights: © 2015 Taylor & Francis
DOI: 10.1080/1360144X.2015.1042480
Published version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1360144x.2015.1042480
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