Asking Questions, Seeking Advice, and Supporting One Another: Higher Education Professionals on Reddit

• In Event: RTD- Social Networks & Community (h)

Short Description

Higher education (HE) professionals (e.g., administrators, faculty, staff members) perceive the importance of professional development. Social media offer affordances allowing people to pursue just-in-time professional learning without geographical and temporal limitations. We explored participation, interaction, and major topics in Reddit by HE professionals over two summer periods in 2019 and 2020. Results show increased participation and interaction during COVID-19. Major topics shifted to pandemic-related discussions. Implications regarding using Reddit for professional learning are discussed.

Authors

• Presenter: Pauline Salim Muljana, Old Dominion University

• Presenter: K. Bret Staudt Willet, Florida State University

• Contributor: Tian Luo, Old Dominion University