Trends and Tensions in Scholars' Social Media Strategies and Formats for Public Scholarship

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

In accordance with the 2016 AERA meeting theme “Public Scholarship to Educate Diverse Democracies” this symposium highlights compelling social media strategies and formats for public scholarship that scholars are using to engage with networked publics to raise awareness of educational issues, spark debate, and foster democratic, public problem solving. The four researchers from the U.S. and Canada participating in this innovative, social media-enriched session are making significant contributions to conceptualizations of open, networked, and social scholarship and to the research on how and why academics engage in networked publics, with what tensions, challenges and benefits. This session will appeal to those concerned with the preparation of current and future faculty, faculty work-life practices, and institutional policies that guide faculty performance.

Sub Unit

• Division J - Postsecondary Education / Division J - Section 4: Faculty, Curriculum, and Teaching

Cosponsor

• Division C - Learning and Instruction

Chair

• Christine M. Greenhow, Michigan State University

Papers

• Genre-Based Tensions From Writing and Commenting in Public Spaces: Are Blogs Rewarding or Rewarded? - Vanessa Paz Dennen, The Florida State University

• How Educational Researchers at Varying Career Stages Are Adopting Social Media for Public Scholarship - Christine M. Greenhow, Michigan State University

• The Tensions and Conundrums of Public Scholarship - George Veletsianos, Royal Roads University

Discussant

• Sara Goldrick-Rab, University of Wisconsin Madison