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Currently reading: “The Influencer Industry: The Quest for Authenticity on Social Media.” Hund (2023)

March 24, 2025

I found the book “The Influencer Industry: The Quest for Authenticity on Social Media.” by Hund (2023) in something I read recently, and somehow the title spoke to me. Despite…

Employees on social media — whose voice do we hear? Reading two cool studies

November 27, 2024

Social media has become a bit of a dumpster fire on most channels that I have been using, but even so I have a hard time letting go. I like…

Reading more about academics and social media

May 23, 2024

Clearly I am not completely done with Social Media yet, so much to read, so much to think about…

Social Media is dead, long live Social Media! Currently reading about a Social Media Entry Model for teachers (Machado et al., 2024)

May 14, 2024

Ok, so I just published two blog post, last weekend and today, on how I have lost interest in social media. And then I came across an article on a…

Currently reading “Social media for academics” by Carrigan (2020)

May 14, 2024

I’ve been teaching about social media for academics in one way or another for a long time. I have recommended at least two books to read (links to my blogposts…

Teaching field courses in a virtual setting

October 7, 2020

For many people it has been (and still is!) a huge hassle to quickly figure out ways to teach field courses in a covid-19 world, and I can relate so…

7 years of blogging! Celebratory wave watching with A LOT OF #friendlywaves

August 28, 2020

It doesn’t feel like it, but today marks the 7-year-anniversary of my first blog post on my “Adventures in Oceanography and Teaching”! To celebrate, I sent out this call to…

“Excursion week” in Oceanography 101 while physically distancing

May 12, 2020

My friend’s university recently decided that “excursion week” (a week in May during which there are no lectures or exercises or anything happening at university to make time for field…

Evaluation rubric for Instagram posts (in scicomm and/or science classes!)

May 10, 2020

Social media is a great tool in science communication, so learning how to use it well is helpful not only for people who self-identify as science communicators, but also for…

Love this #scicomm idea! #MoreThanWeeds

May 3, 2020

The hashtag #morethanweeds popped up in my Twitter timeline yesterday (thanks to @aturealexk). I didn’t think about it much because I was participating in #birdrace (shoutout to my awesome virtual…

#SciCommSunday: Tweeting about publications

March 8, 2020

In case you’ve been wondering why I’ve been tweeting so much about our recent Nature article: Yes, I am really this proud and need to tell the whole world about…

#SciCommSunday: How your audience changes the more Twitter followers you have

February 16, 2020

As my Twitter @meermini was quickly approaching 1k followers last week, I’ve been reflecting about who is following me and why. And on whether what I assume about my audience…

For #SciCommSunday: On the power of hashtags

February 2, 2020

Often completely underrated by people who start using twitter: The power of hashtags. In this post: Very brief intro and then the three main purposes for which I personally use…

Fastest way to read up on the science of science communication? This book!

January 12, 2020

(Werbung ohne Auftrag // This blogpost is not sponsored) I strongly believe that all scicomm efforts should be grounded in the science of science communication. That means reading a lot…

November #WaveWatching: A summary of my daily Instagram

December 1, 2019

All throughout November, I’ve posted pretty much daily to my #WaveWatching Insta @fascinocean_kiel. And here are all the posts for you! If you prefer daily updates, why not follow my…

Guest posts, take-overs, interviews, and why I love them

October 27, 2019

Guest posts, take-overs and interviews are a great alternative to maintaining social media channels for every scientist / project / institution individually, if that isn’t what you want to be…

“Using social media in science communication — the Kiel Science Outreach Campus shows how it’s done” (part 2)

July 14, 2019

One of the 2018 achievements that I feel pretty proud of is developing a social media strategy for the science communication research project Kiel Science Outreach Campus, and implementing it together…

Why “But I don’t have anything interesting to say, I am just teaching a block course right now” is not a good excuse for not tweeting

May 21, 2019

Sometimes I feel like I have pressured all my friends into using social media for their science communication. Today I was talking to Kristin, who was apologetic about not having…

My nine most successful Instagram pictures of 2018 #2018bestnine

January 9, 2019

Interesting year-in-review: despite amazing photo opportunities in Cyprus and Norway and other beautiful places, the Kiel fjord is clearly dominating my most successful Instagram posts of 2018 (only two are…

Using social media in science communication — the Kiel Science Outreach Campus shows how it’s done

January 8, 2019

One of the 2018 achievements that I feel most proud of is developing a social media strategy for the science communication research project Kiel Science Outreach Campus, and implementing it together…

This week I am taking over @IAmScicomm!

October 8, 2018

You might think that I’d be busy enough with my visiting fellowship at the Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research in Bergen this month, and you would be right. However, I’ve…

Interview on #scicommchall! (in german)

September 13, 2018

I recently gave an interview on my current pet project, #scicommchall. The interview was done by Anne Weißschädel, and published on THE German website on science communication research and practice,…

Enabling backchannel communication between a lecturer and a large group

August 17, 2018

Using technology to enable active engagement with content in a large lecture. In 2014, I presented the paper “Enabling backchannel communication between a lecturer and a large group” at the SEFI…

Asking students to take pictures to help them connect theory to the reality of their everyday lives

July 20, 2018

— This post was written for “Teaching in the Academy” in Israel, where it was published in Hebrew! Link here. — Many times students fail to see the real-life relevance of…

Interview: Mirjam as a #DigitalScientist (in german)

May 10, 2018

Remember my March #SciCommChall which resulted in me starting my scicomm Instagram account @fascinocean_kiel? Turns out that was a pretty successful move measured by metrics that I didn’t even think…

Designing and delivering instruction “Gagné-style” #MOOCMOOC

January 26, 2016

Are you interested in learning how to design instruction? Then there is a MOOC that might be really interesting for you! The “MOOC MOOC: Instructional Design” started yesterday, and for…

Using twitter as a tool to let students discover that the topics of their courses are EVERYWHERE

December 3, 2015

This is a method that I have been excited about ever since learning about #birdclass in the “Evidence-based undergraduate STEM teaching” MOOC last year: Help students discover that the content of…

Currently reading: “The Influencer Industry: The Quest for Authenticity on Social Media.” Hund (2023)

Employees on social media — whose voice do we hear? Reading two cool studies

Reading more about academics and social media

Social Media is dead, long live Social Media! Currently reading about a Social Media Entry Model for teachers (Machado et al., 2024)

Currently reading “Social media for academics” by Carrigan (2020)

Teaching field courses in a virtual setting

7 years of blogging! Celebratory wave watching with A LOT OF #friendlywaves

“Excursion week” in Oceanography 101 while physically distancing

Evaluation rubric for Instagram posts (in scicomm and/or science classes!)

Love this #scicomm idea! #MoreThanWeeds

#SciCommSunday: Tweeting about publications

#SciCommSunday: How your audience changes the more Twitter followers you have

For #SciCommSunday: On the power of hashtags

Fastest way to read up on the science of science communication? This book!

November #WaveWatching: A summary of my daily Instagram

Guest posts, take-overs, interviews, and why I love them

“Using social media in science communication — the Kiel Science Outreach Campus shows how it’s done” (part 2)

Why “But I don’t have anything interesting to say, I am just teaching a block course right now” is not a good excuse for not tweeting

My nine most successful Instagram pictures of 2018 #2018bestnine

Using social media in science communication — the Kiel Science Outreach Campus shows how it’s done

This week I am taking over @IAmScicomm!

Interview on #scicommchall! (in german)

Enabling backchannel communication between a lecturer and a large group

Asking students to take pictures to help them connect theory to the reality of their everyday lives

Interview: Mirjam as a #DigitalScientist (in german)

Designing and delivering instruction “Gagné-style” #MOOCMOOC

Using twitter as a tool to let students discover that the topics of their courses are EVERYWHERE

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