Reading more about academics and social media
Clearly I am not completely done with Social Media yet, so much to read, so much to think about…
Tag: twitter
Currently reading “Social media for academics” by Carrigan (2020)
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…
#SciCommSunday: Tweeting about publications
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…
For #SciCommSunday: On the power of hashtags
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…
Guest posts, take-overs, interviews, and why I love them
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…
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
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…
Using social media in science communication — the Kiel Science Outreach Campus shows how it’s done
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!
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…
Asking students to take pictures to help them connect theory to the reality of their everyday lives
— 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…
Ask your students to take a picture to help them connect theoretical lecture content to the reality of their everyday life
“Ask your students to take a picture to help them connect theoretical lecture content to the reality of their everyday life”! This is the title of a post I wrote…
Using twitter as a tool to let students discover that the topics of their courses are EVERYWHERE
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…