Engage: Social Media Talks Podcast
1) Blogging and Twitter
Elizabeth Eva Leach, Tutorial Fellow in Music at Oxford, disseminates her research through her blog as well as using Twitter to encourage succinct scholarly exchange. In this talk Elizabeth brings to ...Show More
2) Social Media and your Career
How can social media become career tools? In this talk Lucy Hawkins, Careers Adviser at the University of Oxford, reveals the techniques of how to use social media for information gathering, active se...Show More
3) Copyright in the Digital Age
Emily Goodhand is the Copyright and Compliance Officer at the University of Reading. She has a strong Twitter presence as @copyrightgirl and is Vice-Chairman of the Libraries and Archives Copyright Al...Show More
4) Rethinking impact with social media
Oxford-based researcher Nando Sigona started his blog "Postcards from..." in 2008. Since then his use of social media has expanded into Twitter and Podcasting to engage wider communities in his resear...Show More
5) Which technologies do Oxford University students use?
Melissa Highton, University of Oxford, presents the findings of the DIGE Project which investigated the use of technology by students from Oxford. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Al...Show More
6) Is blogging and tweeting about research papers worth it?
Does using social media have an impact on disseminating your research papers? Dr Melissa Terras, UCL, gives her experiences and opinions on this question through her own personal findings. Creative C...Show More
7) Some people visit the Web. Other people live there.
Using his own research on what motivates individuals to become more 'Resident' online, David White will explore the pros and cons of developing a professional online persona and what it takes to get s...Show More
8) Would you blog the truth?
Peter Gill discusses the power of the blog for knowledge exchange and communicating the truth behind health research findings to wider audiences. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Ali...Show More
9) What does Marcus du Sautoy do with Social Media?
At the launch of the 'Engage' programme, Professor Marcus du Sautoy discusses the role that digital technologies play in his work as the Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science and P...Show More