Higher education is going through a period of change transforming it beyond recognition. The web, social media and new approaches to scholarly communications are driving that. Staff and students have a wealth of opportunities to engage with the world beyond their offices and lecture halls. There is much to be gained by immersing yourself into the world of digital academia.

For all of its woes, social media remains a highly effective way to communicate and promote our Institutional services to a wide audience of users. The purpose of these webinars will be to show attendees a few very quick tips on how to maximise their social media experience, make their content more visually appealing and how to stay clear of any potential pitfalls. We will look at creating a strategy and how to embed some of the free or affordable technologies to help you make a bigger impact with your communications.

Presenter

Andy Tattersall is an Information Specialist at The School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR). Andy writes, teaches and gives talks about digital academia, technology, scholarly communications, open research, web and information science, apps, altmetrics and social media. In particular, their application for research, teaching, learning, knowledge management and collaboration. Andy received a Senate Award from The University of Sheffield for his pioneering work on MOOCs in 2013 and is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Andy was named in Jisc’s Top 10 Social Media Superstars for 2017. He is also a member of the Cilip Multi Media and Information Technology Committee (MmIT). Andy edited a book on Altmetrics for Facet Publishing which is aimed at researchers and librarians.

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