Podcasts about academic blogging

In episode 5, Karen Howie (Technology Enhanced Learning Team Manager in Learning, Teaching and Web, Information Services) hosts a conversation about blogging to develop your professional profile. She talks with University of Edinburgh staff members, Eli Appleby-Donald (Learning Technologist at Edinburgh College of Art) and Lorna Campbell (Senior Service Manager for Learning Technology in Learning, Teaching and Web, Information Services), and PhD student, James Lamb (a Doctoral Student within the Centre for Research in Digital Education, in the Moray House School of Education), about the art of blogging, the difference between various types of blogs, frequency of posts, maintaining and promoting a blog, how to deal with 'blogger's block', and engaging with your audience.  

In this episode, student guest host, Lila Pitcher (Academic Blogging Intern in Information Services), leads a discussion with Dr Nina Morris (Lecturer in Human Geography) and Dr Hazel Christie (Lecturer in University Learning and Teaching) about the benefits and challenges of using blogging as an innovative form of assessment.  Their discussion is based on their recent Principal's Teaching Award Scheme (PTAS) research, which explores how assessed blogs are being used across the University.  They discuss the use of blogs as a form of assessment with regards to marking criteria, course design, staff investment, technological limitations, writing style and digital footprint.  Nina and Hazel also provide some strategies and tips for teaching staff who may want to use blogging as an assessment tool, and for students working with blogs as part of their courses.

On this episode, Katie is joined by Dr. Susan Shaw, Professor of Women, Gender, & Sexuality Studies at Oregon State University and the co-PI for OREGON STATE ADVANCE. Susan is the author of Reflective Faith: A Theological Toolbox for Women and God Speaks to Us, Too: Southern Baptist Women on Church, Home, and Society and the co-author with Mina Carson and Tisa Lewis of Girls Rock! 50 Years of Women Making Music. She also serves as the general editor of the 4-volume Women’s Lives around the World: A Global Encyclopedia. Susan is the co-author and editor with Janet Lee of a forthcoming new edition of Gendered Lives, Feminist Visions: Classic and Contemporary Readings in Women and Gender Studies. She is also the co-author with Grace Ji-Sun Kim of the forthcoming book Intersectional Theology: An Introductory Guide, Fortress Press. Susan formerly directed OSU’s School of Language, Culture, and Society, OSU’s Women Studies Program, and OSU’s Difference, Power, & Discrimination Program.  Segment 1: Researching Feminist Theology [00:00-12:21] In this first segment, Susan shares about using a feminist perspective in her research in theology. Segment 2: Developing a New Method [12:22-23:43] In segment two, Susan describes the process of creating a new research method in feminist theology. Segment 3: Adventures in Academic Blogging [23:44-36:15] In segment three, Susan shares about her experiences as an academic blogger. Bonus Clip #1 [00:00-03:04]: Defining Intersectionality To share feedback about this podcast episode, ask questions that could be featured in a future episode, or to share research-related resources, contact the “Research in Action” podcast: Twitter: @RIA_podcast or #RIA_podcast Email: riapodcast@oregonstate.edu Voicemail: 541-737-1111 If you listen to the podcast via iTunes, please consider leaving us a review. The views expressed by guests on the Research in Action podcast do not necessarily represent the views of Oregon State University Ecampus or Oregon State University.

Bonus Clip #1: Inger's Research on Academic Blogging [00:00-4:22] To share feedback about this podcast episode, ask questions that could be featured in a future episode, or to share research-related resources, contact the “Research in Action” podcast: Twitter: @RIA_podcast or #RIA_podcast Email: riapodcast@oregonstate.edu Voicemail: 541-737-1111 If you listen to the podcast via iTunes, please consider leaving us a review.

On this episode, I am joined by Dr. Inger Mewburn, a researcher, specializing in research education since 2006. She is currently the Director of Research Training at The Australian National University where she is responsible for co-ordinating, communicating and measuring all the centrally run research training activities and doing research on student experience to inform practice. Inger also runs a popular blog, The Thesis Whisperer, and writes scholarly papers, books and book chapters about research student experiences, with a special interest in the digital practices of academics. She is a regular guest speaker at other universities on publishing, writing, social media and presentation skills. Segment 1: The Thesis Whisperer blog [00:00-09:25] In this first segment, Inger shares how the The Thesis Whisperer blog came to be. Segment 2: Building and Supporting Researcher Communities [09:26-19:28] In segment two, Inger shares about how she came to be a research educator and some of the services she offers as the Director of Research Training at The Australian National University. Segment 3: Strategies for Maintaining a Strong Writing Pipeline [19:29-31:49] In segment three, Inger shares some of her tips for maintaining a strong and active writing pipeline. Bonus Clip #1: Inger's Research on Academic Blogging [00:00-4:22] Bonus Clip #2: How to Tame Your PhD [00:00-4:10] To share feedback about this podcast episode, ask questions that could be featured in a future episode, or to share research-related resources, contact the “Research in Action” podcast: Twitter: @RIA_podcast or #RIA_podcast Email: riapodcast@oregonstate.edu Voicemail: 541-737-1111 If you listen to the podcast via iTunes, please consider leaving us a review.

Stuart White, Director of the Public Policy Unit, gives an introduction to Academic Blogging: Political Analysis in the Digital Age one day conference

Niki Seth-Smith and Stuart White launch the 'Democratic Wealth' e-book by openDemocracy and Politics in Spires

Niki Seth-Smith and Stuart White launch the 'Democratic Wealth' e-book by openDemocracy and Politics in Spires

Melissa was relatively late to blogging – beginning to blog in 2005, believing it was part of her academic role to use the type of technologies often talked about. In this paper she will give some personal reflections on the role, impact, and benefits in maintaining a personal academic blog, the relationship of blogs to micro-blogging (such as twitter) and how actively maintaining a digital presence can benefit an academic’s career.