Disseminating your Scholarship Becky Turner [email protected].
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Transcript of Disseminating your Scholarship Becky Turner [email protected].
Overview
• Purpose of dissemination
• Questions to ask yourself
• Forms of dissemination
• Julie Osborn (City of Bristol College)
• Identifying dissemination opportunities
Why disseminate…?
• Share your scholarship with wider community• Builds your reputation• Meet likeminded people• Gain a broader perspective
• Enjoyable…rewarding…
• Integral aspect of the research process
Questions to ask yourself• What dissemination opportunities are you familiar
with?– Would they be relevant to your work?
• What dissemination would you feel comfortable in doing?– Eroding peer boundaries
• What level of detail do you want to go into?– Snapshot vs. Detailed discussion
Questions to ask yourself
• What do you have time to do– Don’t overcommit yourself!
• What do you need to do for your funding?– Expectations– Experience
Forms of dissemination…
• What forms of dissemination are you aware of?
• What dissemination have you undertaken?
• What were your experiences?
Written Oral Electronic
Press Release Presentations Websites
Conference Papers Meetings DVDs
College Magazines/Publications
Workshops Podcasts
Trade Magazine Posters Twitter
Professional Publication Blogs
Reports Repositories
Journal Papers
Book Chapters
Posters
Planning dissemination– Plan from the beginning of your project, when
you submit a proposal
– Audience
– What form should your dissemination take?• Oral, written…other?
– What is appropriate for your research?• Scale of dissemination
Julie OsborneCity of Bristol College
IDENTIFYING DISSEMINATION OPPORTUNITIES…
Conferences
• What do others in your field do?– Ask your colleagues, supervisors etc.
• What are the main opportunities in your area– Specialist vs. Generalist events– Big vs. Small
• What are the key times when conferences occur?– Annual, bi-annual – regular timeframes
Conferences• What is available with your college/partner
HEI?– Teaching & Learning Conferences– Staff development events
• What is available within your area?– Higher Education Academy Subject Centres– JISC Regional Support Centres– LSRN / AoC
Forthcoming Conferences• SW LSRN Conference 8th July, Buckfast Abby,
Totness• LSRN National Conf, Call for abstracts forthcoming• SRHE New Researchers Conference
– Abstract deadline July 2010, Conference, December 2010
• MEDEV – Rolling call for workshop proposals – Funding to support workshop: £500
• SWAP – Seminar proposals related to T&L – Funding to support workshops £500
• BERA – Annual call for abstracts Jan; Conference Sept 2010.
Written Dissemination• What publications do you read / relevant to
your research?
• What opportunities are out there?
• Newsletters (College / HEI)
• Posters (information / conference)
• Magazines
• Professional publications
• Journal Articles (peer reviewed)
Recommendations
• Consider co-authorship…• Key message you want to convey/focus of the
article• Draw on relevant/recent literature• Read carefully “instructions for authors”
– Adhere to word count– Adhere to referencing styles
• Build your reference list as you go along
• Critical friends, use them especially if they are “honest” and “pedantic”
Places to Start• Subject Centre publications / newsletters
– HE in FE Briefing - monthly– ESCalate newsletter 800 to 1,000 word articles and
Hot Topics!– HLST LINK – research in progress/reports– ADM – range of submissions and even pay
• T&L research journals (supportive)– Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education– Practice and Evidence of Scholarship of Teaching
and Learning in Higher Education
Making the most of limited time…
• You will need to make time, but don’t feel guilty– Don’t think you need piles of paper to write
– Snatch time
– Spend a few moments writing down
your train of thought – easier to pick up
the next time
