“Sharing”  as  a  valued  and  desirable  educa3onal  prac3ce    

George  Veletsianos,  PhD  Assistant  Professor,  Learning  Technologies  

The  University  of  Texas  at  Aus3n  

Networked  Par3cipatory  Scholarship:  The  emergent  prac3ce  of  scholars’  use  of  par3cipatory  technologies  and  online  social  networks  to  share,  reflect  upon,  cri3que,  improve,  validate,  and  further  their  scholarship  (Veletsianos  &  Kimmons,  2012)  

What  is  the  rela3onship  between  technology  and  scholarship?  

Emerging  Technologies  shape    and  are  shaped  by  prac3ce  

Veletsianos  (2010)  

Social  media  are  predicated  upon  sharing  

Barab,  Makinster,  Moore,  and  Cunningham  (2001)  even  note:  “change  efforts  [in  K-­‐12]  have  o\en  been  unsuccessful  due  in  large  part  to  the  lack  of  a  culture  of  sharing  among  teachers”  

Rela3onship  between  academia  &  sharing?  

Is  this  the  complete  picture?  

Or  is  it:  One  snapshot  in  3me?  One  angle/perspec3ve?  One  neighborhood  in  a  village  of  many?      

Goal:  To  understand  the  sharing  ac3vi3es  and  prac3ces  of  academics  

Results  

1.  “Closed”  Scholarly  prac3ces  enacted  openly  

2.  Academic  and  disentangled  selves  

3.  Course  trailers  

Implica3ons  

Scholars’  social  media  prac3ces  and  innova3ons  (e.g.,  self-­‐publishing,  sharing  dra\  versions  of  a  manuscript)  

appear  to  ques3on  and  circumvent  tradi3onal  elements  of  scholarly  prac3ce.  

“Sharing”  and  the  opportuni3es  it  affords  for  enhancing,  refining,  and  rethinking  scholarly  

prac3ce.  

Teach  “sharing”  as  a  literacy  (e.g.,  in  colleges  of  educa3on  and  doctoral  prepara3on  programs)  

Thank  you!  

George  Veletsianos,  PhD  University  of  Texas  at  Aus3n,  Learning  Technologies  

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