Introduction / Julie Sheldon and Victoria Sheppard -- The Open Dissertation: how social media shaped -- and scaled -- my PhD process / Bonnie Stewart -- Doctoral candidates' experiences of social media: I don't think I could do the PhD without it / Liz Bennett and Sue Folley -- It started with a tweet: how doctoral researchers become social media savvy / Julie Sheldon and Victoria Sheppard -- Intersubjective reflections of @PhDForum : a doctoral community on Twitter / Donna Peach -- Online communities that support postgraduate well-being / Kay Guccione and Chris Blackmore -- Online communities of practice for academic practice and a sense of belonging / Janet De Wilde, Gabriel Cavalli and Stephanie Fuller -- Blending online and offline in a community of practice model for research degree supervisor development / Sian Vaughan and Geof Hill -- The Supervision Whisperers: why a virtual community of practice for research supervisors did (not) work / Evonne Miller and Inger Mewburn -- Academic Identity, the supervisor and online communities of practice / Janet De Wilde and Gabriel Cavalli.
Summary:
"Bringing together accounts of online community engagement from a range of perspectives, this book considers how the changing landscape of doctoral communities might be used to inform institutional level decisions about doctoral provision and support. Despite the increasing availability of online communities dedicated to doctoral supervisors, there has been little consideration of how they form and operate. This book surveys the landscape of these online communities and examines their impact on the production of the doctorate, and on the experience of doctoral researchers and supervisors. Bringing together accounts of online community engagement from a range of perspectives- doctoral students, supervisors, content curators, and research support practitioners, one of the overarching aims of this volume is to explore these communities in action. With the supporting doctoral research through online media catalysed as the 'new normal', this book allows stakeholders in doctoral education to better understand how students are using social media in their PhD studies, how online communities of practice impact upon researcher/supervisor relationships and support, and ways in which student experiences of various platforms might converge to create an augmented experience"-- Provided by publisher.
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