AURA Programme Research 4 (R4) Course: Research Communications in Social Media
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AURA Research Course 4 focuses on research communications in social media, and aims to help learners to develop their informal, professional writing skills (blogging) in an academic context, to explore how reflective practices can enrich understanding arising from research practices, and how social media can support the dissemination of research communications to a wider audience.
This is a practical, inter-active course which runs over one day and explores a number of areas:
- Supporting learners to explore how reflective learning can enrich research communications and informal/professional writing
- Supporting learners to develop an informal, professional tone and voice suitable for blogging
- Exploring what makes an effective blog post and how to structure a blog post
- Providing practical opportunities for participants to hone their critical reflection and writing skills through writing exercises and a peer group session
- Using social media tools and platforms to publish and promote research communications (e.g. Google+ and Twitter) and to respond to each other’s blog posts online.
You are advised to refer to the R4 Course Pack Overview before exploring the full range of open educational resources.
Copyright statement:
All of the course packs are aimed at educators in higher education institutions primarily in Africa but are also applicable to educators and other training/service providers in other parts of the world. Resources are can be re-used, adapted, or remixed (where indicated by the license) as long as the resulting materials are fully attributed.
Recent Submissions
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Research 4 Course (R4): Day One: Session 2 Handout: How to fix Nigeria? 7 key issues by Oluseun Onigbinde, Africa Research Institute.
(20/09/2016)[R4-H03] Handout Session 2: Onigbinde's blog post published on the African Research Institute blog is an example of a guest blogger. -
Research 4 Course (R4): Day One: Session 2 Handout: Our problem isn’t corruption, It’s lawlessness, Nerima Wako, Siasa Place.
(20/09/2016)[R4-H04] Handout Session 2: Wako's blog post published on the Siasa Place blog is an example of a personalized approach to political commentary. -
Research 4 Course (R4): Day One: Session 2 Handout: People are sticky, The Ed Techie, Martin Weller.
(20/09/2016)[R4-H01] Handout Session 2: Weller's blog post from The Ed Techie illustrates a personalized, reflective approach. -
Research 4 Course (R4): Day One: Session 2 Handout: Why we should stop talking about ‘desertification’, Zimbabweland, Ian Scoones
(20/09/2016)[R4-H02] Handout Session 2: Scoone's blog post from Zimbabweland illustrates a professional blogger. -
Research 4 Course (R4): Day One: Session 2: Session Plan.
(20/09/2016)[R4_D1-S2] Session 2: Session Plan - Guidance notes for facilitators/educators including learning outcomes and assessment techniques. -
Research 4 Course (R4): Day One: Session 2: PowerPoint Presentation: IWhat is a blog? Learners assess different blog posts.
(20/09/2016)[R4-P02-S2] Session 2: This presentation introduces the value of blogging in an academic contenxt and asks learners to asess different blogs and approaches. -
Research 4 Course (R4): Day One: Session 7: Session Plan.
(20/09/2016)[R4_D1-S7] Session 7: Session Plan - Guidance notes for facilitators/educators including learning outcomes and assessment techniques. -
Research 4 Course (R4): Day One: Session 7: PowerPoint Presentation: Closing session for Research Course 4 - Wrap up and reflection
(20/09/2016)[R4-P07-S7] Session 7: Closing session for Research Course 4 - wrap up and reflection -
Research 4 Course (R4): Day One: Session 1: PowerPoint Presentation: Introduction to R4 Course & Outcomes.
(20/09/2016)[R4-P01-S1] Session 1: An introductory presentation for the Research 4 (R4) course and course outcomes. -
Research 4 Course (R4): Day One: Session 6: PowerPoint Presentation: Getting your blog post published
(20/09/2016)[R4-P06-S6] Session 5: This is a technical session in which learners are supported to publish their blog posts on a blogging platform and introduced to growing an audience through social media (Twitter) -
Research 4 Course (R4): Day One: Session 6: Session Plan.
(20/09/2016)[R4_D1-S6] Session 6: Session Plan - Guidance notes for facilitators/educators including learning outcomes and assessment techniques. -
Research 4 Course (R4): Day One: Session 1: Session Plan.
(20/09/2016)[R4_D1-S1] Session 1: Session plan - Guidance notes for facilitators/educators including learning outcomes and assessment techniques. -
Research 4 Course (R4): Day One: Session 5: Handout: "Traffic Lights" markers for learners to indicate answers in quiz on effective blogging
(20/09/2016)[R4-H05] Handout Session 5: "Traffic Lights" markers for learners to indicate answers to interactive quiz. -
Research 4 Course (R4): Day One: Session 5: Handout: Guidelines for writing an effective blog post (ten tips)
(20/09/2016)[R4-H06] Handout Session 5: Guidelines for writing an effective blog post (ten tips). -
Research 4 Course (R4): Day One: Session 5: Handout: Blog post structure (Template)
(20/09/2016)[R4-H07] Handout Session 5: Provides a structure for writing a blog post (template) that learners can follow in the writing activity. -
Research 4 Course (R4): Day One: Session 5 Handout: Form for assessing a blog post (Rubric)
(20/09/2016)[R4-H08] Handout Session 5: Provides a form and crieria for learners to assess one another's blog posts. -
Research 4 Course (R4): Day One: Session 5: PowerPoint Presentation: What makes a blog post more effective?
(20/09/2016)[R4-P05-S5] Session 5: Focuses on effective writing for blogging using an interactive quiz. Learners write a blog post about their research in a writing workshop and provide feedback on one another's post in a peer support ... -
Research 4 Course (R4): Day One: Session 5: Session Plan.
(20/09/2016)[R4_D1-S5] Session 5: Session Plan - Guidance notes for facilitators/educators including learning outcomes and assessment techniques. -
Research 4 Course (R4): Day One: Session 4: PowerPoint Presentation: Developing voice in reflective writing, freewriting techniques and exercises
(20/09/2016)[R4-P04-S4] Session 4: Introduces the notion of writer's voice, and freewriting techniques for developing voice / reflective writing. Learners will apply freewriting techniques to write about their work. -
Research 4 Course (R4): Day One: Session 3: PowerPoint Presentation: Introduction to reflective thinking, learning and writing
(20/09/2016)[R4-P03-S3] Session 3: This presentation introduces the value of reflective thinking, learning and writing for reserch communications.
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