Presentation given at Staffordshire University's Learning & Teaching Conference 2016, 'Digital Capability: Transforming Our Learning and Teaching'.

1. Dr Katy Vigurs
Associate Professor of Higher &
Professional Education
@drkatyvigurs
Developing networked scholarship with
part-time doctoral students

3. Isolation
Stop-start
study
Common experiences of
part-time doctoral study
At a
distance
Outside
of research
cultures
Juggling job
& study
Balancing
family life
Nervous
writers

5. • Participation in social practices
is a necessary condition for
learning. (Lave & Wenger, 1991)
• Part-time PGR students at risk
of remaining on periphery of
research communities.

15. “I lack the confidence to write
my own tweets.”
“I’m concerned how others
might respond.”
“I don’t want to appear foolish
or stupid. What if I’m
ridiculed?”

18. Want to know more? This just out.
Research paper published June 2016
Using Twitter to Tackle Peripherality? Scan QR code to access paper

19. Learn more about using Twitter in university
research, teaching & impact activities
User-friendly guide published by
Mollet, Moran and Dunleavy
Scan QR code to access paper