Blogging for Academics: A Practical Workshop

10:00am - 4:30pm / Friday 13th November 2015
Type: Workshop / Category: Research
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Blogging is a productive tool for communicating research at multiple stages of a project. This may be as a reflection on the process, dissemination of multi-media content, the creation of an archive, or reaching specialist and/or non-specialist audiences. In recent years, the LSE Impact Blog (http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/) has explored academic blogging as a tool with a particular focus on its use by Social Scientists and Nadine Muller (http://www.nadinemuller.org.uk/ ) has created a platform for Early Career Researchers in the Humanities. These have established its usefulness at multiple stages of projects and career trajectories. Whether you want to create a blog related to a specific project or to construct an academic self, the aim of this workshop is to provide you with the tools to do so. The day will consist of two halves. The first half will be dedicated to a reflection on the process of blogging and thinking about design and structure, and the second half will be a practical lab-based session on using Wordpress for blogging. This will be a useful introductory session for new bloggers and a refresher for those who want to expand their use of Wordpress for their projects. This session is open to researchers from PG level to established scholars. By the end of the day each participant will have a WordPress-hosted site of their own, which can then be developed further with support from the trainer. Training will be provided by Dr Jennifer Allanson of TupleSpace (www.tuplespace.net).

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