We have just added several videos from this AERA communications mini-course! Thank you Paul for video recording key parts of this session.
Click here for Sara Goldrick-Rab discussing effective blogging for researchers, Part I.
Click here for Sara Goldrick-Rab, Part II. This is the Q&A component of Part I, so you may want to view that video first.
Click here for Sarah Sparks from Education Week providing tips for working with the news media.
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We just posted the final Syllabus for this course. It’s packed with information to help you communicate to any audience, whether it’s your dissertation committee or the Supreme Court. Sarah Sparks from Education Week will offer tips for working with the media, while University of Wisconsin Associate Professor Sara Goldrick-Rab, who blogs at The Education Optimists, will share her ideas for using social media. See our bio page for more information about Sarah and Sara!
A warm welcome to anyone interested in improving or expanding their communication skills while attending the 2012 AERA meeting in Vancouver. Presentations, social media, and working with reporters will all be covered in this four hour course, which will provide many hands-on opportunities. Feel free to send any questions to myself or Paul Baker. We look forward to seeing you in Vancouver.
Ron Dietel, Communications 201 Mini-Course Director
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Here is an Agenda from a similar communications mini-course conducted by Ron and Barbara at the 2011 California Educational Research Association conference.
Here are Barbara McKenna’s Writing Tips from her presentation at the AERA Communications 101 professional development course. McKenna AERA2011 Com101
Ron Dietel’s Presentation Tips RonAERA.2011
Paul Baker’s Social Media Resources and Links PBaker.2011AERA
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Barbara McKenna has just added some now materials to this web site. These will be used during her part of the workshop.
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I feel [that] I have a new arsenal of information to help me as I present/create presentations in the future. …It should be offered again and as many people who can should take it. Thank you for offering it. The highlight of my AERA. 2009 AERA Communications Course Attendee
They are back by popular demand! Communications 101 (PDC13) is a unique professional development course offered at the 2011 AERA and NCME annual meetings in New Orleans. If you want to become a better communicator, this course is a must.
Offered on Saturday, April 9th, 1-5: p.m., three research center communicators will demonstrate and allow you to practice writing, speaking, and using social media to better communicate your work. The result? More effective communications with reporters, policy makers, researchers, practitioners, and the public.
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