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Chapter Two: Choosing Where to Be Present Online

This chapter includes an overview of the various platforms where academics and higher education professionals might want to be present online and includes a range of activities to help you decide which platforms and features to prioritize.

Chapter Resources

Download a list of online spaces for academics and higher education professionals (PDF)

Platform Examples

About.me

https://about.me/

Example: https://about.me/katielinder

Examples:

Facebook

https://facebook.com

Example:

Goodreads

https://goodreads.com

Example: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7769629.Kathryn_E_Linder

Google+

Example: https://plus.google.com/u/0/+KathrynLinder

Google Citations

https://scholar.google.com

Example: http://bit.ly/2rZFBxk

Impactstory

https://impactstory.org

Example: https://impactstory.org/u/0000-0002-7486-7665

Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/

Example: https://www.instagram.com/katie_linder/

Institutional website

Example: http://ecampus.oregonstate.edu/staff/bio/linderk.htm

https://linkedin.com

Example: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katie-linder-869ba56

Medium

https://medium.com)

Example: https://medium.com/@katie__linder

MERLOT

https://www.merlot.org/)

Example: http://bit.ly/2hUhluN

ORCID

https://orcid.org/

Example: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7486-7665

Periscope

https://www.periscope.tv/

Example: https://www.periscope.tv/HigherEdScope/

https://pinterest.com

Example: https://www.pinterest.com/katie__linder/

Publisher author page

Example: http://bit.ly/2rVk0XZ

ResearchGate

https://researchgate.com)

Example: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kathryn_Linder

Self-hosted Professional Website

Example: https://katielinder.work

SlideShare

http://www.slideshare.net/

Example: https://www.slideshare.net/ericstoller

Snapchat

https://www.snapchat.com/

Example: No examples can be offered for Snapchat because of the brevity of content availability, but common uses for Snapchat include “day-in-the-life” posts where users share image and video updates from throughout their day (this is also a common use of Instagram Stories).