Copyright

Donna Lanclos; Lawrie Phipps

Published On

2019-06-30

Page Range

pp. 141-150

Language

  • English

Print Length

9 pages

13. Leadership and Social Media: Challenges and Opportunities

Chapter of: Social Media in Higher Education: Case Studies, Reflections and Analysis (pp. 141–150)

Lanclos and Phipps approach the issue of leadership from a different perspective. They have both organised several iterations of Jisc’s Digital Leadership course, which brings together leaders in HE to discuss how the digital impacts on their own personal practice and how they can make effective use of social media. They discuss the usefulness and limitations of visual mapping frameworks such as the Visitors/Residents continuum, as well as summarising their own mapping of digital engagement. Like others in this book they note that engagement in social media is beneficial but it can also mirror and even amplify societal issues of racism, sexism, bullying and other issues related to the abuse of power.

Contributors

Donna Lanclos

(author)
Anthropologist; former Library Anthropologist at University of California
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8714-7707

Donna Lancos is an anthropologist working with ethnographic methods and analysis to inform and change policy in higher education, in particular in and around libraries, research, physical and digital spaces, and teaching and learning practices. Between 2009 and 2018 she was the Library Anthropologist at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte. She has conducted anthropological research in libraries at University College London as well as at UNC Charlotte, and regularly delivers workshops and talks on issues of digital practices, leadership, and institutional change. She co-led the iterations of Jisc's Digital Leadership Course in 2017 and 2018, and has also conducted a study of teaching practices in Higher and Further Education on behalf of Jisc. She writes about these and other projects at www.donnalanclos.com, and you can also find her on Twitter @DonnaLanclos.

Lawrie Phipps

(author)
Senior Codesign Manager, Jisc Research and Development Directorate at Jisc
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0834-273X

Lawrie Phipps' current portfolio contains work in student experience, technology-enhanced learning, digital research practice, digital leadership and change management. He developed Jisc's Digital Leaders course and continues his research around digital leadership. His previous work includes social media in education, institutional efficiency, and accessibility for disabled students. Lawrie is Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, and is a Senior Codesign Manager working in the Jisc research and development directorate. He is a facilitator, coach and mentor around all things digital. Prior to his current role, Lawrie worked as a learning technologist, a telecommunications engineer and served in the Royal Navy. You can find him on line at www.Lawriephipps.co.uk and Twitter @lawrie