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Leadership within education is always a challenge, but in the rapidly changing technology landscape we now work in, it seems even more daunting. I've collected some interesting reflections on educational leadership here. Enjoy!
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Academic researchers blast Twitter's data paywall as 'outrageously expensive' 

Academic researchers blast Twitter's data paywall as 'outrageously expensive'  | Educational Leadership | Scoop.it
After Twitter announced in February it would begin charging third parties to access its platform data, academic researchers warned that the vaguely worded plan could threaten important studies about how misinformation, harassment and other malicious activity spreads online.
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Cliques, Careerism and Self-Promotion on Academic Twitter | Technology and Learning

Academic Twitter is higher ed people tweeting. What do we think of Academic Twitter?


On the positive side, there are many good things about tweeting academics. Twitter provides a platform and a community.


On Twitter, one’s academic identity and intellectual status is not dependent on one’s position in the higher education hierarchy. An adjunct instructor can exert more Twitter influence than a tenured full-professor, providing they have built and maintained a critical mass of followers.


Where else in higher education is one’s status dependent on the quality of one’s contribution to a community of practice than Academic Twitter?


Still, there are many things about Twitter that leave me queasy.  I’ll enumerate three:

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Professor who tweeted the coronavirus genome, paving the way for new vaccines, scoops major Australian science award

Professor who tweeted the coronavirus genome, paving the way for new vaccines, scoops major Australian science award | Educational Leadership | Scoop.it
Professor Edward Holmes of the University of Sydney has scooped the top award at last night’s Prime Minister’s Prizes for Science, for his prompt efforts to understand the coronavirus genome.
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The Periodic Table of Educational Tweeters to follow! by ICTEvangelist

The Periodic Table of Educational Tweeters to follow! by ICTEvangelist | Educational Leadership | Scoop.it
The Periodic Table of Educational Tweeters to follow! - ThingLink
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