Author
-
Social Media for Learning
The aim of this blog is to help you explore the different ways you can interact online using social media and the tools to help you do this.Introducing Social Media
Social Media is an umbrella term for web based and mobile technology that allows the user to produce and share information with others using text and/or media (video, audio, images), who in turn are then able to engage in a interactive dialogue about the content.
About me
Sue is an Associate Professor Learning and Teaching and National Teaching Fellow at Sheffield Hallam University; a Visiting Professor at Arden University and a Visiting Fellow at Edge Hill University. She is also a Principal Fellow of the HEA, a Senior Fellow of the Staff and Educational Development Association, a Certified Management and Business Educator and a Member of the Association of Learning Technology.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/suebeckingham/
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/suebecks.bsky.social
Twitter X: https://x.com/suebecksKeynotes and presentations: https://www.suebeckingham.com/p/conference.html
Social Media Research
My publications can be found on my Sheffield Hallam University profile page and books and book chapters at amazon.com/author/suebeckingham-
Join 311 other subscribers
CREATIVE COMMONS LICENCE
Social Media Blog by Sue Beckingham is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.-
Recent Posts
- New notification features on Bluesky
- Student professionalism and online presence – tips on making your LinkedIn profile stand out to employers
- LinkedIn’s use of your data for Generative AI improvement
- Paws, Reflect, and Write: Turning Morning Walk Thoughts into Blog Posts
- Autoposting your blog post to Bluesky
-
Category Archives: Blogs
Paws, Reflect, and Write: Turning Morning Walk Thoughts into Blog Posts
As an educator I enjoy engaging with the scholarship of learning and teaching and often take inspiration from other educators and of course my students. I also like to find new innovative ways to enhance teaching, support students to flourish … Continue reading
Autoposting your blog post to Bluesky
To save yourself time, you can choose to connect your blog to Bluesky and then when you publish a blog post it will automatically create a post in Bluesky for you and post it. You can choose to turn this … Continue reading
Digital accessibility health check: points to consider
At least 1 in 5 people in the UK have a long term illness, impairment or disability. Many more have a temporary disability (Gov.uk). Making a website accessible means making sure it can be used by as many people as … Continue reading
Extending the audience of a blog post
When you start to blog your focus is understandably on the post you are writing. However if you don’t then think about about how you will share this post to an audience that will appreciate it and potentially share with … Continue reading
Blogademia: Introducing blogging as a professional tool in academia
The term ‘blogademia’ is cited by many as being coined by Saper (2006). Sadly however this paper is no longer accessible. I came across it as I was researching this topic having been asked to give a short 15 minute … Continue reading
A Faster Mobile Web: WordPress.com Updates for Accelerated Mobile Pages
Useful post from WordPress on their latest update which gives you even more control over your site’s look and feel on Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) pages – a feature available to all.
The anatomy of the perfect blog post
When writing a public blog there is an expectation that someone will read it, however this is not always the case. To increase the chances of your blog being read, there are some useful points to be considered. Whoever you are … Continue reading
10 Tips to develop or enhance your blog
This post aims to highlight some simple but valuable tips you can use to develop or indeed enhance your blog. 1. Start from the blog itself Choose a nice template and make use of the header to visually display what … Continue reading
Tips for your blog or website: The ABCs of landing pages that work
Below are some useful tips on making the most of the landing page on blogs and websites. Thanks to Copyblogger who has given permission to reproduce the infographic a landing page is any page on a website where traffic is sent … Continue reading
Let me tell you a secret… Tips from a Journalist on blogging
Image source: Pixabay I recently attended a workshop led by Sue Featherstone (Journalist and Principal Lecturer, Sheffield Hallam University) on the secrets of blogging which was put on for the new student bloggers who are volunteer content managers. These students will capture … Continue reading
Sue Beckingham
Social Media for Learning 