class: left, bottom, title-slide # You are stronger than you think ## Insights for academic publishing ### K. Bret Staudt Willet ### 10/26/2020 --- class: inverse, center, middle # Slides [bretsw.github.io/publishing-lecture/](https://bretsw.github.io/publishing-lecture/) --- class: inverse, center, middle <img src="img/i-kill-giants.jpg" width="720px" style="display: block; margin: auto;" /> **"You are stronger than you think."** --- # About me <img src="img/five.jpg" width="600px" style="display: block; margin: auto;" /> - Year 5 -- - Job market --- # My research area <img src="img/network.jpg" width="600px" style="display: block; margin: auto;" /> - Networked learning -- - How social media platforms support online learning communities -- - New teachers looking for support during induction --- class: inverse, center, middle # Writing <img src="img/publish.jpg" width="720px" style="display: block; margin: auto;" /> --- # Understanding writing <img src="img/thread.jpg" width="480px" style="display: block; margin: auto;" /> - Start with **Problem** (what's missing) + **Purpose** (so what?) -- - Jump to **Research Questions** -- - Back to **Lit Review (what is known)** + **Framework** (what to look at) -- - Forward to **Method** (how to answer RQs) -- - Forward to **Results** (what was found) + **Discussion** (how it fits the literature) --- class: inverse, center, middle # Publishing <img src="img/publish.jpg" width="720px" style="display: block; margin: auto;" /> --- # Understanding publishing <img src="img/publish.jpg" width="480px" style="display: block; margin: auto;" /> -- - Philosophy and principles of **open science**: knowledge for the common good -- - **Apprenticeship** in a community of practice -- - Legitimate peripheral participation -- - Situated learning --- # Picking a journal <img src="img/cocktail-party.jpg" width="600px" style="display: block; margin: auto;" /> -- - Join the cocktail party conversation (thanks Ralph!) -- - Try to cite 5 articles from the journal --- # Reaching out <img src="img/reach-out.jpg" width="600px" style="display: block; margin: auto;" /> -- - Remember that editors are people too -- - Seriously -- - All the ones I know are really great people on top of that --- # Waiting <img src="img/across-time.jpg" width="720px" style="display: block; margin: auto;" /> -- - No getting around it, waiting is hard. -- - It also seems to be a major task in academia. -- - Do your part early and well, then find something else to keep you busy while you wait --- class: inverse, center, middle # You are stronger than you think! <img src="img/strong.jpg" width="480px" style="display: block; margin: auto;" /> --- # Questions? <img src="img/question.jpg" width="360px" style="display: block; margin: auto;" /> * **Email:** [staudtwi@msu.edu](mailto:staudtwi@msu.edu) * **Web:** [bretsw.com](http://bretsw.com) * **Twitter:** [@bretsw](https://twitter.com/bretsw) * **GitHub:** [bretsw](https://github.com/bretsw) * **Slides:** [bretsw.github.io/publishing-lecture/](https://bretsw.github.io/publishing-lecture/)