Digital Academic Presence and World-Wide Awareness.
In the 21st century academic environment, digital presence has become critical in achieving an outstanding career. With increased use of digital technology and online resources, academic presence is now beyond lecture halls, institutions or conference centers. It has extended to world-wide web, where students/researchers are judged by their digital academic profile.
A digital academic presence denotes the portrayal of a student or researcher through academic-centered social networks and tools. These are professional accounts like; Linkedin, Google Scholar, ResearchGate, ORCID etc where student/researcher portrays their profile, academic qualifications, research work, publications and academic interests to the rest of the world.
A significant benefit derived from a digital academic presence is the increased awareness. Having a good digital profile, allows students to network with world-wide researchers, scholars, institutions etc, which most of the time gives them benefits like; scholarship opportunities, academic collaborations, internship invitations and lectureship opportunities.
Digital academic presence indicates an applicant is professional and consistent in their field of study. It gives other academic users a feeling that the student is not playing around with their studies/research and it instills a sense of trust in them and makes a student gain an academic recognition among academic communities globally.
Building a worldwide network is the fourth significant advantage of a digital academic presence. Using these social media sites enables students build connections across the world that might eventually lead to receiving of mentorship, a research partnership etc.
Cons of digital academic presence. One of the main Cons is; the constant maintenance is tiring, as you are required to constantly add your publications or update your information to enable your profile remain active and look good and attractive, and this takes a great deal of effort to accomplish.
In summation, it is irrefutable that a digital academic presence can neither be avoided nor postponed any further; it is the tool that empowers you gain global awareness of yourself as an academic. Students are hereby being urged to have and maintain their digital academic presence so they can grow academically to achieve an outstanding future.
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