Academic Reputation Building Mechanisms in Online Learning Environments

A presentation made at the 9th Annual Iranian Conference on e-Learning (ICeLeT), 11-13 March 2015, Kharazmi University, Tehran, IRAN.

Abstract: Currently academic reputation building is
mainly based on research activities and publications. Online reputation
building platforms such as ResearchGate, ImpactStory, GrowKudos, Academia and
alike all mainly focus on research. Some of these also take into account
interactions among peers and knowledge exchange activities; however, teaching
and education related activities are totally missing in current reputation
building activities. This paper studies a range of online reputation building
platforms such as Altmetrics platforms, academic social networking services,
and online learning environments to find out about any data and measure of
reputation related to teaching and learning activities. Then, considering the
types of data potentially available through different types of learning
platforms, teaching related reputation building mechanisms and measures are
proposed.