Upcoming talk about Remote PhD Supervision

You gotta love your PLN. I was working today on my slides (draft here, comment access) for an upcoming virtual presentation I’m doing for Imperial College, Kings College and UCL remote PhD students this Thursday inshallah… And I had an epiphany, which I tweeted

I had a Eureka moment today. What I used to think was a disadvantage (having done my PhD remotely) prepared me really well to be an independent researcher who seeks my own learning via my online Personal Learning Network (PLN) and to not seek one authority figure for mentorship

— ℳąhą Bąℓi, PhD مها بالي 🌵 (@Bali_Maha) June 5, 2018

Within hours, I had received a response from a local American colleague, Kim, from Rissa in New Mexico and Heather in Connecticut, US, Lenandlar in Guyana, and Juandoming in Spain (in Spanish). I decided on a whim to insert those into the presentation as a demo of how PLNs work!

Here is the link to listen to an audio version of the session (to preserve anonymity of participants) which will be Thursday June 7 at noon UK time (1pm Cairo, 11 GMT) [updated link after the fact]

Some Twitter reactions to the talk from folks onsite

Wow – Prof Bali presenting from Egypt remotely on being a part-time remote PhD student – total audience participation #phdbalance pic.twitter.com/STylSiHNWm

— Janet De Wilde 💙 (@jdew2) June 7, 2018

Remote supervision and mentoring. #PhdBalance Interesting and inspiring talk delivered remotely by @Bali_Maha @ImperialGradSch @jdew2 @LauraGMcConnell @valecattane @JaneCoughlan pic.twitter.com/4sRxALFeFP

— Richard Bale 🇪🇺🇬🇧🇩🇪🇦🇹 (@RichBale) June 7, 2018

Advantages of remote supervision @LauraGMcConnell @ImperialGradSch @RichBale @valecattane @Bali_Maha pic.twitter.com/rLyR8n7WIw

— Janet De Wilde 💙 (@jdew2) June 7, 2018

From people watching online

I'm watching this talk right now. (Was gonna watch live but I apparently have zero ability to recalculate GMT time to MDT time)

I love the way Maha (@Bali_Maha) conversationally discusses her experience in the midst of listening to others. #ConversationalLearning @VConnecting https://t.co/fbFZv4LsOs

— Rissa Sorensen-Unruh (@RissaChem) June 7, 2018

Building your Personal Learning Network #PLN is really an important part of remote research and every kind of #research. Always grateful to my #PLN I have learned a thousand more than I could without them. pic.twitter.com/zyajGLaSIo

— John T. Okewole (@dbeloved) June 7, 2018

You are always welcome. Learned so much from you and I fell in love over with learning remotely. Challenged to go for my next degree.👍

— John T. Okewole (@dbeloved) June 7, 2018