Katy Jordan
Biographic Data
| ID | 5801405 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Katy Jordan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Katy |
| FAMILY NAME | Jordan |
| SIGNATURE | JORDAN K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Cambridge |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0910-0078 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The Journal of Interactive Media in Education 1996–2026
Keywords, citations and ‘algorithm magic’
The accessibility of academic literature has improved considerably because of the internet, with a range of platforms providing access online. It is now common for academic literature databases to use ranking algorithms to sort search results by ‘relevance’. However, it is often unclear how relevance is defined, and it varies across different platforms. This lack of transparency can potentially introduce bias, and impact the rigour of literature …
The changing nature of social media and research impact
Ranking ‘by Relevance’ in Academic Literature Searches
Academic literature has arguably never been more accessible, with an increasing number of online platforms acting as search portals. To make the quantity of search results more manageable for users, platforms may present results according to ‘relevance’. However, the concept of relevance is subjective and depending on how it is defined may carry a risk of compounding biases in academic publishing. For example, different databases vary in terms of…
Supporting equitable access to learning via SMS in Kenya
The use of SMS messaging for education has grown in recent years, with particular attention recently during the Covid‐19 pandemic. Mobile phones often have high levels of ownership in low‐income contexts compared to computers, and lower connectivity requirements, which arguably make this a more equitable medium than data‐heavy online instruction, for example. However, given that gender can be a factor to influence mobile device access and use, it…
Views expressed here are my own and not those of the university
‘Sort by Relevance’ – Whose Relevance? A Critical Examination of Algorithm-Mediated Academic Literature Searches
The academic literature has arguably never been more accessible. Through the internet, academics - and the wider public - are presented with an increasing array of platforms which offer sources of academic literature and information sources. Large-scale platforms – such as Google Scholar – often utilise algorithms in order to manage how search query results are prioritised and presented to searchers. This ‘sorting by relevance’ introduces an opaq…
Academics’ perceptions of research impact and engagement through interactions on social media platforms
The pursuit of greater research ‘impact’ has become embedded within Higher Education, through links to perceived value for money, and reified through institutional auditing processes. Academics are frequently encouraged to use social media to facilitate public engagement and enhance research impact, as it offers the potential to connect with more diverse, non-academic audiences. However, little is known about the relationship between the use of s…
Toward a holistic approach to EdTech effectiveness
Platforms and Institutions in the Post-Pandemic University
In this paper, we argue that digital platforms play an important role within higher education, not least of all when Covid-19 has made remote working the norm. An increasingly rich field of theoretical and empirical work has helped us understand platforms as socio-technical infrastructures which shape the activity of their users. Their insertion into higher education raises urgent institutional questions which necessitate dispensing with the indi…
Support provided for K-12 teachers teaching remotely with technology during emergencies
EdTech for Ugandan girls
Learning with technology during emergencies
Notes from the Editors
veryone knows that social media can be an "outrage machine": a dark hole of blistering criticism and rejection that fosters "compare and despair" syndrome by inviting us to judge our inner selves against others' Instagram pics (Haidt and Twenge 2021). However, it also has the potential to connect people in new and dynamic ways, helping to build community across distance and difference
Examining the UK higher education sector through the network of institutional accounts on Twitter
Web link mining has been previously used as a way of gaining insight into how the Internet may be replicating or reshaping connections between institutions within the higher education sector. Institutions are increasingly active on social media platforms, and these connections have not been studied. This paper presents an exploratory analysis of the network of UK higher education institutional accounts on Twitter. All U.K. institutions have a pre…
Academics and their online networks
The rapid rise in popularity of online social networking has been followed by a slew of services aimed at an academic audience. This project sought to explore network structure in these sites, and to explore trends in network structure by surveying participants about their use of sites and motivations for making connections. Social network analysis revealed that discipline was influential in defining community structure, while academic seniority …
The Lore of the Land
(2008). The Lore of the Land: A Guide to England's Legends from Spring-Heeled Jack to the Witches of Warboys. Time and Mind: Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 263-264
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The Lore of the Land
(2008). The Lore of the Land: A Guide to England's Legends from Spring-Heeled Jack to the Witches of Warboys. Time and Mind: Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 263-264
Academics and their online networks
The rapid rise in popularity of online social networking has been followed by a slew of services aimed at an academic audience. This project sought to explore network structure in these sites, and to explore trends in network structure by surveying participants about their use of sites and motivations for making connections. Social network analysis revealed that discipline was influential in defining community structure, while academic seniority …
Examining the UK higher education sector through the network of institutional accounts on Twitter
Web link mining has been previously used as a way of gaining insight into how the Internet may be replicating or reshaping connections between institutions within the higher education sector. Institutions are increasingly active on social media platforms, and these connections have not been studied. This paper presents an exploratory analysis of the network of UK higher education institutional accounts on Twitter. All U.K. institutions have a pre…
Learning with technology during emergencies
Notes from the Editors
veryone knows that social media can be an "outrage machine": a dark hole of blistering criticism and rejection that fosters "compare and despair" syndrome by inviting us to judge our inner selves against others' Instagram pics (Haidt and Twenge 2021). However, it also has the potential to connect people in new and dynamic ways, helping to build community across distance and difference
Platforms and Institutions in the Post-Pandemic University
In this paper, we argue that digital platforms play an important role within higher education, not least of all when Covid-19 has made remote working the norm. An increasingly rich field of theoretical and empirical work has helped us understand platforms as socio-technical infrastructures which shape the activity of their users. Their insertion into higher education raises urgent institutional questions which necessitate dispensing with the indi…
Support provided for K-12 teachers teaching remotely with technology during emergencies
EdTech for Ugandan girls
‘Sort by Relevance’ – Whose Relevance? A Critical Examination of Algorithm-Mediated Academic Literature Searches
The academic literature has arguably never been more accessible. Through the internet, academics - and the wider public - are presented with an increasing array of platforms which offer sources of academic literature and information sources. Large-scale platforms – such as Google Scholar – often utilise algorithms in order to manage how search query results are prioritised and presented to searchers. This ‘sorting by relevance’ introduces an opaq…
Academics’ perceptions of research impact and engagement through interactions on social media platforms
The pursuit of greater research ‘impact’ has become embedded within Higher Education, through links to perceived value for money, and reified through institutional auditing processes. Academics are frequently encouraged to use social media to facilitate public engagement and enhance research impact, as it offers the potential to connect with more diverse, non-academic audiences. However, little is known about the relationship between the use of s…
Toward a holistic approach to EdTech effectiveness
Ranking ‘by Relevance’ in Academic Literature Searches
Academic literature has arguably never been more accessible, with an increasing number of online platforms acting as search portals. To make the quantity of search results more manageable for users, platforms may present results according to ‘relevance’. However, the concept of relevance is subjective and depending on how it is defined may carry a risk of compounding biases in academic publishing. For example, different databases vary in terms of…
Supporting equitable access to learning via SMS in Kenya
The use of SMS messaging for education has grown in recent years, with particular attention recently during the Covid‐19 pandemic. Mobile phones often have high levels of ownership in low‐income contexts compared to computers, and lower connectivity requirements, which arguably make this a more equitable medium than data‐heavy online instruction, for example. However, given that gender can be a factor to influence mobile device access and use, it…
Views expressed here are my own and not those of the university
The Journal of Interactive Media in Education 1996–2026
Keywords, citations and ‘algorithm magic’
The accessibility of academic literature has improved considerably because of the internet, with a range of platforms providing access online. It is now common for academic literature databases to use ranking algorithms to sort search results by ‘relevance’. However, it is often unclear how relevance is defined, and it varies across different platforms. This lack of transparency can potentially introduce bias, and impact the rigour of literature …
The changing nature of social media and research impact
Political science (9 works) · Computer Science (7 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Social media (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Business (4 works) · Higher Education Practises and Engagement (4 works) · Information retrieval (4 works) · Public relations (4 works) · World Wide Web (4 works)