Social Media: benefits for researchers

by Inge de Waard

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Web(2.0) was made for science

Tim Berners-Lee created the idea of the World Wide Web in 1983

together with Robert Cailliau the WWW was turned into an instrument for

scientific information exchange

Is this the right time to dive into Social Media and Web2.0?

Some researchers are skeptical or feel an aversion to change but … shift happens

Generation C is here

Closed => Open science

Copyright and intellectual property => science commons - interested: podcast of John Wilbanks from Science Commons, interviewed by MIT Libraries News.

Science2.0 is emerging

Look at the wiki of the conference on science blogging.

Or look at The Open Laboratory: a paper book or digital book with great scientific blogposts

Lets digg in

Why scientists embrace Web2.0? Looking at simple applications Diving in collaborative software

Examples galore!

Why? Well, Web2.0 = participation

Sit around the campfire

Narratives + discussions + exchanging expertise

= science = benefits of Social Media

Social Media = Connections

lifelong learning + latest knowledge + (global) network= science = benefits of Social Media

You and F2F colleagues

You within network of institutional partners

You within your global digital peer network

Web2.0 = (informal) learning

Informal learning + personal content production = science = benefits of Social Media

Social Media gives everyone the means of production - Harold Jarche

Informal learning: definition and image by Jay Cross

You write, you learn => the read and write Web

Web2.0 = personal & collaborative growth

"A single ant or bee isn't smart, but their colonies are. The study of swarm intelligence is providing insights that can help humans manage complex systems, from truck routing to military robots." National Geographic

learning is a process of becoming something (Stephen Downs on How the Net Works).

Wisdom of crowds

Diving in is easy

Social Media is subscribingAND remembering username

and password

Use tag(s) to be able to retrieve relevant info.

simple Web2.0 applications: blog

Write a post, publish it, enable others to comment/discussKeep track of your work and thought flow

Get in the top blogger list with Technorati

Writing enhances thought and reflection

Blog – zoom in

Microblog – zoom in

Short Q&A keeps everyone updated within a blink of an eye

Blog & microblog - links

Blog start-upWordpress TypepadBloggerWeebly …

Microblog start-up

Jaiku

TwitterTwitter search (find a topic)Twitter apps

Pownce

…

One purpose Multimedia

Record media and publish it in one purpose Web2.0 apps.

Share your visual findings, record methods, show statistics… make your work known

Multimedia – zoom in

Share images with your colleagues

Multimedia – zoom in

Build a scientific show that reaches the world

Multimedia - links

Flickr Photobucket Dropshot

Blip.tv youTube.com Ustream.tv: real life streaming

Free bookmarks & references

Sharing bookmarks saves time and gives your colleagues relevant immediate access.

Surfing => reading => saving => sharing

Tagging!

Bookmarks – zoom in

References – zoom in

Bookmark & reference - links

bookmarks Del.icio.us Ma.gnolia

references Connotea Pubmed CiteUlike Zotero

Collaborative software: wiki

Wiki’s enable collaborative work on 1 web locationweb based => accessible from all around the world.

It can be private or open, free or pay.

You all write, build upon what is written, change… collaboratively

No more scattered documents, just wiki.

Wiki – zoom in

Wiki - links

Wiki Pbwiki Wikispaces Mediawiki

Document sharing = online office Google docs Zoho Scribd

Issuu

Communities

Social Media is all about connecting to communities.

Put your profile out there and become a member of communities.

Get your profile known

linkedIn

Wink

Orkut

Engage in a community

Engage in a community

Community software - links

Community building software Ning Elgg

Find communities facebook Mybloglog

Crowdsourcing: what

taking a task traditionally performed by an employee or contractor, and outsourcing it to an undefined, generally large group of people, in the form of an open call. (wikipedia)

Crowdsourcing – zoom in

Crowdsourcing - links

Seti @ home: ET? InnoCentive: take up a challenge Stardust @ home: find stardust Engage in climate prediction

Crowdsourcing: the blog

One last thing: RSS

Add a feed reader for easy (easier) content follow-up

Syndication, picks up social media content and spreads it throughout the internet where it can be found by anyone looking for that information.

See how it works (commoncraft). Some feed readers:

Bloglines

Google reader

feedreader

Conclusions: benefits

Social Media gives you:

Network + personal profiling

Narratives + discussions + exchanging expertise

lifelong learning + latest knowledge + (global) network

Informal learning + personal content production

Most of it is web based => accessible from all around the world

=> It is easy, just do it!

LinksArticles Scientific American Science2.0 Business Week Science2.0 Social Computing Magazine network strategies Social Computing Magazine on social media

Books Wikipatterns by Stewart Mader Five minds of the Future, by Howard Gardner

Tutorials – movies on how to Common Craft videos RSS how to movie

Thank you !

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