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The Utterly Amazing and ExcitingWorld of Science Communication
Online!!!!!A Few Suggestions from the Science Online
2009 Conference
Miriam C. GoldsteinScripps Institution of Oceanography
January 20, 2009
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Moving Beyond Cat Captions(not that there’s anything wrong with that)
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Four Aspects of Online Communication1. Your online persona2. The internet in the classroom3. Diversity outreach online4. Strange & exciting future directions for
science online
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1. Your online persona: professionalism• You already have an online persona• Make sure YOU control it
– Google yourself frequently– Adjust Facebook privacy settings
versus
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Your online persona: self-promotion
Promote your expertise:
Low commitment: professional webpage
Medium commitment: build an resource
High commitment: write a blog
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Persona Demo
• Googling the teeming hordes of MiriamGoldsteins
• Miriam’s invertebrate video collection
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2. Using the internet in the classroomIntroducing Miss Baker’s
biology class
• “I think TV will be wack in 20years.”
• “We can’t imagine what itwas like for you all [beforethe internet].”
• ““Thank god for older peoplewho are able to accesscomputers and contributeonline materials.”
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Classrooms online: methods
• Twitter and AIM– Questions on homework
• Skype– Video-chats with scientists
• Ning– Private social networks with message
board, walls, real-time chat• Wikis
– Webpages that all members can edit
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Classrooms online: uses
• Blogs– Field trip blogging (high-stakes for students)– Summarize peer-reviewed papers
(ResearchBlogging.org, video podcasts)• Wikis
– Create project or resource, (e.g., guide to field triplocation)
• Message Boards– Discuss controversial matters privately (e.g.,
evolution)
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Introducing the Creepy TreehousePower dynamics on the internet
– Keep personal lives separate• Love those Facebook privacy settings!• Can be in same Facebook group without being
Facebook friends– Students should always initiate online
contact, never teachers
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Classroom Demo
• Miss Baker’s class blog
• Ning - a class page and the Synapse
• ResearchBlogging.org
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3. Diversity Outreach Online
Problems:• Low student recruitment• Feelings of isolation in pasty white
science-land• Lack of mentorship
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Online Solutions
Online communities can supplement whatis lacking in real life communities
• Compile list of minority-authoredscience blogs
• Blog “carnival” about minority academicissues
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Offline Solutions• Mentorship
– You can reach out/mentor someone wholooks different than you
• Get more undergrads involved– Bigger net = more minority recruitment– Invite undergrads to attend seminar, to
volunteer, to go tidepooling, etc.
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Demo: Diversity Resources Online
• Urban Science Adventures!
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Strange and exciting future directions forscience online
• Open Notebook Science– Putting primary record online as it is
recorded• Multimedia methods
– Journal of Visualized Experiments (JOVE)– SciVee Pubcasts and Postercasts
[DEMO]
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A final caution• Possible conflict with employer or
stakeholders - and it won’t be what you think• Negotiate blogging agreement AHEAD of
time– Privacy issues– Verboten topics– The occasional crazy stalker and your workplace