Social Media Benefits For Researchers

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 subscribing

AND 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/discuss Keep 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-up

Wordpress

Typepad

Blogger

Weebly

…

Microblog start-up Jaiku Twitter Twitter 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 location web 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

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!

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