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!

Links
Articles
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

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Social Media Benefits For Researchers

by Inge Ignatia de Waard on Feb 14, 2008

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