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Faria servir en Charles Darwin la Viquipèdia?
1. @miquelduran Universitat de Girona ICHN-Olot 22/1/2016#darviq
Faria servir en Charles Darwin la Viquipèdia
per comunicar les seves descobertes? 5
raons per comunicar obertament la ciència
ICHN Garrotxa, Olot, 22/1/2016
Miquel Duran, Universitat de Girona
miquel.duran@udg.edu
http://miquelduran.net http://edunomia.net
@miquelduran
Presentation available at http://slideshare.net/quelgir
2. @miquelduran Universitat de Girona ICHN-Olot 22/1/2016#darviq
Micro i mini CV
Sóc professor de química física de la Universitat de Girona i
investigador en química teòrica i computacional.
Des de petit em vaig interessar per l'ús d'Internet a la
comunicació científica i la docència, però va ser un curs
d'il.lusionisme el que em va obrir un món meravellós per
connectar màgia i ciència, i fins i tot per esdevenir mag
aficionat.
Entre d'altres coses que m'engresquen, organitzo la sèrie
d'esdeveniments TEDxUdG, promoc el coneixement obert,
em declaro científic amic dels MOOC, i vaig en BTT per
conèixer món.
Sembla mentida que la meva frase preferida sigui de "Le
Petit Prince": “Tu sais, quand on est tellement triste, on
aime les couchers de soleil”.
De fet, el que és realment estrany és que vagi diguent en
públic que "Jo sóc i jo i les meves circumstàncies digitals".
Deu ser que Màgia, Ciència i Internet estan ben trabades.
University professor.
Research in Quantum
Chemistry.
Digital Science
Communication,
Magic and Science,
MOOCs,
TEDx events,
Open Knowledge
@miquelduran
Wikipedia
usuari:quelet
6. @miquelduran Universitat de Girona ICHN-Olot 22/1/2016#darviq
The general picture for a
scientist is someone:
- wearing a lab white coat
- with glasses (security or
normal)
- crazy hair
- sometimes big head
- normally performing
experiments!
What about female
scientists?
7. @miquelduran Universitat de Girona ICHN-Olot 22/1/2016#darviq
Does Science Communication require
digital skills?
Complexities of a 2.0 World!
8. @miquelduran Universitat de Girona ICHN-Olot 22/1/2016#darviq
Main tools to communicate digitally
Social networks: facebook, instagram, linkedin, g+, etc.
Microblogging: twitter (account/hashtag)
Blogs (personal/groupal/collective)
Personal/groupal portal
Like in the real world!!
Great blog: Xavier Lasauca’s https://lasequantic.wordpress.com
9. @miquelduran Universitat de Girona ICHN-Olot 22/1/2016#darviq
Should scientists be active in social networks?
Do you realize that in the last 3 years…
• Almost everyone has a smartphone
• Video production and consumption is more easy than
ever and sustainable
• Bandwith is large enough both at home, at the
university and at street level
• Brands: Google instead of Coca-Cola, Appe vs IBM
• These are to think about a change in assessing Science.
• This is me and my digital circumstances
10. @miquelduran Universitat de Girona ICHN-Olot 22/1/2016#darviq
But do scientists communicate
research or disseminate knowledge?
11. @miquelduran Universitat de Girona ICHN-Olot 22/1/2016#darviq
Perhaps blogs (short texts+images) are
currently losing appeal
12. @miquelduran Universitat de Girona ICHN-Olot 22/1/2016#darviq
Video: key element to share talks: TED
Talks, Pechakucha, etc.
13. @miquelduran Universitat de Girona ICHN-Olot 22/1/2016#darviq
Many keys and ways for digital
communication of science
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NYT & MOOCs (20/4/13)
2012: The Year of the MOOC
Online learning: Campus 2.0
(Nature 13/3/2013)
Flipping Chemistry Classrooms
C&EN 25/3/2013
15. @miquelduran Universitat de Girona ICHN-Olot 22/1/2016#darviq
MOOC “Science Communication 2.0.1”
MiriadaX 2013 & 2015 (Spanish)
• Almost 15% completion rate, >6000 registered
• Awesome experience
• Started from a doctoral-level area-
independent course
• Specific target: graduate students, junior
researchers
• Reusing, sharing, creating, low-cost
production (good enough)
16. @miquelduran Universitat de Girona ICHN-Olot 22/1/2016#darviq
Cathedra for Science Culture and Digital
Communication (@C4DUdG):
Toward Science Citizenship
17. @miquelduran Universitat de Girona ICHN-Olot 22/1/2016#darviq
Project on Magic & Science
• Magic of the Periodic Table
• I Meeting on Science, Magic and
Education
• Gamification, mobile apps
• The Mathemagics of Science
• MOOC on Magic, Science and
Confessable Secrets
http://magcimooc.net
• http://magsci.eu
18. @miquelduran Universitat de Girona ICHN-Olot 22/1/2016#darviq
Little Quantum Red Riding Hood
Is she taking the rational lane or the emotional one?
Is the wolf eating her grandma?
Answers: Both and both (quantum wolf too!)
19. @miquelduran Universitat de Girona ICHN-Olot 22/1/2016#darviq
So here are 5 reasons not to communicate
Science... especially in the Net
20. @miquelduran Universitat de Girona ICHN-Olot 22/1/2016#darviq
I don’t have any good idea
Why don’t you consider
Science dissemination as
an opportunity for
expanding your research
activity into teaching and
leaving your usual
expertise field, while
adventuring into new
areas?
21. @miquelduran Universitat de Girona ICHN-Olot 22/1/2016#darviq
I don’t have any money
Why don’t you consider
Science dissemination as
an opportunity to get
some funding through
calls, international
collaboration,
transdisciplinar work?
22. @miquelduran Universitat de Girona ICHN-Olot 22/1/2016#darviq
I don’t have time nor energy left
Why don’t you
consider Science
Communication as an
opportunity for task
cleanup and lean time
management?
23. @miquelduran Universitat de Girona ICHN-Olot 22/1/2016#darviq
I don’t have enough digital skills
Why don’t you consider
Science Dissemination as
an opportunity to enter
the amazing world of the
Internet, online learning,
open knowledge, social
networking, …?
24. @miquelduran Universitat de Girona ICHN-Olot 22/1/2016#darviq
I get no recognition
Why don’t you consider
Science Disseminaton as an
opportunity to recharge
your personal batteries?
(personal note: the
number of cycles is limited
– like actual chemical
batteries)
25. @miquelduran Universitat de Girona ICHN-Olot 22/1/2016#darviq
I don’t/I am not …
I’m alone
I’m shy
I don’t know how to start with video
I don’t have technical support
I’m not fluent in English
I hate computers and/or computers hate me
I’m underpaid/nonpermanent/part-time
I’m tired
I’m not young anymore
26. @miquelduran Universitat de Girona ICHN-Olot 22/1/2016#darviq
Now some commercials
What is a quantum chemist like me doing in a
the Science & Internet battlefield?
MOOC on Magic &
Science
http://magcimooc.net
MetaMOOC “How to
build a MOOC on a
budget”
27. @miquelduran Universitat de Girona ICHN-Olot 22/1/2016#darviq
Science does not need digital skills
Scientists only communicate research or
disseminate plain knowledge
Science makes sense with no public
communication
Really everyone must have scientifc
background and intellectual basis
Everyone must know what an atom is, and
what the Periodic Table of the Elements is
Further unlikely clues
28. @miquelduran Universitat de Girona ICHN-Olot 22/1/2016#darviq
Citizens must be aware of the
importance of Science views in all
political discussions. Science helps
with policies, yet it is not politics.
Scienticic citizenship brings about an
informed public, i.e., a more
democratic society
Further likely clues
29. @miquelduran Universitat de Girona ICHN-Olot 22/1/2016#darviq
But I have got a special question
• Do social networks hinder rational discussion
– and hence hinder Scientific Citizenship?
30. @miquelduran Universitat de Girona ICHN-Olot 22/1/2016#darviq
and I have got another clue
• Every day we wake up with a new digital
application of mobile app – or new
functionality
• Is this contributing to a sustainable science?
31. @miquelduran Universitat de Girona ICHN-Olot 22/1/2016#darviq
Charles Darwin would…
Blog
Twitter, facebook, instagram…
Wikipedia sister projects
But perhaps not wikipedia itself!
... Except on other subjects
32. @miquelduran Universitat de Girona ICHN-Olot 22/1/2016#darviq
Què és la ciència oberta?
Open science is the movement
to make scientific research, data
and dissemination accessible to
all levels of an inquiring society,
amateur or professional. It
encompasses practices such as
publishing open research,
campaigning for open access,
encouraging scientists to
practice open notebook science,
and generally making it easier to
publish and communicate
scientific knowledge
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_science
33. @miquelduran Universitat de Girona ICHN-Olot 22/1/2016#darviq
Ciència, científics i wikipedia: un tema
engrescador en un món complex
• Em fa mandra el multilingüisme.
A la universitat l’anglès és
la llengua franca. L’estimació per
la llengua pròpia (el català,
en aquest cas) té un límit.
• Fer entrades de caire científic a
la wikipedia costa. Per un cantó,
per redactar amb precisió i
sense equivocar-se (gens ni
mica, per això som científics) és
difícil. I per un altre, perquè la
tasca és ingent
http://edunomia.net/diari/edunomia/arxius/2015/ciencia-cientifics-i-wikipedia-un-tema-engrescador-en-un-mon-complex.html
34. @miquelduran Universitat de Girona ICHN-Olot 22/1/2016#darviq
Wikipedia i ciència oberta:
algunes notes
La democratització ha d’estar
present en els dos sentits: que
qualsevol persona pugui accedir al
coneixement disponible i, si vol,
també contribuir a crear-lo. L’ideal
doblement democràtic, o
bidireccional, pot semblar utòpic,
tanmateix el projecte demostra dia a
dia que és possible crear contingut
de qualitat de manera oberta i
col·lectiva. (Parreño i Benito, Valors)
We need more diverse institutional
forms so that researchers can find
(or found) the kinds of organizations
that best channel their passions into
contributions that enrich us all
https://edunoming.wordpress.com/2015/11/09/wikipedia-i-ciencia-oberta-algunes-notes/
35. @miquelduran Universitat de Girona ICHN-Olot 22/1/2016#darviq
Ciència i societat: la divulgació científica
• Public Awareness of
Science
• Public Understanding of
Science
• Science Education
• Scholarship
• Citizen Science
• Public Engagement with
Science
36. @miquelduran Universitat de Girona ICHN-Olot 22/1/2016#darviq
Què podem fer per la Ciència a la Viquipèdia?
• Els científics:
– Fer servir llicències Creative Commons/coneixement obert
– Conèixer i fer servir projectes associats a Wikipedia
– Curar contingut, recerca de la integració
– Crear entrades de nivell menys elevat
• Els no científics:
– Llegir i criticar la dificultat de les entrades
– Crear contingut planer per a altres no científics
– Traduir
– Incrementar la cultura científica (+formació)
• I els viquipedistes?
– Ampliar la base d’editors, seguir conscienciant
– Contribuir al canvi a les universitats, a l’educació
37. @miquelduran Universitat de Girona ICHN-Olot 22/1/2016#darviq
Charles Darwin would…
Blog
Twitter, facebook, instagram…
Wikipedia sister projects
But perhaps not wikipedia itself!
... Except on other subjects
38. @miquelduran Universitat de Girona ICHN-Olot 22/1/2016#darviq
SO
There are many reasons to communicate science in the Net, they are
APPEALING
Communicating Science means having the right attitude, rather than having the
suitable resources.
WHY DON’T YOU
Start a blog, open a twitter account or set up instragram photostream
And edit Wikipeida
AND
Tackle an idea, talk about an event, deal with a moment in history, criticize science in
newspapers and media, curate content
AND PLEASE COMMENT
my blog post at http://edunomia.net
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Caution
Your attitude is a choice!
Continued, strong and
stressful involvement in
Science Communication
may cause adiction.
Do Clicks & bricks
Do MOOCs, books & cooks
This presentation and others at http://slideshare.net/quelgir
Text licensed CC-BY-SA
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Key ideas to (tweet and to) take away
• The most exciting phrase to hear in science,
the one that heralds new discoveries, is not
'Eureka!' (I found it!) but 'That's funny ...‘
(Isaasc Asimov) (also “Oh My God!, as noted
by Nobel Prize S Glashow)
• Education is not a preparation for life.
Education is life itself
• Thank you!!!!!