Lessons From a Year in Silicon Valley: Toward a More Innovative Research Agenda
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The document discusses lessons learned from a year spent in Silicon Valley. It emphasizes the importance of incorporating digital technologies like coding, data visualization, and platforms into research and teaching in order to better prepare students and stay innovative. Skills like web scraping, charting, and mobile technologies are highlighted. The document advocates rethinking traditional "mass media" models and focusing on interactive experiences, collaboration, and making things to disrupt existing approaches.
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- 1. Lessons from a Year in Silicon Valley: Toward a More Innovative Research Program Cindy Royal, Ph.D Associate Professor Texas State University School of Journalism and Mass Communication croyal@txstate.edu cindyroyal.com @cindyroyal slideshare.net/cindyroyal
- 2. • HTML/CSS • JavaScript • Charting Exercise • Charting Tools • Chart.js • HighCharts • D3 • Spreadsheets • Web Scraping • PHP/MySQL • News Apps with Web Frameworks • Website, tutorials, video, code repository
- 14. Technology is Communication and Communication is Technology • All media now digital media • Social and mobile • This is what we do as communication educators and scholars
- 15. It’s All About the Platform
- 16. Data, Data, Data • Storytelling, data visualization • Location-based features and services • Web scraping and APIs • Analytics
- 17. Innovation • Digital changes scale, scope, economics, participation • Question the role of “mass” media • Interactive presentation of data/results • Consider the relevance of your research • Seek inspiration outside immediate purview • Collaborate and share • Apply Design Thinking/Make Things
- 18. Innovation • Wearables • Drones/sensors • Second-screen engagement • Coding for everyone • Pay attention, encourage colleagues to as well • Focus on the future • Think about new ways to present research
- 19. Teaching considerations • Research in the area of media pedagogy • Curriculum innovation • Experience learning • The next Nate Silvers and Ezra Kleins are in our classes, but also the next Zuckerberg, Mayer, Karp… • Give them the skills and perspectives they need to lead, innovate and disrupt, not just work.
- 20. Teaching considerations • Research in the area of media pedagogy • Curriculum innovation • Experience learning • The next Nate Silvers and Ezra Kleins are in our classes, but also the next Zuckerberg, Mayer, Karp… • Give them the skills and perspectives they need to lead, innovate and disrupt, not just work.
- 21. Teaching considerations • Research in the area of media pedagogy • Curriculum innovation • Experience learning • The next Nate Silvers and Ezra Kleins are in our classes, but also the next Zuckerberg, Mayer, Karp… • Give them the skills and perspectives they need to lead, innovate and disrupt, not just work.
- 22. Teaching considerations • Research in the area of media pedagogy • Curriculum innovation • Experience learning • The next Nate Silvers and Ezra Kleins are in our classes, but also the next Zuckerberg, Mayer, Karp… • Give them the skills and perspectives they need to lead, innovate and disrupt, not just work.