Comunicación a NODOS 2020

1. Magazine-style live
streaming as a new tool to
disseminate science in
(post)pandemic times
F. Blasco (UPM), M. Duran, M. Solà, S. Simon (UdG)

2. New ways to disseminate
science in pandemic times
 Lots of cancellations of face-to-face activities
 No high-school workshops
 Street science fairs postponed
 Online tools may mimic them. How to mimic them
best?

3. Online tools
 Time better spent
 More oral communication possibilities
 More meeting attendace opportunities
 Online skills gained

4. Continuously improvind tools
 Wealth of tools like Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft
Teams, Blackboard Collaborate, etc. However,
 No tool is suitable for all activities and tasks
 Lack of control of what participants see
 Difficulty to assess own's image
 Need to record sessions
 More professional-looking production
 Low cost in terms of energy, time, money

5. Simple studio streaming tools
 May be local to personal computer: e.g., OBS
(mulitple cameras), Ecamm, ...
 Using remote participants as multiple cameras:
StreamYard, BeLive, ReStream, ...
 Simple studio production
 Allow for easy branding
 Interconnection with youtube and facebook live
comments
 Appealing, easy banners and comments
 Browser-based, no local installation

6. Why not copying commercial TV
magazines?
 Availability of studio production tools to livestream
all kind of activities and multiple remote cameras
and participants allow to produce commercial TV-
like magazines.
 StreamYard allows for 10 simultaneous people in
the backstage – and on stage
 Interaction with remote viewers through Facebook
and Youtube comments

7. Use in teaching
 For 1st year of Science degrees at the University of
Girona, oral communication techniques tought as
round tables.
 Round tables are especially suitable for studio
streaming services like StreamYard.
 Students have rated very high experimental
sessions using this tools
 1st-year students lack oral communication tools –
both face-to-face and online

8. European Reseachers' Night 2020
 2 1/2 hours of science entertaining with three main
sources

9. M. Gardner Celebration of Mind
 Scientist-magicians performing science-based
magic tricks

10. Round Table on Science
Communication in Pandemic
Times
 More traditional approach to a round table

11. Dissemination School and young
students
 Round table, short speeches by senior instructors,
science policy discussions

12. #microecme: Science, Magic and
Education, online edition
 Scientist-magicians commenting books, playing
card games, interviews (2 hours)

13. #cemc20, Summer Camp in
Magic and Science
 First Test in Summer'2020, five videos
 Combining at-home and on-street activities

14. Video clips for nodos.org, too
 Instead of PPT-based oral presentation
 More casual, flexible and attractive communication
 Low-cost way of creating video

15. Conclusions
 Magazine-style, live-recorded videos ara a fun and
useful way to communicate science online.
 Material may be repurposed: extraction
 Dissemination in social networks may address
specific time intervals
 Audience does not view a complete recording live.
However, a proper annotation and indexing in
Youtube's video description is very important

16. Acknowledgments and
references
 Financial help has been provided by the Social Council of
the University of Girona
 EuRN 2020 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkGTK8l8mtE
 #sc20jidc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IM-BRVmtuGI
 #microecme https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FIMujtEbnI
 #3jcc20 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNP4fGTrNvA
 #g4gcom2020 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5PRNDQb8S8
 #cemc20
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdwpbDzhTBkn0Io3ZMxgWVvab3XYCYw4g