The document summarizes key findings from interviews with 42 researchers about awareness in research networks. It finds that awareness allows researchers to know what is important versus unimportant to them and can impact their work methods. The researchers discussed different forms of awareness, including activity, cultural, social, and knowledge awareness. It also presents a layer model of awareness with different levels ranging from self to research domain. The results of the study could be used to improve event management, publications, and researchers' social interactions.

1. Understanding the
meaning of
awareness in
Research Networks
Wolfgang Reinhardt
Christian Mletzko
Peter Sloep
Hendrik Drachsler
University of Paderborn
Open University of the Netherlands

2. Research Networks

3. Awareness

4. Research 2.0

5. Method & Sampling
open, in-depth, semi-structured interviews
researchers from the TEL domain
42 interviews
27-62 years, avg: 32.5 years
83% male, 17% female
28-126 minutes, avg. 51 minutes

6. Awareness in Research Networks
is to know what is important to
me and filter out what
is not important to me
(P27, 36, ll. 40-42)

7. awareness ... can have impact on
the individual method of
operation ... as it triggers reflection
(P16, 58, ll. 306-320)

8. Forms and aspects of awareness
•Activity awareness •technological aspect
•Cultural awareness •relationship aspect
•Social awareness •content aspect
•Workplace awareness •personal aspect
•Location awareness •contextual aspect
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•Knowledge awareness
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9. i nst ead
Layer Model of Awareness in Research Networks

10. research domain
current
projects
local research
organization
personal research network
Distance
current
projects
self-awareness
local
research
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organi-
projects
self-awareness zation
Awareness in Research Networks

11. Distance
self-awareness
Awareness in Research Networks

12. Distance
current
projects
local
research
current
organi-
projects
self-awareness zation
Awareness in Research Networks

13. Distance
current
projects
local
research
current
organi-
projects
self-awareness zation
Awareness in Research Networks

14. personal research network
Distance
current
projects
self-awareness
local
research
current
organi-
projects
self-awareness zation
Awareness in Research Networks

15. research domain
current
projects
local research
organization
personal research network
Distance
current
projects
self-awareness
local
research
current
organi-
projects
self-awareness zation
Awareness in Research Networks

16. research domain
personal research network
research domain
local research
organization
personal research network
research domain
current
projects self-awareness
local research
organization
personal research network
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projects
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17. Where do we use the results of this study?
ginkgo - social scientific event management
analyses of scientific publications
recommendations & visualizations
near-copy detection
supporting researchers’ social interactions

18. Conclusions
Awareness in the context of Research Networks
is obviously lacking in many areas of researchers daily
work
considers much more aspects than the core CSCW
research understanding
awareness-support should be considered when
designing new solutions

19. A whole PhD on that topic
http://bit.ly/PhD-Reinhardt
Thank you very much
for your attention