Presentation on writing web science research papers.

1. Writing Strong
Web Science Research
Objectives, Structure, Lit Review & More

2. Our writing platform: EdTech Books
https://edtechbooks.org/

3. Create an account / create your chapter
• Please sign up at
https://edtechbooks.org/
• Paste the email address
you are using in the Zoom
chat
• Once I added you to the
book, you can add your
chapter title / abstract.
https://edtechbooks.org/web_science

4. Your goal: Create a chapter
https://edtechbooks.org/web_science

5. Step 1: Start with
Objectives

6. Learning Objectives
Without objectives, you
leave your readers
wandering around in the
dark.
Let's look at what make
good learning objectives:
Specific
Describe precisely what the learner (reader) is
expected to learn. Avoid vague language.
Measurable
Think of a way to measure the learning taking
place. Learning should be observable and learners
(readers) should be able to document their
learning.
Short-Term
Changes should be fixed to a limited time, rather
than be overarching.
Appropriate
Reachable for audience, neither too easy or too
difficult.
Important
Cover essential content and skills, not all possible
outcomes

7. Learning Objectives Handout

8. Learning Objectives – Over to You
Form dyadic teams (2 people).
Work on 3-5 learning objectives for
your paper.
Help each other and give each other
feedback.
15 minutes
Specific
Describe precisely what the learner (reader) is
expected to learn. Avoid vague language.
Measurable
Think of a way to measure the learning taking
place. Learning should be observable and learners
(readers) should be able to document their
learning.
Short-Term
Changes should be fixed to a limited time, rather
than be overarching.
Appropriate
Reachable for audience, neither too easy or too
difficult.
Important
Cover essential content and skills, not all possible
outcomes

9. Step 2: Create a
Structure

10. Chapter Structure

11. Getting started: Litmaps
https://app.litmaps.com/

12. Work out your structure: Draw a concept map or mindmap
• Extract the most important concepts
related to your topic and arrange them
• Start with your topic in the middle
• Draw subtopics, aspects, questions, etc.
• Goal: To arrive at a visual
representation that clearly depicts the
structure of your chapter
• Will help link to your prior knowledge
and serve as research / writing aid

13. Strategy 2: Mapping – Concept Maps vs. Mindmaps

14. Chapter Structure: Over to You
Form dyadic teams (2 people).
Work on mindmap or concept map for your paper.
Help each other and give each other feedback.
20 minutes

15. Step 3: Research
literature

16. Literature Research: Sources
https://scholar.google.com/

17. Scopus
https://www.scopus.com/home.uri

18. Web of Science
https://www.webofscience.com/wos/alldb/basic-search

19. Literature Research: Access & Connections (People)
https://www.researchgate.net/

20. Literature Research: Organizing with Zotero
https://www.zotero.org/
https://www.zotero.org/download/connectors

21. Step 4: Paraphrase,
Summarize, Check

22. Writing Helper
https://app.grammarly.com/

23. Create strong excerpts - Zotero

24. Explore articles: Citation Tree

25. Paraphrasing / Summarizing

26. ReciteWorks: Citation helper

27. Step 5: Create
Content

28. Start with questions: Crazy 8 Brainstorming
Interface Design: Sketch
eight variations in eight
minutes
For us: Ask eight
interesting questions
about your topic.

29. Johannes Cronje’s Writing Tips
https://tarheels.live/webscience/home/session-3-web-science-research-tools-tips-techniques/

30. Web Science Research Tools: Corpus
https://hyphe.medialab.sciences-po.fr/

31. Web Science Research Tools: Digital Ethnography
AKA: virtual ethnography, online
ethnography, cyber-ethnography,
netnography.
Studies cultural and social
domains of human interaction
through the Internet
technologies they use.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4pXHkUktUM&feature=youtu.be

32. Web Science Research Tools: Expert Interview
Refer to the expert being the
interviewee to help the researcher get
specific information about the study
area.
Create an interview guide.
Conduct in person, over the phone, by
video call or by email.
Record by notetaking, recording.
https://www.designkit.org/methods/expert-interview

33. Other Research Techniques
BIG DATA / DATA
VISUALIZATION
(E.G., TABLEAU)
ONLINE SURVEYS QUALITATIVE
INTERVIEWS
EYE TRACKING RUBRICS /
CATEGORIZATION
LOGFILE DATA
AB TESTING /
EXPERIMENTS
CASE STUDIES