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BEYOND THE SCIENTIFIC ARTICLE-MAKING YOUR RESEARCH SOCIAL:SOCIAL MEDIA AS TOOLS FOR SCIENCE COMMUNICATION
At: BecA Technical/research paper writing workshop, By Nadia Manning-Thomas (CGIAR ICT-KM Program/ILRI)
& Jane Hawtin (BecA) Wednesday 17th November 2010, 13:00-14:30
ILRI Addis Ababa
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This workshop is about…
Communication of research findings in peer-reviewed journals is the standard by which scientists and their findings are evaluated by the scientific community
Publication in high-impact journals ensures that research findings are accessible to the scientific community for use in related studies and translates into agricultural improvement throughout the region and around the world.
Enhancing the impact of African science
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But is this enough…?
To make your work visible? To ensure research is available and
accessible? And applicable? To reach other stakeholders other then
researchers? Or even to all researchers? To translate into agricultural
improvement and have impact?
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Changing the toolset and the mindset
To collaborate better and ‘make the PIGs fly’ means:
Looking for ways to improve the way we have conversations and share knowledge
Embedding knowledge sharing and collaborative tools and approaches in the research project cycle
Looking for ways to improve the way information is shared E.g Communicating research with the use of social
media
…and much more!
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Website : www.ciard.net
The CIARD Vision“To make public domain agricultural research
information and knowledge truly accessible to all”
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Social media for research uptake
Definition (Wikipedia): ‘Social media is online content created by people using highly accessible and scalable publishing technologies.’
Agricultural research and development organizations stand to benefit greatly from using social media tools as vehicles to get their message across.
Social media is about conversations enabled by tools such as blogs, microblogs, wikis, social networks, newsfeeds, photo and video sharing platforms.
The true value of social media lies in the social networks or communities that form within these social media tools.
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‘Spaces’ where people interact
User-generated and ‘re-mixed’ content - anyone can be an author, publisher, or broadcaster;
Tools that enable interaction and collaboration;
Redefinition of established roles
Social media tools
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So many tools! How to choose which one to use?
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Step 1:Think about key stages/activities in your work
Step 2: What would you like to achieve, but is lacking in knowledge sharing, collaboration for each stage?
Step 3: Turn them into goals…
Step 4: Identify who to share, collaborate and engage with at each stage…and their capacity
Step 5: Look at the functionality of various tools—show them examples
Step 6: Match the tools to your stages and goals…keeping in mind the people!
Choosing the right tool/pathway, achieving the right goals– The Knowledge Sharing in Research Framework
online surveys, wikis, blogs,
RSS, discussion
forums
online surveys,
wikis, blogs, discussion
forums, mindmapping
, shared calendars, decision support systems
wikis, blogs, photo sharing, google docs,
discussion forums, intranets, shared
calendars,shared reference list
wikis, blogs, photo sharing, google
docs, discussion forums, intranets
wikis, blogs, microblogging, discussion forums, RSS, photo sharing, google docs, podcasting, shared reference list
websites, wikis, blogs,
microblogging, discussion
forums, online surveys, RSS
wikis, blogs, google docs, microblogging, photo
sharing, social networking sites, intranets, instant
messengers
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A blog (or "web log") is a type of website with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video.
Entries are commonly displayed in reverse-chronological order.
Many blogs provide commentary or news on a particular subject; others function as more personal online diaries.
A typical blog combines text, images, and links to other blogs, Web pages, and other media related to its topic. The ability of readers to leave comments in an interactive format is an important part of many blogs. Most blogs are primarily textual, although some focus on art (Art blog), photographs (photoblog), videos (Video blogging), music (MP3 blog), and audio (podcasting).
Source: Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blogs
Social Media > Blogs
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Why blogs?
As informal ways to interact and share information on a project or piece of research
Extend the reach of a research output such as an article
Blogs can attract people with similar thoughts and questions, people who can validate your ideas and also challenge you by sharing varying opinions.
Blogging is a good way for researchers to share their research ideas with others and gain feedback from a wider, online audience
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Institutional blog
ILRI Clippings: http://ilriclippings.wordpress.com/
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Program/Department blogs
CIAT DAPA Blogs http://gisweb.ciat.cgiar.org/dapablogs
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Fodder Adoption Project blog- http://fodderadoption.wordpress.com/
Project blog
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Thematic/Network blogs
CG Rural Climate Exchange http://cgiarclimatechange.wordpress.com/
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Most blogs contain the following elements:• a main content area with articles listed chronologically, newest on top;• an archive of older articles, to browse by month and/or category• an option for people to leave comments about the articles;• a "blogroll“ listing links to other related sites• a tagcloud of the tags used in the posts• one or more RSS feeds
Blog anatomy: Main elements
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How you blog
• Decide on type of content and what topics you want to post about
• Think about who you want to write for• Assign time and responsibilities for creating quality
content• Create linkrolls (lists of your favorite links) and tagrolls
(links of your most commonly used keywords). • Make sure your blog is on local or thematic blog
directories• Use RSS feeds• Create a readership
Source: iMark - Web 2.0 and Social Media for Development
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Microblogging involves posting short sentences to promote your journal article or a useful website, act as a reminder for an activity, or even ask questions.
Social media > Microblogging
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When and why to use microblogs
• Updating ‘status’ • Supporting communities of practice, distribute
questions to a large group of people• Getting instant feedback about issues common to your
network• Reporting live from events, and engaging remote
participation• Promoting promote articles, blog posts, new
publications and content from your website(s)• Discussing ideas, posting news, asking questions, and
sharing links and other information with co-workers • Connecting to and engaging with like-minded
colleagues outside your organization• Discovering upcoming events, new happenings,
interesting sites/links and tools
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How you use twitter
• Register a free account at http://twitter.com --Use a simple, short name
• Set up your profile and share a link to more about yourself
• Share your location
• Share a photo
• Follow to be followedo You can start by following the different CG Centers
• Build your network
• Ask questions and share the things you are doing
• Re-post valuable messages
• Don’t spam
• Embed/reuse feed information in other websites
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A feed is a regularly updated summary (“syndication”) of contents – blog entries, headlines, publications, multimedia – in the form of metadata about the source and the contents. It includes links to the full versions of those contents at their original location.
Source: http://www.ciard.net
Web feeds benefit publishers by letting them syndicate content automatically. They benefit readers who want to subscribe to timely updates from favored websites or to aggregate feeds from many sites into one place.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rss
Newfeeds
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When and why to use newsfeeds
• As a way to track research and news from colleagues and across the internet
• To keeping the users of your website and repository up to date with the latest developments (feeds are also particularly useful in low bandwidth environments)
• To publish your content on other web sites and services you have a presence on
• To let other services re-publish your content
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NEWSFEEDS ANATOMY: MAIN ELEMENTS
Rural Climate Exchange http://cgiarclimatechange.wordpress.com/
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IFPRI RSS Feeds http://www.ifpri.org/rss
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Some other ways to share too…
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SlideShare is the best way to share presentations, documents and videos.
www.slideshare.net
SlideShare
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e.g Flickr, Picasa
But there are others too
And also for video sharing!
Photo sharing
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Delicious is a Social Bookmarking service, which means you can save all your bookmarks online, share them with other people, and see what other people are bookmarking. It also means that we can show you the most popular bookmarks being saved right now across many areas of interest. In addition, our search and tagging tools help you keep track of your entire bookmark collection and find tasty new bookmarks from people like you
Social Bookmarking----Del.icio.us
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Academic social network---Mendeley
Mendeley is a free reference manager and academic social network that can help you organize your research, collaborate with others online, and discover the latest research.
Automatically generate bibliographies, Collaborate easily with other researchers online, Easily import papers from other research software, Find relevant papers based on what you’re reading, Access your papers from anywhere online
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Be creative! Combine the tools…
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Want to know more about social media and Web 2.0? Sources, resources and credits
Search any of these sites for resources on particular tools and methods
Credits:
ICT-KM program staff for some slides
• ICT-KM Website/ Blog – http://ictkm.cgiar.org/
• • KSToolkit –http://www.kstoolkit.org/
• iMark – Web 2.0 and Social Media for Development
• CIARD Pathways - http://www.ciard.net/
• Blog Tips (blog)-http://www.blogtips.org/
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