Beyond AltMetrics:

Identities & Influence Online

BONNIE STEWART, University of Prince Edward Island #et4online @bonstewart

UPEI, April 20th, 2015

networked scholarship

higher education

what people had for lunch

my work

conceptual tools

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our inheritance = scarcity

knowledge abundance

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"For the first time in human history, two related propositions are true. One, it no longer

is possible to store within the human brain all of the information that a human needs.

Second, it no longer is necessary to store

within the human brain all of the information that humans need.

Education needs to be geared toward

the handling of data rather than the accumulation of data.”

- Berlo, 1975

caution #1: no.

caution #2: abundance can become overload

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“handling of data”

WAIT

structure of abundance = networks

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networks are not just for consuming, but connecting

price of admission = public identity

many-to-many communications

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knowledge abundance enables us to create ourselves as network

nodes, forming webs of visible (& invisible) connections  

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but.

some nodes are more equal than others.

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status & standing

networks & institutions are both reputational economies

Those within the academy become very skilled at judging the stuff of

reputations. Where has the person’s work been published, what claims of

priority in discovery have they established, how often have they been

cited, how and where reviewed, what prizes won, what institutional ties earned,

what organizations led?

Willinsky, 2010

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networks have their own logics.  

institutions do not always approve.  

in abundance…the gates are open

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Priem, Taraborelli, Groth, Neylon, 2010

more.

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what are the logics & literacies of networks? what is a

scholarship of abundance? what is learning in abundance?

identities & influence: a study

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network signals

institutional affiliation doesn’t matter (except Oxford)

metrics matter, but not that much

individuals cultivate reputation, visibility, & audience(s)

capacity to contribute to

“The Conversation”

scale of visibility

common interests & disciplines

shared ties

influence = perception of capacity to contribute

+ capacity to stand out

matter-ing matters

Sometimes…I’ll choose someone with twenty

followers, because I come across something they’ve

managed to say in 140 characters, and I think “oh,

look at you, crafting on a grain of rice.”

- @KateMfD

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some voices get to matter more than others

rife with logics of business & media

but also logics of care.

a scholarship of abundance

education = multiple axes of change

knowledge scarcity

knowledge abundance

anytime, anywhere

public funding

markets

set time & place

opens the gates of many-to-many communications

#rhizo15

two projects

Palo Alto, CA October 16th & 17th, 2015

http://linkresearchlab.org/dlrn2015/call-for-proposals/

Madison, WI http://www.digitalpedagogylab.com/

what signals will you send?

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thank you @bonstewart

J