eResearch:Community of Practice and

Social Media for PhD StudentsDenis Gillet • École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)

ED-MEDIA Graduate Student Program • Toronto, CanadaFriday July 2, 2010 • 2:00-2:30

Abstract• Discuss the potential of communities of practice,

online scientific repositories and social media to conduct effective and collaborative research in Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) or related disciplines

• Share your best eResearch practices with others

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STELLAR Network of Excellence in Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL)

STELLAR• Single European Network of Excellence for

Strengthening Integration and Fostering Excellence in Technology Enhanced Learning

• The Open University, UK (Coordinator) • Université Joseph Fourier, FR • Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, DE • University of Bristol, UK • University of Nottingham, UK • L3S Research Center, Leibniz Universität Hannover, DE • Knowledge Media Research Centre, DE • Centre for Social Innovation, AT • École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH • Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, BE • Istituto Tecnologie Didattiche, Consiglio Nazionale Ricerche, IT • Open University of the Netherlands (CELSTEC), NL • Know Centre, AT • University of Freiburg, DE • Atos Origin, ES; SCIENTER, IT

• http://www.stellarnet.eu4

Grand Research Challenges• Three initial interlocking challenges (interdisciplinary

research clusters) in TEL

• Connecting LearnersSocial Learning, Informal Learning, Learning Communities, Social Media, Competence Management

• Orchestrating LearningNew Pedagogy and Scenarios, New Roles for Learners and Educators, New Business Models for Institutions

• Strengthening ContextsFormal and Informal Contexts, Physical Artifacts, Mobile Devices, Virtual and Physical Spaces, Interoperability and Reusability, (De)-Standardization

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STELLAR InstrumentsCapacities Instruments Target Groups

Leadership Meeting of Minds ExecutivesLeadership

Podcasts Integrative

Researcher Theme Teams Mid Tier ResearchersResearcher

Incubators Early Stage researchers

Researcher

Rendez-vous Integrative

Doctoral Academy

Doctoral CoP IntegrativeDoctoral Academy Mobility Programme Late and mid stage

doctoral candidates

Doctoral Academy

Doctoral Consortia

Late and mid stagedoctoral candidates

Doctoral Academy

Doctoral Schools(1 week)

Early stagedoctoral candidates

Community level

Community Channels Stakeholder NetworkCommunity level Science 2.0 Platform(s) Integrative

Driving and being driven by the Grand Challenges

Stakeholder Network

http://www.teleurope.eu

Communit(y/ies) of Practice in Technology Enhanced Learning

Community of Practice• Communities of practice (CoPs) are knowledge-

oriented groups of people freely aggregated and operating as social entities (Wenger)

• to share ideas or passions, deepen practical knowledge and expertise, or solve problems about a topic and develop relationships

• mainly based on flat structures and driven by tacit rules, with little or no hierarchy and littleor no institutional control

• Trust, recognition and learning are key issues in CoPs: Members learn from each other by making their knowledge and practices explicit, sharing them with their peers, and reflecting on them

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Community of Practice• Interaction in CoPs rely on time, topic or goal-

oriented sessions or activities

• Awareness regarding satisfaction or achievementis essential to support and sustain the activities

• Members’ involvement (roles) ranges from hidden(privacy), passive, (re)active and proactive

• Most CoP activity and interaction patterns evolve during its existence, including members’ profile (novice, expert, …)

• CoPs operate and grow via a careful combination of face-to-face and mediated interaction

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The TEL Doctoral CoP• PhD students, PhD advisors and experts in TEL

share research practice and learn from each other• Reduce isolation, enable co-authoring• Establish broader discussion, co-coaching• Enable sharing of datasets and testbeds• …

• Questionnaire sent to former TEL doctoral summer and winter schools participants, as well as doctoral consortia ones (EC-TEL Conference)

• 72 responses collected between Nov 2009 – Feb 10, 58% Technology-oriented PhD students, 42% Education- and psychology- oriented ones

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DoCoP Questionnaire• How could a DoCoP benefit you in terms of

completing your doctoral studies?

• What type of services would you need in the framework of the DoCoP?

• Please indicate the academic and social platforms you use for professional and research work

• What blogs, Wikis, Twitter channels or RSS Feeds related to TEL do you read or contribute to?

• Results on SlideShare (http://www.slideshare.net/dgillet/doctoral-

community-of-practice-in-technology-enhanced-learning-requirements)

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DoCoP Questionnaire

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DoCoP Questionnaire

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F2F DoCoP Events• Be part of the DoCoP in face-to-face events and online to

interact with peers and experts and shape the community

• ED-MEDIA Graduate Student Program 2010

• EC-TEL Doctoral Consortium 2010Barcelona, September 29 (www.ectel2010.org)

• Winter School 2011, March 2011, French Alpshttp://www.stellarnet.eu/programme/wp3/rendez-vous

• Summer School 2011, tbd, End of June

• ED-MEDIA Graduate Student Program 2011 Portugal

• CSCL Doctoral Consortium 2011, Hong KongJuly 4-9 (www.isls.org)

• Send an email to denis.gillet@epfl.ch and you will be added in the DoCoP mailing list (include the email ofyour PhD advisor)

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Science 2.0

From Science 1.0 to 2.0• Understand Science 1.0 to shape Science 2.0

• Science 1.0 is about contributing to

• common understanding and formalization

• shared knowledge and practices

• accepted models and methodologies

• innovative, disruptive or alternative solutionsto general challenges and problems

• …

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From Science 1.0 to 2.0• Understand Science 1.0 to shape Science 2.0

• Science 1.0 practices

• Formalization, creation, investigation, validation

• Generalization and reproducibility (universal)

• Publication and presentation

• Peer review and discussion in expert bodiesand communities

• Contribution to advances by constructing or relying on previous works and achievements

• Citation-based recognition and promotion18

From Science 1.0 to 2.0Science 1.0 issues Science 2.0 solutionsDisconnected discussions in closed communities (castes) of experts

Targeted discussions in large and open communities (blog, wiki, twitter, …)

Overload of scientific productionand relevant conferences

Search & recommendation for experts & results (google scholar, repositories, …)

Slow and biased reviews, late publication, no possible revisions

Immediate reactions, comments and revision in interest groups (LinkedIn, …)

Slow social network construction and personal recognition in silos

Smooth integration in various communities with quick ways to get influential roles

Sharing artifacts limited to papers (difficult access to data)

Sharing datasets, analysis methods and grids, visualization solutions

Research carried out individually or in small teams

Collaborative distributed works with more co-authoring opportunities

Selective, publisher dictatorship, anachronistic, …

Open, democratic, timely, …Academic practice resilience !

From Science 1.0 to 2.0

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• For more thoughts on Science 2.0

• Google Scholar

• Wikipedia

• SlideShare (“Science 2.0”, “Erik Duval”, …)

• http://erikduval.wordpress.com/2010/06/10/science-2-0-approach-to-research/

• …

Science 2.0 Platforms• THE STELLAR Open Archive (http://oa.stellarnet.eu)• can be automatically fed by your institution

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Science 2.0 Platforms• Mendeley: Academic reference management

software for researchers (www.mendeley.com)• Most read versus most cited paper approach ;-)

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TELeurope Dashboard

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Take Home Question•How can you better support your

research practices and reach higher scientific achievements by relaying on relevant communities and suitable social media ?

•The answer is yours !

•Share your feeling now …

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Contact & Links• denis.gillet@epfl.ch

• http://interaction.epfl.ch

• http://graaasp.epfl.ch

• http://www.stellarnet.eu

• http://www.role-project.eu25