Jody Ranck, DrPHUNECA Workshop, Addis Ababa, Dec. 4-5, 2008

• What was web 1.0?• What is driving web 2.0?• What are the tools available?• What types of problems are being

solved?• Challenges

Web 1.0

User-generated contentSelf-publishingPeer-to-peer interactionsMany-to-manySwarm behavior/crowdsourcingCooperation

• Rise of participatory culture• DIY• Lower transaction costs than MSM• Finding like-minded people• Distrust of hierarchy, traditional

institutions• Cooperation• Too much knowledge in silos• Disciplines disciplining knowledge

• RSS• Micro-blogging• Social Tagging• Podcasting• Solution finding vs. Problem Solving

• Broadcasting• Updating• Sharing

• Google Reader, NewsGator, AfriGator• Time Saver• Personalized Newspapers• Social Filters, eg. Friend Feed

• Folksonomies• Sharing Research/developments• Can make feeds to aggregators

• Finding like-minded people• Finding out who is doing what• Where are people going online?• How are they building communities?• Sharing ideas and interests• Organizing collective action• Open policy-making/government 2.0

Science 1.0

Science 2.0

Source: MichaelNielsen.org

• Open Access• Social Filters• Open/transparent experimentation• New Media Learning Tools• New Scientific Commons• Swarming for Innovation and

collaboration/cooperation

More info on open source science here

http://usefulchem.wikispaces.com

UsefulChem in Second LifeUsefulChem in Second Life

• Innovation!• Swarm behavior around particular

problems• Often the answer is already out there

—is just in a silo, another discipline• Therefore, how do we pull info out of

silos and push it to the right people?• Communities of Innovators: Science

with Africa 2.0!

• Which scientific communities? Do they overlap?

• What are their priority needs around collaboration? Innovation?

• Which groups are the most important?• What would success look like? Who

decides?• Who will be the community gardner?• Resources? Outreach?

• CIO policies often prohibit social networking/cooperation tools

• Interfaces may need to be adapted to African bandwidth

• Culture of science is often closed• Can they be taken into the field, ie.

mobile

• Recognition• Sense of Community-new

relationships• Decreased isolation• Feedback on work/more publishing• Self-publishing• Find Solutions

• Agility• Extract knowledge from the

edges/external• Uncover hidden practices/insights• Synergies with other institutions• Reduce costs• Locate experts

• Trust• Open Access to everyone• Transparency• Learning Network• Easy to contribute-SIMPLICITY• Rewards for contributing• Flexible platforms for changing needs• Content is king• Connections to offline activities