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SCHOLARS IN THEIR PUBLIC ENVIRNOMENTChris Batt OBEPhD StudentUniversity College London
Public environment
“…knowledge co-creation and exchange rather than simple knowledge transfer; a dialogue which enriches knowledge for mutual benefit.”
Public environment
Constraints of language
Social media
Anti-social media
Crowdsourcing
Co-creation
Web 2.0
There have always been tools enabling social
exchange
Feet Horses Coffee houses
Postie
Conferences
Professional bodies
Networks supporting communities of interest…
…and generally scholars have been pretty good at it
Status Quo 2.0Framed within existing professional
practices
So, what is the problem?
Towards a revolution?
Fragmentation
Disintermediation
Participation
The nature and the utility of connectivity
scalabilityinteractivity
New temporal and community dynamics
The Twitterpedia generation
Which one is the dog?
The implications for interactive scholarship
Public environment
“…knowledge co-creation and exchange rather than simple knowledge transfer; a dialogue which enriches knowledge for mutual benefit.”
Public environment
Make clear intentions to all parties, as early as possible
Make explicit the exchange relationship and the benefits to both parties
Don’t ignore the body of evidence and good practice
HEFCE Strategic Plan 2006-117 objectives for ‘third stream’: public engagement, social and
economicJISC strategy review 2009-11
…a programme to support institutions’ engagement with
the wider community
Russell Group 2003
community investment
JISC Business and Community Engagement (BCE)
JISC e-Content and Digitisation
to deliver services which benefit the economy and society
RunCoCo and other projects aligned with the BCE programme
Public
interaction is
already a part
of HE policy
“Having a shared (and
agreed) visions of the
objectives of the project or
activity is therefore central
to success. All those
involved in collaboration
must learn about and
understand the other
groups’ perspectives, their
different priorities and
methods…” (p184)
6 Beacons of public engagement: North East; CUE East; Edinburgh Beltane; Manchester; UCL; Wales Beacon
Interactive networks and the public environment
New models of knowledge and learning
Learning 2.0
Crowdsourcing(Here Comes Everybody 2.0)
What the crowd knows
What the crowd creates
What the crowd thinks
What the crowd funds
Analysis and review of data sets
New knowledge
Opinions and views
Influencing policy and practice
New tools for interactive scholarship
New routes to market
Clarity of purpose and relationships
New opportunities and resources
Changed behaviours and roles
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Link to DCATWE report