SCHOLARS IN THEIR PUBLIC ENVIRNOMENT Chris Batt OBE PhD Student University College London

“…knowledge co-creation and exchange rather than simple knowledge transfer; a dialogue which enriches knowledge for mutual benefit.” Public environment

Constraints of language 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 Professional bodies Conferences

Networks supporting communities of interest…

…and generally scholars have been pretty good at it

Framed within existing professional practices Status Quo 2.0 Framed within existing professional practices

So, what is the problem?

Towards a revolution?

Fragmentation Participation Disintermediation

The nature and the utility of connectivity

interactivity scalability

New temporal and community dynamics

The Twitterpedia generation

Which one is the dog?

The implications for interactive scholarship

“…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 Public environment

Public interaction is already a part of HE policy Russell Group 2003 Public interaction is already a part of HE policy community investment HEFCE Strategic Plan 2006-11 7 objectives for ‘third stream’: public engagement, social and economic JISC strategy review 2009-11 …a programme to support institutions’ engagement with the wider community JISC Business and Community Engagement (BCE) to deliver services which benefit the economy and society JISC e-Content and Digitisation RunCoCo and other projects aligned with the BCE programme

“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

(Here Comes Everybody 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

New opportunities and resources Changed behaviours and roles Clarity of purpose and relationships

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