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

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

3. Constraints of language
Public environment
Constraints of language

4. Social media

5. Anti-social media

6. Crowdsourcing

7. Co-creation

8. Web 2.0

9. There have always been tools enabling social exchange

10. Feet
Horses
Coffee houses

11. Postie
Professional bodies
Conferences

12. Networks supporting communities of interest…

13. …and generally scholars have been pretty good at it

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

15. So, what is the problem?

16. Towards a revolution?

17. Fragmentation
Participation
Disintermediation

18. The nature and the utility of connectivity

19. interactivity
scalability

20. New temporal and community dynamics

21. The Twitterpedia generation

22. Which one is the dog?

23. The implications for interactive scholarship

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

25. 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

26. 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
7 objectives for ‘third stream’: public engagement, social and economic
JISC strategy review
…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

27. “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)

28. 6 Beacons of public engagement: North East; CUE East; Edinburgh Beltane; Manchester; UCL; Wales Beacon

29. Interactive networks and the public environment

30. New models of knowledge and learning

31. (Here Comes Everybody 2.0)
Crowdsourcing
(Here Comes Everybody 2.0)

32. What the crowd knows
What the crowd creates
What the crowd thinks
What the crowd funds

33. Analysis and review of data sets
New knowledge
Opinions and views
Influencing policy and practice

34. New tools for interactive scholarship

35. New routes to market

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

37.
chrisbatt.wordpress.com
Link to DCATWE report