SCHOLARS IN THEIR
PUBLIC ENVIRNOMENT
Chris Batt OBE
PhD Student
University College London
“…knowledge cocreation and
exchange rather than
simple knowledge
transfer; a dialogue
which enriches
knowledge for
mutual benefit.”
Public environment
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
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 cocreation 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
Russell Group 2003
community investment
HEFCE Strategic Plan 2006-11
7 objectives for ‘third stream’: public
engagement, social and economic
JISC strategy review 2009-11
Public
interaction is
already a part
…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
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
Learning 2.0
New models of knowledge
and learning
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
[email protected]
www.digital-futures.org
http://www.slideshare.net/Chris_Batt
chrisbatt.wordpress.com
Twitter: @chrisbatt
Link to DCATWE report