science with africa 2.0
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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