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Faria servir en Charles Darwin la Viquipèdia per comunicar les seves descobertes? 5 raons per comunicar

obertament la ciènciaICHN Garrotxa, Olot, 22/1/2016

Miquel Duran, Universitat de Gironamiquel.duran@udg.edu

http://miquelduran.net http://edunomia.net@miquelduran

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Micro i mini CV

Sóc professor de química física de la Universitat de Girona i investigador en química teòrica i computacional.

Des de petit em vaig interessar per l'ús d'Internet a la comunicació científica i la docència, però va ser un curs d'il.lusionisme el que em va obrir un món meravellós per connectar màgia i ciència, i fins i tot per esdevenir mag aficionat.

Entre d'altres coses que m'engresquen, organitzo la sèrie d'esdeveniments TEDxUdG, promoc el coneixement obert, em declaro científic amic dels MOOC, i vaig en BTT per conèixer món.

Sembla mentida que la meva frase preferida sigui de "Le Petit Prince": “Tu sais, quand on est tellement triste, on aime les couchers de soleil”.

De fet, el que és realment estrany és que vagi diguent en públic que "Jo sóc i jo i les meves circumstàncies digitals". Deu ser que Màgia, Ciència i Internet estan ben trabades.

University professor. Research in Quantum Chemistry. Digital Science Communication, Magic and Science, MOOCs, TEDx events, Open Knowledge

@miquelduran

Wikipediausuari:quelet

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Strange coincidence on Sun 7 June 2015

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How does society perceive scientists?

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The general picture for a scientist is someone: - wearing a lab white coat- with glasses (security or

normal)- crazy hair - sometimes big head- normally performing

experiments! What about female scientists?

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Does Science Communication require digital skills?

Complexities of a 2.0 World!

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Main tools to communicate digitally

Social networks: facebook, instagram, linkedin, g+, etc.Microblogging: twitter (account/hashtag)Blogs (personal/groupal/collective)Personal/groupal portal

Like in the real world!!

Great blog: Xavier Lasauca’s https://lasequantic.wordpress.com

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Should scientists be active in social networks?Do you realize that in the last 3 years…

• Almost everyone has a smartphone• Video production and consumption is more easy than ever

and sustainable• Bandwith is large enough both at home, at the university and

at street level• Brands: Google instead of Coca-Cola, Appe vs IBM• These are to think about a change in assessing Science.• This is me and my digital circumstances

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But do scientists communicate research or disseminate knowledge?

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Perhaps blogs (short texts+images) are currently losing appeal

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Video: key element to share talks: TED Talks, Pechakucha, etc.

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Many keys and ways for digital communication of science

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NYT & MOOCs (20/4/13)

2012: The Year of the MOOC

Online learning: Campus 2.0 (Nature 13/3/2013)

Flipping Chemistry Classrooms C&EN 25/3/2013

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MOOC “Science Communication 2.0.1”MiriadaX 2013 & 2015 (Spanish)

• Almost 15% completion rate, >6000 registered• Awesome experience• Started from a doctoral-level area-

independent course• Specific target: graduate students, junior

researchers• Reusing, sharing, creating, low-cost

production (good enough)

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Cathedra for Science Culture and Digital Communication (@C4DUdG):

Toward Science Citizenship

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Project on Magic & Science

• Magic of the Periodic Table• I Meeting on Science, Magic and

Education• Gamification, mobile apps• The Mathemagics of Science• MOOC on Magic, Science and

Confessable Secrets http://magcimooc.net

• http://magsci.eu

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Little Quantum Red Riding HoodIs she taking the rational lane or the emotional one?

Is the wolf eating her grandma?Answers: Both and both (quantum wolf too!)

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So here are 5 reasons not to communicate Science... especially in the Net

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I don’t have any good idea

Why don’t you consider Science dissemination as

an opportunity for expanding your research activity into teaching and

leaving your usual expertise field, while adventuring into new

areas?

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I don’t have any moneyWhy don’t you consider Science dissemination as

an opportunity to get some funding through

calls, international collaboration,

transdisciplinar work?

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I don’t have time nor energy left

Why don’t you consider Science Communication

as an opportunity for task cleanup and lean time management?

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I don’t have enough digital skills

Why don’t you consider Science Dissemination as an opportunity to enter

the amazing world of the Internet, online learning, open knowledge, social

networking, …?

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I get no recognitionWhy don’t you consider

Science Disseminaton as an opportunity to recharge your personal batteries?

(personal note: the number of cycles is limited – like

actual chemical batteries)

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I don’t/I am not …I’m alone

I’m shyI don’t know how to start with video

I don’t have technical supportI’m not fluent in English

I hate computers and/or computers hate meI’m underpaid/nonpermanent/part-time

I’m tiredI’m not young anymore

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Now some commercials

What is a quantum chemist like me doing in a the Science & Internet battlefield?

MOOC on Magic & Science http://magcimooc.net

MetaMOOC “How to build a MOOC on a budget”

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Science does not need digital skillsScientists only communicate research or disseminate plain knowledgeScience makes sense with no public communicationReally everyone must have scientifc background and intellectual basisEveryone must know what an atom is, and what the Periodic Table of the Elements is

Further unlikely clues

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Citizens must be aware of the importance of Science views in all political discussions. Science helps with policies, yet it is not politics.

Scienticic citizenship brings about an informed public, i.e., a more democratic society

Further likely clues

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But I have got a special question

• Do social networks hinder rational discussion – and hence hinder Scientific Citizenship?

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and I have got another clue• Every day we wake up with a new digital

application of mobile app – or new functionality

• Is this contributing to a sustainable science?

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Charles Darwin would…

Blog Twitter, facebook, instagram…Wikipedia sister projectsBut perhaps not wikipedia itself!... Except on other subjects

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Què és la ciència oberta?Open science is the movement to make scientific research, data and dissemination accessible to all levels of an inquiring society, amateur or professional. It encompasses practices such as publishing open research, campaigning for open access, encouraging scientists to practice open notebook science, and generally making it easier to publish and communicate scientific knowledge

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_science

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Ciència, científics i wikipedia: un tema engrescador en un món complex

• Em fa mandra el multilingüisme. A la universitat l’anglès és la llengua franca. L’estimació per la llengua pròpia (el català, en aquest cas) té un límit.

• Fer entrades de caire científic a la wikipedia costa. Per un cantó, per redactar amb precisió i sense equivocar-se (gens ni mica, per això som científics) és difícil. I per un altre, perquè la tasca és ingent

http://edunomia.net/diari/edunomia/arxius/2015/ciencia-cientifics-i-wikipedia-un-tema-engrescador-en-un-mon-complex.html

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Wikipedia i ciència oberta: algunes notes

La democratització ha d’estar present en els dos sentits: que qualsevol persona pugui accedir al coneixement disponible i, si vol, també contribuir a crear-lo. L’ideal doblement democràtic, o bidireccional, pot semblar utòpic, tanmateix el projecte demostra dia a dia que és possible crear contingut de qualitat de manera oberta i col·lectiva. (Parreño i Benito, Valors)

We need more diverse institutional forms so that researchers can find (or found) the kinds of organizations that best channel their passions into contributions that enrich us all

https://edunoming.wordpress.com/2015/11/09/wikipedia-i-ciencia-oberta-algunes-notes/

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Ciència i societat: la divulgació científica• Public Awareness of

Science• Public Understanding of

Science• Science Education• Scholarship• Citizen Science• Public Engagement with

Science

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Què podem fer per la Ciència a la Viquipèdia?• Els científics:

– Fer servir llicències Creative Commons/coneixement obert– Conèixer i fer servir projectes associats a Wikipedia– Curar contingut, recerca de la integració– Crear entrades de nivell menys elevat

• Els no científics:– Llegir i criticar la dificultat de les entrades– Crear contingut planer per a altres no científics– Traduir– Incrementar la cultura científica (+formació)

• I els viquipedistes?– Ampliar la base d’editors, seguir conscienciant– Contribuir al canvi a les universitats, a l’educació

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Charles Darwin would…

Blog Twitter, facebook, instagram…Wikipedia sister projectsBut perhaps not wikipedia itself!... Except on other subjects

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SOThere are many reasons to communicate science in the Net, they are

APPEALINGCommunicating Science means having the right attitude, rather than having the

suitable resources.

WHY DON’T YOUStart a blog, open a twitter account or set up instragram photostream

And edit Wikipeida

ANDTackle an idea, talk about an event, deal with a moment in history, criticize science in

newspapers and media, curate content

AND PLEASE COMMENT my blog post at http://edunomia.net

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Caution

Your attitude is a choice!Continued, strong and stressful involvement in Science Communication may cause adiction. Do Clicks & bricksDo MOOCs, books & cooks

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Key ideas to (tweet and to) take away• The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the

one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' (I found it!) but 'That's funny ...‘ (Isaasc Asimov) (also “Oh My God!, as noted by Nobel Prize S Glashow)

• Education is not a preparation for life. Education is life itself

• Thank you!!!!!