René SCHNEIDERJasmin HÜGI

Haute École de Gestion, Genève

Social Media for Scientific Research

THATCamp2011Switzerland

OverviewExpectationsIntroduction

Essentials / 3 techniques / 6 technologiesSocial Software for Scientific Research

ImmersionExplorationPresentation

Discussion

Expectations

Brief presentation (name & affiliation)Brief presentation (name & affiliation)How far do I use social Media (for work and studies)?How far do I use social Media (for work and studies)?What do I expect from this module?What do I expect from this module?

OverviewExpectationsIntroduction

Essentials / 3 techniques / 6 technologiesSocial Software (for Scientific Research)

ImmersionExplorationPresentation

Discussion

What are Social Media?1. The term Social Media is more and more used instead of Web 2.0.2. Social Media are used to create a virtual identity.3. «Social Media» are a bundle of techniques, technologies,

numberless platforms and tools.

In essence there are three techniques and six technologies.

Essential 1: Web 2.0 Meme-Map

http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/oreilly/tim/news/2005/09/30/what-is-web-20.html

Einleitung

Essential 2: Virtual Identities

Essential 3: Platforms and Tools

Technique 1: Communicating

http://www.cooltownstudios.com/2007/01/25/web-20-and-why-your-city-needs-it-to-attract-the-creative-class-1-of-2/

Technique 2: Collaborating

http://showcase.jstor.org/collaboration/collaboration-is-everything.jpg

Technique 3: Collecting

http://showcase.jstor.org/collaboration/collaboration-is-everything.jpg

Technologies

1. Blogs & RSS2. Wikis3. Social Bookmarking, (Folksonomies (Tagging, Sharing, Rating))

4. Social Networking5. Aggregators6. Mash-Ups

Use

Blogs

MashupsRSS

Social Bookmarking

Aggregators

Media-Sharing

Wikis

Social Networkingpassive useactive use

OverviewExpectationsIntroduction

Essentials / 3 techniques / 6 technologiesSocial Software (for Scientific Research)

ImmersionExplorationPresentation

Discussion

What are scientific activities?

What are scientific activities?

Thinking & ReflectingReading & CollectingExperimenting, Recording & SynthesizingRepresenting & PublishingSharing, Networking & CollaboratingTeachingAdministrating

OverviewExpectationsIntroduction

Essentials / 3 techniques / 6 technologiesSocial Software (for Scientific Research)

ImmersionExplorationPresentation

Discussion

Working Groups

1. How do the following tools differ?Which is better?

2. How far can we use it in science• Actively (as contributors)• Passively (as followers)

for• Collecting• Collaborating• Communicating?

Working Groups

1. Social Networks: Facebook vs. ResearchGate

2. Social Bookmarking: Diigo vs. Delicious

3. Aggregators: Netvibes vs. Hootsuite

4. Mash-Up vs. Dashboard: Yahoo! Pipes vs. Google Reader

OverviewExpectationsIntroduction

EssentialsSocial Software (for Scientific Research)

ImmersionExplorationPresentation

Discussion