25 Things for researchers: engaging with social media
In July 2010, the RIN published a report, ‘If you build it, will they come? How researchers perceive and use web 2.0’, which looked at whether researchers had adopted Web 2.0 tools in the course of their work.
The report found that regular use of web 2.0 is not currently widespread among UK researchers. It recommended that “…if experimentation and innovation are to be supported and encouraged, and not stifled, universities, funders and members of the research community will need to:
- encourage open-ended experimentation, and avoid the risk of stifling innovation by attempts to impose particular systems or concepts of how they will be used;
- establish mechanisms through which researchers can share information about useful developments in services and tools;
- undertake further research to understand the ways in which use of web 2.0 develops;
- consider how policy and practice might be developed to ensure that innovation takes full account of – and does not undermine – the long-established key functions of the scholarly communications process, including registration, certification, and preservation”.
In response to the finding of this report, the University of Huddersfield and the RIN are collaborating to launch 25 Things for Researchers, building on work already undertaken at Huddersfield. 25 Things is based on Learning 2.0, a staff development programme developed by Helene Blowers at the Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County (PLCMC), USA in 2006.
25 Things for Researchers will introduce new PhD students in Huddersfield to a wide range of web 2.0 tools and techniques via an eleven-week online learning programme. Each ‘thing’ will be presented on a WordPress blog, which will be available to other Universities to ‘steal ideas’ and to develop some of the recommendations put forward in the RIN report.
We are currently putting the content together, but would like to hear from anyone who would like to suggest potential Web 2.0 ‘things’ of particular interest to researchers.
Please contact g.stone@hud.ac.uk or Ellen.collins@rin.ac.uk or tweet with the hashtag #L2researchers.
Graham Stone is Electronic Resources Manager at the University of Huddersfield
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