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kaitlin thaney
@kaythaney ; @mozillascience
COASP / 15 sep 2015
building capacity for
open science
kaitlin thaney
@kaythaney ; @mozillascience
COASP / 15 sep 2015
building capacity for
open science
getting open practice
to stick
doing good is part of our code
we empower researchers to do more
open, collaborative research on the web.
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http://bit.ly/1eZZC0f
current state of science
articles
data
patents
some have a firehose
articles
data
patents
quality versus quantity
measured systems
Source: Michener, 2006 Ecoinformatics.
a few fallacies of the
research system
the published record is the
only useful record
if it’s published, it’s usable.
http://bit.ly/1MEcOmD
An example of a false-positive in the field of Solar—Terrestrial research: A Purported
relationship between Neutron monitor changes and extremes of the Indian Monsoon
Dr. Benjamin A. Laken, Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo, Norway
What Des-Cartes did was a good step.
You have added much several ways, &
especially in taking ye colours of thin
plates into philosophical consideration.
If I have seen further it is by standing on ye
shoulders of Giants.
- Isaac Newton, 1676
“
“
... that this is good job advice:
that there are other ways to job security
1. examples of what’s
possible.
2. making the case for open
(and teaching it).
3. sustaining momentum.
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learning from (+ through)
open source
development
examples of “science like the web”
in practice
http://bit.ly/1MEcOmD
An example of a false-positive in the field of Solar—Terrestrial research: A Purported
relationship between Neutron monitor changes and extremes of the Indian Monsoon
Dr. Benjamin A. Laken, Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo, Norway
code as a research object
what’s needed to reuse ?
http://bit.ly/mozfiggit
<institutional archives>
<national archives>
<code repos>
syndication and storage
(via APIs)
http://softwarediscoveryindex.org/report/
from campaigning to discovery
open, iterative
development
the “work in progress” effect
http://openresearchbadges.org/
http://mozillascience.org/contributorship-badges-a-new-project/
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what does
“web literacy”
mean for research?
communication
access, reuse, scale
distributed environment
the web as a platform
power, performance, scale
- access to content, data, code, materials.
- emergence of “web-native” tools.
- rewards for openness, interoperability, collaboration, sharing.
- push for ROI, reuse, recomputability, transparency.
“web-enabled research”
putting open ideals into practice
(+ paying it forward)
https://commonspace.wordpress.com/2015/07/15/web-literacy-and-leadership/
service learning: n. hands-
on, experiential learning
where people develop skills
by working on a project in
service of a bigger goal.
http://bit.ly/1JTMBSb
how do we amplify within
research?
(... and beyond software
development?)
community-driven contributorship
http://mozillascience.github.io/leadership-training/
mozillascience.org/collaborate
2 days, 30+ cities, 53+ hours
http://bit.ly/1N331JV
100+ pull requests
(code, content, learning resources)
http://bit.ly/1N331JV
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how do we build
capacity?
furthering adoption of
open, web-enabled research
rewards, incentives,
reputation
supports needed for
“professional development”
“Reliance on
ad-hoc, self-
education
about what’s
possible
doesn’t scale.”
- Selena Decklemann
lowering barriers to entry
(+ leveling the playing field)
https://mozillascience.github.io/studyGroupHandbook/
mozillascience.org/collaborate
100+ pull requests
(code, content, learning resources)
http://bit.ly/1N331JV
https://www.mozillascience.org/fellows
resbaz.edu.au
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we need
your help.
rethink beyond just access to
usability.
don’t be afraid of open source
collaborations.
remember the non-technical
challenges.
we’re here to help.
http://mozillascience.org
sciencelab@mozillafoundation.org
kaitlin@mozillafoundation.org
@kaythaney ; @mozillascience
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Building capacity for open science - COASP Meeting