Slides presented at the EC-TEL 09 Workshop on Science 2.0 for Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL)

1. Science 2.0: Supporting a Doctoral Community of Practice in Technology Enhanced Learning using Social Software Denis Gillet and Sandy El Helou • EPFLMarie Joubert and Rosamund Sutherland • University of Bristol Science 2.0 Workshop • EC-TEL • September 29, 2009

2. From PALETTE to STELLAR PALETTE IP (2006-2008)Facilitating and augmenting individual and organizational learning in Communities of Practice (CoPs) • http://palette.ercim.org STELLAR NoEWP4: Building Next Generation CapacityInstruments: Doctoral Academy Events, Scholarships for mobility, and Doctoral Community of Practice (DoCoP) 2

3. The DoCoP PhD students, PhD advisors and experts in TEL share research practice and learn from each other Reduce isolation Establish co-coaching Enable sharing of testbeds … 3

4. Lessons Learned from PALETTE CoPpractice and interaction modes continuously evolve over time and in context (from simple social interaction to advanced collaborative activities) Integration of CoP members is (and has to be) progressive (from passive guest to active contributor and possibly facilitator) • Privacy ! Roles continuously evolve and depend on activities (someone can be an expert in a context and a novice in another) 4

5. Lessons Learned from PALETTE Integration of CoP services is (and has to be) progressive and non-invasive (work across members’ personal and professional IT contexts) Online spaces and their personalization strongly contribute to the building of the CoP identity and the sense of belonging Online spaces and environments (Web 2.0)are boundary objects for the negotiation of usefulness between providers and members (CoP & Service Mediators) 5

6. Lessons Learned from PALETTE Utility, usability, acceptability, and maybe adoption Do not disappoint members once, you will lose them forever CoP activity is always a side activity (not so much time to invest, quick adoption necessary) Members have some expectations, they do not know necessarily the tools to support them Elicitation of requirements Detection of passionate members to support the activity momentum 6

7. Lessons Learned from PALETTE Value all contributions (incentive) Unobtrusive information and awareness delivery Unobtrusive and contextual notifications Ubiquitous access for mobile clients Responsiveness in context and fitness for purpose CoPsare informal social networks and informal learning opportunity providers CoPsoperate and grow via a careful combination of face-to-face and mediated interaction 7

8. Results from PALETTE 3A Interaction Model 8 Represents asset management system, task management system or discussion platform Assets correspond to content; roles, tags, events and links define the context Supports integrated awareness and recommendation

9. Results from PALETTE eLogbook.epfl.ch Social Software 9

10. The DoCoP A scenario for a DoCoP member First face-to-face contact during the Joint Summer or Winter School on TEL (peers, PhD directors, experts) Annual contacts at TEL workshops, conferences, meetings, doctoral consortia, … Further contacts and interaction through the Web 2.0 Science Portal, a possible integrated DoCoP Space and the associated Web 2.0 services What type of interaction ? What type of Services ?… Pilot questionnaire distributed at the EC-Tel DC 10

11. The Questionnaire How could a DoCoP benefit you in terms of completing your doctoral studies and in your future professional life? What type of services would you need in the framework of the DoCoP? Please indicate the academic and social platforms you use for professional and research work What blogs, Wikis, Twitter channels or RSS Feeds related to TEL do you read? What blogs, Wikis, Twitter channels or RSS Feeds related to TEL do you contribute to? 11

12. The Questionnaire Please indicate which portal or a mash-up platform you think could help in building the DoCoP identity What is your academic discipline (outside TEL)? Do you see your professional identity as primarily within your discipline or primarily within TEL Are you studying for your PhD full time or part time and what is the total expected duration of your PhD study Do you have to take PhD courses in your PhD programme? If yes, how many ECTS credits do you need to get? 12

13. Possible DoCoP Space 13

14. Further Actions Revised questionnaire sent to all the participants of the previous Doctoral School in TEL Contact with PhD Advisors Preliminary aggregation page on the STELLAR Web site Progressive integration of requested services in a relevant DoCoP Space 14

15. Contacts http://www.stellarnet.eu http://palette.ercim.org http://people.epfl.ch/Denis.Gillet http://elogbook.epfl.ch http://www.jTELSummerSchool.eu The related paper:http://oa.stellarnet.eu/open-archive/browse?resource=2196_v1 15