shifting scientific practice (k. thaney)

kaitlin thaney@kaythaney ; @mozillascience

ORCID / 3 nov 2015

shifting scientific practice

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

articlesdata

patents

some have a firehose

articlesdata

patents

quality versus quantity measured systems

a few fallacies of the research system

the published record is the only useful record

if it’s published, it’s usable.

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

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... that this is good job advice:

the systems we’re crafting serve the community’s (evolving) needs

1. examples of the role identity plays in community.

2. means to shift practice. 3. ... and how to sustain it.

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recognizing software and data contributions

code as a research objectwhat’s needed to reuse ?

http://bit.ly/mozfiggit

<institutional archives>

<national archives>

<code repos>

syndication and storage (via APIs)

http://openresearchbadges.org/

Contributorship Badges (Paper Badger)

•Conceptualization•Data curation•Formal analysis•Funding acquisition•Investigation•Methodology•Project administration

•Resources•Software•Supervision•Validation•Visualization•Writing – original draft•Writing – review &

editing

Project CRediT: Contributor Roles Taxonomy

http://casrai.org/CRediT

http://mozillascience.org/contributorship-badges-a-new-project/

http://mozillascience.github.io/software-discovery-dashboard/

https://github.com/mozillascience/software-discovery-dashboard/issues/1

https://github.com/codemeta/codemeta

CodeMeta: exploring ways to address discoverability of contributions

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shifting scientific practice (and getting it to stick)

openness, participation, collaboration

communicationaccess, reuse, scale

distributed, participatory

the web as a platform

- 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?)

mozillascience.org/collaborate

2 days, 30+ cities, 53+ hours

http://bit.ly/1N331JV

100+ pull requests

(code, content, learning resources)http://bit.ly/1N331JV

community-driven contributorship

http://mozillascience.github.io/leadership-training/

https://www.mozillascience.org/teaching-leadership-like-mozilla

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how do we build, support and sustain momentum?

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/

https://www.mozillascience.org/fellows

https://www.mozillascience.org/fellows

Richard Smith-Unna Christie Bahlai Jason Bobe Joey Lee

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we need your help.

rethink beyond just access to usability.

don’t forget the user in the design.

remember the non-technical challenges.

we’re here to help.

http://mozillascience.orgsciencelab@mozillafoundation.org

kaitlin@mozillafoundation.org@kaythaney ; @mozillascience

special thanks:

acknowledgments: Arfon Smith, Matt Jones, Mark Hahnel, Lars Holm Nielsen, Amye

Kenall, Laura Paglione, Brian Hole, Austin Davis-Richardson, Ai Deng, Robert Peters, Garth Henson, Anita Perala, Ali Al Dallal, Will Simpson, Alister Cole, Adam Blaine, Matt Mokary, Stefan Neamtu, Luke Coy +

many more.(+ the Mozilla Science Lab team: Abby Cabunoc Mayes, Arliss Collins,

Zannah Marsh, Steph Wright, )