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More Perspectives on Sharing Large Open Research Data Sets: Physics
McCauley provides a nuanced view of open data in the CERN context that I believe helps make sense of a very complex situation.
How to Participate in the National Academy of Engineering's "Changing the Conversation" Project
Recently I was honored to serve as a “digital strategy” consultant on the National Academy of Engineering’s Changing the Conversation project.
On Attempting an Updated Definition of "Web 2.0"
I recently had an opportunity to provide an updated definition of “web 2.0” for a project I’m consulting on. The project, managed by the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), is called Changing the Conversation: From Research to Action. “Web 2.0” is one of those terms that just won’t die. Even as some have tried to invent and sell newer-sounding terms like “web 3.0,” there are still many for whom the underlying concepts of “web 2.0” and social media are new, unfamiliar, or ready to be revisited after an initial or limited exposure.
Can Students Benefit from Online Engagement Via Social Media?
Instead of writing a 50 page thesis that no one reads, what if students were able to create/maintain blog on a topic instead?
An Inspiring New Movie about Imagination, Innovation, Science, and Engineering
I was fortunate this week to attend a screening at the National Academies of the new film, Imagine It!, a work by Rudy Poe and Richard Tavener of Infinite Loop Media LLC.
Social Media and Enhancing the Engineering Profession's Image
In my blog post Can Social Media Help Change the Public’s Perception of the Engineering Profession? I commented on the National Academy of Engineering’s report Changing the Conversation: Messages for Improving Public Understanding of Engineering. In my original post I lauded the NAE report but suggested that any implementation program designed to change the public’s perception of the engineering profession should incorporate social media and social networking elements. In this post I discuss some of these elements.
Can Social Media Help Change the Public's Perception of the Engineering Profession?
The National Academy of Engineering has published a report called Changing the Conversation: Messages for Improving Public Understanding of Engineering. Given the importance of the engineering profession to US competitiveness and innovation, I’m hoping that the important research described in the report hasn’t overlooked the opportunities social media provide for engaging the public in the types of “conversations” the title of the report seems to promote.