2022 IAMSE Preconference Workshop on Micro-Scholarship. This active presentation explores the needs for Micro-Scholarship, the challenges associated with traditional Scholarship and how to get started. It also explains the needs and importance of a Community of Practice to help during the scholarship process. Presented by Sol Roberts-Lieb and Poh-Sun Goh.

1. Micro-Scholarship as the
'missing piece' in a successful
Scholar's Journey
IAMSE 2022 Pre-conference Workshop
5/22/2022
POH-SUN GOH – NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE
SOL ROBERTS-LIEB – CARLE ILLINOIS COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
https://microscholarship.blogspot.com/

2. Conflicts
of Interest

3. Not Your
Everyday
Presentation
Polls
Links
Brainstorming
Community
Discussion

4. Agenda
Introduction
Overall Need for Micro-Scholarship
Personal Needs for Micro-Scholarship
Micro-Scholarship: The Process
Getting Started: Brainstorm
Break
Communities of Practice
Technology: Making this work
From Workshop to Practice
Now What?

7. Personal Needs and Challenges
Write down 2
reasons you are
interested in
Micro-scholarship
Write down 2
challenges you
have in getting
going with
scholarly activity

8. The Need
For Micro -
Scholarship
ACCESSIBILITY
ALL LEVELS AND
EXPERIENCE
BUILDING
COMMUNITY

9. "Micro-Scholarship helps (you to) find your voice, and refine your
message, by engaging your audience, early. In small steps." Poh-Sun
Through open digital practice and self-reflection. Starting, and
continuing a regular (even daily) step-wise exercise, in an iterative,
cumulative process (from local and regional to international wide
engagement and dissemination)."
Poh-Sun Goh, 16 May 2022, Monday, 0352am, Singapore Time.
How is Micro-Scholarship
Different?
Publicly Available
Peer Reviewed
Stackable

10. What Is Micro-Scholarship
SMALL ACCESSIBLE ASSESSABLE STEPS
MICRO-ASSETS
COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE
https://microscholarship.blogspot.com/2022/02/micro-scholarship-summary.html

11. What is Micro-Scholarship
" Micro-Scholarship (essentially is an) accessable cumulative curating
creative crafting Proccess Centred (on) Conversations (within) Communities
(of Practice and interest) - (involving) Self-reflection (and) Self-expression
Showcasing Content (and) Capabilities (in a) Sustainable Step-wise
ProCcess. PubliCly.” -
Poh-Sun Goh, 11 May 2022, 0452am, Singapore Time

12. The process
of Micro-
Scholarship
https://microscholarship.blogspot.com/2022/01/the-process-of-
micro-scholarship.html

13. The Zones of
Micro-
Scholarship
● Private
● Semi Public
● Public

14. What is a
micro-asset?
https://microscholarship.blogspot.com/2022/
01/micro-scholarship-toolkit.html

15. Getting Started
What Are you passionate about?
What are you interested in researching? Time to Jam

16. Break Time

17. Communities of Practice

20. Communities of Practice
 What are they?
 Why are they essential to Micro-Scholarship
 How do you find one?
The essence of (Micro)Scholarship is (finding, and) connecting with others
(personally and professionally) who feel (are interested in), think and (want
to, have capacity to, and) are interested in engaging with you (on these
topics, themes, ideas and work)."
Poh-Sun Goh, 16 May 2022, Monday, 0443am, Singapore Time

21. Going
Public
Time to practice
Peer Review Micro-Scholarship Style

24. Finding your CoP
There are two hands needed to clap. (at least) Two to
engage (head, heart, hands).
You find you audience, your market, by going to the
marketplace. And visiting the sections and stalls, where your
audience, and customers visit, and spend time. In physical
spaces or digital ones. Hangouts. Meetings (places). Local
societies. Associations. Regional and International. By topic.
Theme. Interest group."
Poh-Sun Goh, 16 May 2022, 0505am, Singapore Time

25. Technology

26. Technology
 What tools have you seen used in this presentation?
 What tools do you use for your scholarship?
 What tools do you use in your everyday life?

27. Which Tool for Which Zone?
Private Semi-Public Public
Pen and Paper Google Doc Slideshare
Notepad Learning Management
System
Learning Management
System
Word Slack / Discord / Teams Twitter
Google Doc Box / Dropbox / Cloud Facebook
Box / Dropbox / Cloud Jamboard Presentation
Journal / Publication

29. Now What?
Public Be public about your scholarship!!!!
Stack Stack your micro-assets
Accept Accept Feedback
Find Find a community of practice
Create Create more micro-assets
Passion Find your passion area
Ideate Keep Brainstorming

30. Time to build a habit
•What is your commitment to yourself to get involved?
•Who will you tell your commitment to?
•Who will push you to stay involved?
•What is your habit that you will start today?

31. Helpful Resources to Stay Inspired
 Read and write every day
 https://www.literaturelust.com/post/how-a-daily-reading-habit-makes-you-more-creative-than-a-
daily-writing-habit
 https://www.calnewport.com/blog/2013/01/13/write-every-day-is-bad-advice-hacking-
the-psychology-of-big-projects/
 Finding Happiness
 https://www.cnet.com/health/mental/increase-your-happiness-in-3-minutes-a-day-heres-how/
 https://www.cnet.com/science/how-to-be-happy-according-to-science/
 Apple and its Mixed Reality Headset Product / VR headsets
 https://9to5mac.com/2022/05/20/apple-mixed-reality-headset-problems/
 https://www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/virtual-reality/

32. Micro-
Scholarship
Information
• https://microscholarship.blogspot.com/
Micro-Scholarship Website
• AMEE 2022 – Preconference Workshop
Workshops
• Join the listserve - microscholarship@lists.illinois.edu
Community of Practice
• Under Review:
• Micro-Scholarship: an innovative approach for the first steps for
Scholarship in Health Professions Education – Medical Teacher
• Using Technology for Translating Micro-Scholarship to Practice -
Medical Science Educator
• In Process:
• Micro-Scholarship Tool-Kit – A How To Approach to Micro-Scholarship
Publications and Future Works

33. Contacts
Poh-Sun Goh (dnrgohps@nus.edu.sg) – National University of Singapore
Sol Roberts-Lieb (sol@illinois.edu)– Carle Illinois College of Medicine
John Sandars (john.sandars@edgehill.ac.uk) – Edgehill University
Website: https://microscholarship.blogspot.com/
Listserv: microscholarship@lists.illinois.edu