The document discusses scholars engaging with the public environment through various online tools and platforms. It notes that knowledge exchange through dialogue can enrich knowledge for all parties. It also discusses constraints of language in public discourse and how social media, crowdsourcing, and Web 2.0 technologies have created new dynamics for interactive scholarship. Finally, it suggests that clarity of purpose and relationships will be important for taking advantage of new opportunities that public engagement enables.

2. Public environment “… knowledge co-creation and exchange rather than simple knowledge transfer; a dialogue which enriches knowledge for mutual benefit .”

3. Public environment Constraints of language

4. Social media

5. Anti-social media

6. Crowdsourcing

7. Co-creation

8. Web 2.0

9. There have always been tools enabling social exchange

10. Feet Horses Coffee houses

11. Postie Conferences Professional bodies

12. Networks supporting communities of interest…

13. … and generally scholars have been pretty good at it

14. Status Quo 2.0 Framed within existing professional practices

15. So, what is the problem?

16. Towards a revolution?

17. Fragmentation Disintermediation Participation

18. The nature and the utility of connectivity

19. scalability interactivity

20. New temporal and community dynamics

21. The Twitterpedia generation

22. Which one is the dog?

23. The implications for interactive scholarship

24. Public environment “… knowledge co-creation and exchange rather than simple knowledge transfer; a dialogue which enriches knowledge for mutual benefit .”

25. Public environment Make clear intentions to all parties, as early as possible Make explicit the exchange relationship and the benefits to both parties Don’t ignore the body of evidence and good practice

26. HEFCE Strategic Plan 2006-11 7 objectives for ‘third stream’: public engagement, social and economic JISC strategy review 2009-11 … a programme to support institutions’ engagement with the wider community Russell Group 2003 community investment JISC Business and Community Engagement (BCE) JISC e-Content and Digitisation to deliver services which benefit the economy and society RunCoCo and other projects aligned with the BCE programme Public interaction is already a part of HE policy

27. “ Having a shared (and agreed) visions of the objectives of the project or activity is therefore central to success. All those involved in collaboration must learn about and understand the other groups ’ perspectives, their different priorities and methods… ” (p184)

28. 6 Beacons of public engagement: North East; CUE East; Edinburgh Beltane; Manchester; UCL ; Wales Beacon

29. Interactive networks and the public environment

30. New models of knowledge and learning Learning 2.0

31. Crowdsourcing (Here Comes Everybody 2.0)

32. What the crowd knows What the crowd creates What the crowd thinks What the crowd funds

33. Analysis and review of data sets New knowledge Opinions and views Influencing policy and practice

34. New tools for interactive scholarship

35. New routes to market

36. Clarity of purpose and relationships New opportunities and resources Changed behaviours and roles

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