kaitlin thaney @kaythaney;@mozilla; @mozillascience23 nov 2016

building capacity for open science

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doing good is part of our code

we empower researchers to do more open, collaborative research on the web.

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our current systems are creating friction.

despite original intentions.

current state of science

articlesdata

patents

some have a firehose

articlesdata

patents

traditions last not because they are excellent, but because influential people are averse to change and because of the sheer burdens of

transition to a better state ...

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“Cass Sunstein

- access to content, data, code, materials.- emergence of “web-native” (open) tools.- rewards for openness, interop, collaboration, sharing.- interdisciplinary, focus on reuse, reproducibility..

“web-enabled research”

research social capital capacity

infrastructure layers for open research

open toolsstandards

best practicesresearch objectsscientific software

repositories

incentivesrecognition / P&Tinterdisciplinarity

collaborationcommunity dialogue

trainingmentorship

professional devnew policiesrecognition

stakeholders: universities, researchers, tool dev, funders, publishers, libraries, policymakers

the idea that the published record is the only useful record

thinking if it’s published, it’s usable(+/or fully discoverable)

Source: Michener, 2006 Ecoinformatics.

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shifting practice towards open

we need to invest in the network (/people) itself

fostering communities of open practice + sustaining activity is hard.

Source: Piwowar, et al. PLOS.

supports needed for“professional development”

putting open into practice(+ paying it forward)

https://commonspace.wordpress.com/2015/07/15/web-literacy-and-leadership/

commitment to openparticipatory by designbuilding with, not for

why Mozilla?

http://bit.ly/working_open

“Reliance on ad-hoc, self-

education about what’s

possible doesn’t scale.”

- Selena Decklemann

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

53+ hours, 36 cities, 700+ contributions

rewards, incentives, reputation

Mozilla Fellows

https://science.mozilla.org/

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we have a history of working collaboratively.

(but there’s room for improvement.)

63 nations 10,000 scientists

50,000 participants

can we do the same / better for research on the web?

we need your help.

invest in the network + incentivize lasting participation.

build in/for participation +, collaboration.

design for interoperability.

kaitlin@mozillafoundation.org@kaythaney ; @mozillascience

http://science.mozilla.orgsciencelab@mozillafoundation.org