Miquel DURAN, University of Girona@miquelduran http://miquelduran.net

Doctoral Education and e-supervision

Session: From theory to practice: models, experiences, opportunities and challenges of e-supervision

Barcelona, 31 October 2013

On the importance of Scientific Communication 2.0 in the Ph.D. pathway

to the futue

I’m kind of…

• A local Ph.D. e-supervisor with a few graduate students

• A teacher being involved in efficient online teaching (e.g. MOOCs)

• Someone involved in various areas of expertise and responsibility that may be managed through e-procedures (e.g., UdG’s webstite and social networks). Working on University of Girona 2.0.

On the importance of Communication 2.0 in the Ph.D. process…

• Open Knowledge/Science (Africa: Open Access!)• Subject-dependent• PhD MOOCization • e-[something else][emphatic]-supervision• Technology should be transparent enough• Future is mobile, future is video• Age-dependency (andother dependencies)• Virtualization of supervision is real supervision

• My experience with locally e-supervised students: Ph.D. students 2.0

Supervision means…

• Supervisor 2.0• Supervisor having some empahty on supervised• Ph.D. Student understanding the new role as researcher in

formation• Ph.D. Student must contribute to local environment:

dissemination, Public Engagement in Science, etc.• There should be a contract/commintment between both

parties. Likely reward system.

• Your attitude (ph.d. student, supervisor, policy maker, administrator…) is a choice.

Supervision Process…

• Open reseracher• Crowdfunding• Citizen science• Good referencing and Curation• E-preparation of communication papers, talks…

skills• Digital, communication, language… skills• Barriers erected by pre-digital reputation and

reward systems

And what about the Supervisee?

• This is me and my digital circumstances• Reputation• New spaces to publish, to assess• Ph.D. student 2.0: it’s rather an attitude• Education is not a preparation for life, it is life itself• Responsible research and innovation• Blended&hybrid supervision• Cosupervision• Supervisor should be 2.0 too

Some questions…• Attitude; who proposes the project?• Ph.d. future worker in research industry, university staff, etc.• Supervising means also providing best practices• Ph.d. students are future ph.d. advisors• Providing and enhancing values• Assessment in science: thru refereed papers. In other areas,

more complicated probably.• Mobile, video (from whastapp to twitter)• Benefits both for ph.d. students and supervisor• Full-time vs part-time (already employed) phd st• It should be emotional too (despite cultural diffs) –

knowledge breakd barriers

Scientific Communication 2.0.1

• Doctoral course, on-the-spot:– http://iscico.wikispaces.com

• MOOC, in Spanish (doc in English)– https://www.miriadax.net/web/sociedad_digital

• Slideshare presentations:– http://slideshare.net/ tag: ISciCo

• This provides some amount of info on e-supervision• Use of simple, readily available, open/free resources

Scientific Communication 2.0.1

• This is me and my digital circumstances• Let’s communicate• Let’s collaborate• Let’s establish (alt)metrics and evaluate• Let’s disseminate, engage - outreach

Outcomes• From MiriadaX’s MOOC students– Skills– Attitudes– Sharing, collaborating, coordinating

• From our experience;– A new way to teach– Crossing the frontier– Beyond limits, worldwide– Pareto’s law: 20% participants provide 80% work,

participation, etc.