#gradscicomm: day two
National Academy of Sciences building in Washington, D.C. December 6th 2013.
#gradscicomm: the current landscape of communication trainings available to graduate students in the STEM disciplines
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Day 2 of #gradscicomm. Time to turn all of yesterday’s discussion into some action items -
Our vision for society: trust in science, science literacy, scientist as desirable career, better informed public policy #gradscicomm -
Our vision for #GradSciComm: communication part of fabric of grad edu, institutions offer support, shared understanding of best practices
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Diving into day 2 of #gradscicomm – putting the “work” in workshop 😉 -
Our roadblocks: culture change slow, quantify ROI, lack of institutional incentives, $ and time #gradscicomm
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Top 5 #GradsciComm competencies: audience understanding, state “so what”, distilation of complex ideas, storytelling, writing clearly
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“Almost everything you need to know to communicate clearly is found in the soft sciences… which scientists won’t read” #gradscicomm
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#GradSciComm workshop ranks storytelling among top 5 #scicomm competencies for graduate students = secret satisfaction. | @ScientistStory -
I don’t think the @COMPASSonline staff sleep. Amazing how prepared they are #gradscicomm
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Society benefits of #gradscicom = better informed policies, trust in science, and people want to *be* scientists (among others) #GradSciComm
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Change in #GradSciComm requires: motivated people, alignment of the powers that can support, pressure+rewards from outside
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#GradSciComm *new* collective challenge: mapping pathways to integrate science communication core competencies into STEM grad ed training.
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Our collective challenge for #GradSciComm workshop: mapping the pathways to integrate #SciComm core competencies into STEM grad edu
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Just like a group of scientists, we end up arguing over semantics in the #GradSciComm workshop. Holistic me wants to focus on bigger picture
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Science communication skill translates into improved cross-cultural communication. Impt wrt internationalization of science #gradscicomm -
How to empower students to start something bigger than themselves is a recurring theme here at #GradSciComm workshop
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Lack of advisor support an obstacle to #scicomm? I think, at first, maybe we don’t need support, just abolishing opposition. #gradscicomm
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Heard at #GradSciComm :”Small groups model change. And u need a person of rank w/in that core group of #scicomm champions at ur university.”
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What about this bumper sticker for professors’ doorway: “Science communication? Meh. I’m not opposed.” #gradscicomm #safezone
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Heard at #GradSciComm “Increasingly we see advisors mentor responsibilities being outsourced ex. to institutional pro-development programs”
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Now mapping pathways to overcome lack of advisor support for #GradSciComm for their students. We need better data on why they don’t.
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Aligning benefits of effective sci comm with audience goals is broad theme at #gradscicomm. -
database of science communication materials and workshops, targeting grad students http://j.mp/195AHlP @COMPASSonline #GradSciComm -
A delightful thing about being at @NASciences for #gradscicomm are all the surprise encounters in the hallways. Lots of delighted hugging
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A good exercise 4 #gradscicomm stus wld be 2 go thru dept pages & translate mentor research webpages into relevant, public-friendly lingo. -
As a non-sci, I’m always looking up rec’d sci speakers. When their webpages are nothing but acronyms…no help, no relevance. #gradscicomm
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Our #gradscicomm presentations are now posted on SlideShare –
Day 1: http://slidesha.re/18dFPG0
Day 2: http://slidesha.re/18dFS4B -
It obvious that evaluation critical for #scicomm education. What’s success? I thnk audience comprehension. How to get it done? #GradSciComm -
@RBooneAK I’ve been on twitter hiatus… what is the story with #gradscicomm? Looks interesting & relevant to a discussion I had this week. -
Great resource! MT @LizNeeley #gradscicomm presentations posted on SlideShare
Day 1: http://slidesha.re/18dFPG0
Day 2: http://slidesha.re/18dFS4B ” -
Overheard at #gradscicomm : “How can we better connect sci comm trainers with evaluators for monitoring? They tend to be silo-ed. Surprise.”
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We all agree that incorporating monitoring and evaluation into #GradSciComm is such a thorny topic that it needs it’s own workshop
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Widespread problem in #GradSciComm: expert evaluation is expected but resources not provided. Unfunded mandate.
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FF all the good people working on #gradscicomm eg @LizNeeley @Nancy_Baron @RockyRohde @GoodbyeShoe @informalscience @tiffanylohwater et al -
#gradscicomm has reverted to cave drawings pic.twitter.com/lrBoG5StE1 -
We want to invest in quantifying the reasons #GradSciComm benefits students and institutions as persuasion for dissaproving faculty.
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More calls for data. What’s the ROI for scientists communicating? There’s research out there but where are gaps? #GradSciComm #SciComm
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#gradscicomm: @NSF EHR Core Research grant opportunity http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?WT.z_pims_id=504924&ods_key=nsf13555 … AND @informalscience webinar on it: http://informalscience.org/community/calendar/details/ehr-core-research-ecr-outreach-webinars …
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Social sciences not set up to answer Qs for the hard sciences (e.g. #scicomm evaluation) How to align incentives of hard+soft? #GradSciComm
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@GoodbyeShoe our overworked brains are retreating from the criticizing, synthesizing, and collaborating. What’s left? Doodling. #gradscicomm
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OH #gradscicomm:
“I’ve heard a lot about carrots for getting faculty on board, anyone talk about sticks?”
“Well we talked about shaming!” -
#GradSciComm perceived by institutions as single publics issue. Need to frame as underlying component of grad edu modernization + breadth
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The #GradSciComm roadmap we’ve created at this workshop needs broader national buy-in. Regional workshops?
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Many people think grad edu is a relatively small problem in education overall. How do we create a sense of urgency? #GradSciComm
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Over half of us at #GradSciComm workshop will be at @AAASMeetings this year in Chicago, and @COMPASSonline is hosting a symposium.
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#GradSciComm culture change will not be linear, we need to identify pressure points and capitalize on serendipitous opportunities.
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After #GradSciComm workshop we feel motivated, not alone, want to expand community, build bridges to connect silos, bring message of hope.
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@RockyRohde This illustrates the need for conveyors of that info who can help make connections w/ natural science. #gradscicomm -
HUGE thanks to @LizNeeley @goldmane @Nancy_Baron & @brookesimler for organizing/running #GradSciComm! #startofabeautifulfriendship
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Findings here could be relevant #gradscicomm audience.
