User:OpenScientist/ESOF 2012/Collaborative online platforms for open science

About
''This page hosts a proposal for a scientific session at the Euroscience Open Forum 2012 that will take place in Dublin from 11-15 July, 2012. It was submitted on 30 June, 2011 and rejected in September. Call. ''

Title
Collaborative online platforms for open science

Programme
Scientific Programme

Theme
Science: Reshaping the Frontiers of Knowledge

Session format
Workshop

Abstract
The World Wide Web has changed many aspects of our lives, yet its potential to transform science is only beginning to be explored. This session will provide a theoretical overview and hands-on experience as to how online platforms can be used to share text, code and data in a way that expands the traditional notions of collaboration. In the introductory part, scientific use cases of collaborative online tools will be presented for the major steps in the research cycle.

In the second part, the audience (both in the room and online) will form groups that collaborate on a simple research project by publicly recording each of their steps using some of the online platforms presented in the first part, particularly MediaWiki platforms and GitHub. The final twenty minutes are reserved for a discussion of the experiences gathered in the collaborative endeavour.

Target audience
Researchers, research institutions, research funders, research communicators and other stakeholders in fields pertaining to scientific research.

Length of session
2h

Special needs and remarks
General remark: The session will be prepared on-wiki at http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/User:OpenScientist/ESOF_2012/Collaborative_online_platforms_for_open_science. IT requirements: stable LAN for the presenter, stable WLAN for the audience. Remote participation is encouraged.