Mozilla Science Lab 101

Mozilla Science Lab 101

@MozillaScience

doing good is part of our code

help researchers leverage the power of the open web.

learning around open source, data sharing

needed to further open practice;empowering others to lead in

their communities.

(1)

what does “web literacy”

mean for research?

communicationaccess, reuse, scale

distributed environment

the web as a platform

- access to content, data, code, materials.- emergence of “web-native” tools.- rewards for openness, interoperability, collaboration, sharing.- push for ROI, reuse, recomputability, transparency.

“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...

putting open ideals into practice(+ paying it forward)

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

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

(2)

learning from (+ through) open source development

examples of “science like the web” in practice

code as a research objectwhat’s needed to reuse ?

http://bit.ly/mozfiggit

<institutional archives>

<national archives>

<code repos>

syndication and storage (via APIs)

http://softwarediscoveryindex.org/report/

open, iterative developmentthe “work in progress” effect

http://openresearchbadges.org/

http://mozillascience.org/contributorship-badges-a-new-project/

(3)

fostering a (sustainable) community of practitioners

how do we amplify within research?

(... and beyond software development?)

community-driven contributorship

http://mozillascience.github.io/leadership-training/

mozillascience.org/collaborate

2 days, 30+ cities, 53+ hours

http://bit.ly/1N331JV

100+ pull requests

(code, content, learning resources)http://bit.ly/1N331JV

https://www.mozillascience.org/fellows

next steps

we’re here to help.

http://[email protected]