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?
communication
access, 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 tools
standards
best practices
research objects
scientific software
repositories
incentives
recognition / P&T
interdisciplinarity
collaboration
community dialogue
training
mentorship
professional dev
new policies
recognition
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 object
what’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
development
the “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://mozillascience.org
sciencelab@mozillafoundation.org

Mozilla Science Lab 101