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The New ABCs of Research (Oxford, 2016)

Learn how effective teamwork can lead to high-impact research outcomes. Discover strategies, principles, and technologies for guiding research lifecycle and achieving raised ambitions. This manifesto is a guide for research leaders, academics, and business professionals to reframe research agendas and tackle key global challenges. Available from Oxford and Amazon.

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The New ABCs of Research (Oxford, 2016)

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  1. The New ABCs of Research (Oxford, 2016) Guide for junior researchers Manifesto for Senior researchers Business leaders Funding agencies  Reframe the research agenda Teamwork done right produces high impact    http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/ 9780198758839.do

  2. The New ABCs of Research (Oxford, 2016) Guide for junior researchers Manifesto for Senior researchers Academic administrators Business leaders Funding agencies    www.cs.umd.edu/hcil/newabcs

  3. The New ABCs of ResearchBen Shneiderman ben@cs.umd.edu @benbendcDistinguished University Professor, Dept of Computer ScienceFounding Director (1983-2000), Human-Computer Interaction LabMember, Institute for Advanced Computer StudiesUniversity of MarylandCollege Park, MD 20742

  4. Interdisciplinary research community - Computer Science & Info Studies - Psych, Socio, Educ, Jour & MITH www.cs.umd.edu/hcilvimeo.com/72440805

  5. Design Issues Input devices & strategies Keyboards, pointingdevices,voice Direct manipulation Menus, forms, commands Output devices & formats Screens, windows, color, sound Text, tables, graphics Instructions, messages, help Collaboration &Social Media Help, tutorials, training Search http://bit.ly/1T5UGn0 Sixth Edition: 2016 • Visualization

  6. The New ABCs of Research (Oxford, 2016) Guide for Junior researchers Manifesto for Senior researchers Academic administrators Business leaders Funding agencies    www.cs.umd.edu/hcil/newabcs

  7. Why Rita Colwell is My Hero

  8. The New ABCs of Research Guiding Lifecycle New Context Principles Strategies Knowledge Immense Problems

  9. The New ABCs of Research Guiding Lifecycle New Context Principles Strategies Knowledge Immense Problems New Technologies

  10. The New ABCs of Research Guiding Lifecycle New Context Principles Strategies Knowledge Immense Problems New Technologies Raised Ambitions

  11. Applied & BasicCombined Combining applied with basic research produces more rapid progress in both ABC Principle

  12. Blending Science, Engineering & Designproduces higher-impact research SED Principle

  13. Science, Engineering, Design https://books.google.com/ngrams

  14. Scientist, Engineer & Designer NY Times articles http://chronicle.nytlabs.com/

  15. The New ABCs of Research Guiding Lifecycle New Context Principles Strategies Knowledge Immense Problems Applied & Basic Combined New Technologies Science,Engineering& Design Raised Ambitions

  16. The New ABCs of Research Guiding Lifecycle New Context Principles Strategies Knowledge Immense Problems Choose actionable problems:civic, business & global priorities Applied & Basic Combined Apply observation, intervention & controlled experiments New Technologies Form teams with diverse individuals & organizations Science,Engineering& Design Test ideas & prototypes withrealistic interventions Raised Ambitions Promote adoption & assess impact

  17. The New ABCs of Research Guiding Lifecycle New Context Principles Strategies Knowledge Immense Problems Choose actionable problems:civic, business & global priorities Applied & Basic Combined Apply observation, intervention & controlled experiments Solutions New Technologies Form teams with diverse individuals & organizations Science,Engineering& Design Theories Test ideas & prototypes withrealistic interventions Raised Ambitions Promote adoption & assess impact

  18. The New ABCs of Research (Oxford, 2016) Guide for Junior researchers Manifesto for Senior researchers Academic administrators Business leaders Funding agencies Available from: Oxford, Amazon,…    www.cs.umd.edu/hcil/newabcs

  19. The New ABCs of Research Guiding Lifecycle New Context Principles Strategies Knowledge Immense Problems Choose actionable problems:civic, business & global priorities Applied & Basic Combined Apply observation, intervention & controlled experiments Solutions New Technologies Form teams with diverse individuals & organizations Science,Engineering& Design Theories Test ideas & prototypes withrealistic interventions Raised Ambitions Promote adoption & assess impact

  20. The New ABCs of Research Guiding Lifecycle New Context Principles Strategies Knowledge Form teams with diverse individuals & organizations

  21. The New ABCs of Research Guiding Lifecycle New Context Principles Strategies Knowledge Form teams with diverse individuals & organizations

  22. Teams: Team sizes are growing Wuchty, Jones & Uzzi, Science 2007a

  23. Teamwork is the New Norm Percentage of publications by more than one author Cooke & Hilton (Eds), Enhancing the Effectiveness of Team Science http://www.nap.edu/catalog/19007/enhancing-the-effectiveness-of-team-science

  24. Teams: Guidelines • Formation: • Previously successful collaborations • Balanced teams • Collaboration readiness • Technology readiness for remote teamwork • Technology readiness for collaboration • Trained experienced leadership

  25. Teams: Guidelines • Formation: • Previously successful collaborations • Balanced teams • Collaboration readiness • Technology readiness for remote teamwork • Technology readiness for collaboration • Trained experienced leadership • Management • Clearly defined goals & roles • Explicit statements of who does what by when • Good communication • Regular and open discussions • Use of effective brainstorming strategies • Adequate administrative resources and services

  26. National Academies Report (2015):Enhancing the Effectiveness of Team Science Cooke & Hilton (Eds), Enhancing the Effectiveness of Team Science http://www.nap.edu/catalog/19007/enhancing-the-effectiveness-of-team-science

  27. Research Project: 2 parents, 3 children Basic Theories AppliedProblems Research Project Refined Theories Practical Solutions Guidance to Future Researchers

  28. The New ABCs of Research Guiding Lifecycle New Context Principles Strategies Knowledge Immense Problems Choose actionable problems:civic, business & global priorities Applied & Basic Combined Apply observation, intervention & controlled experiments Solutions New Technologies Form teams with diverse individuals & organizations Science,Engineering& Design Theories Test ideas & prototypes withrealistic interventions Raised Ambitions Promote adoption & assess impact

  29. The New ABCs of Research Guiding Lifecycle New Context Principles Strategies Knowledge Promote adoption & assess impact

  30. Promote Adoption & Assess Impact • Clear writing begets clear thinking • Story-telling trajectories • Promote adoption • Send Five & Thrive • Papers, websites, videos, tweets, blogs • Assess impact • Citations, downloads, tweets, blogposts • Best Paper Awards, testimonials, usage reports

  31. Promoting Adoption: Becker Model Ideas travel through networks and relationships Cultivate champions. Present, Present, Present! Join relevant committees & insert your findings into decision making Don’t wait for publication. Disseminate early https://becker.wustl.edu/impact-assessment/strategies

  32. Online Services • Open Research: arXiv.org, PLOS, Open Science • Community Building Sites: • Academia: platform for academics to share research papers… to accelerate the world's research (19M users) • ResearchGate: connect researchers share scientific output, knowledge & expertise • ORCID, VIVO, FORCE11, … • Research Paper Managers: • Mendeley: The best free way to organize your research • Zotero: free, easy-to-use tool to help you collect, organize, cite & share your research sources • CiteULike: free service to help you to store, organise & share the scholarly papers you are reading

  33. The New ABCs of Research Applied & Basic Combined Achieving Breakthrough Collaborations Analysis Based on Creativity Actively Build Connections Ask Bigger Cuestions Aspire to Be like Colwell

  34. Books: Teamwork • Nancy Cooke & Margaret Hilton (Editors), Enhancing the Effectiveness of Team Science, National Academies Press, Washington, DC (2015). http://www.nap.edu/catalog/19007/enhancing-the-effectiveness-of-team-science • Walter Isaacson, The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created theDigital Revolution, Simon & Schuster, New York (2014). • Steven Johnson, Where Good Ideas Come From: A Natural History of Innovation, Riverhead Publishers (2010). • Joshua Shenk, Powers of Two: Finding the Essence of Innovation in Creative Pairs, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (2014).

  35. Books: Writing • Mark J. Kuchner, Marketing for Scientists: How to Shine in Tough Times, Island Press (2011). • Steven Pinker, The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person’s Guide to Writing in the 21stCentury, Viking (2014). • Joshua Schimel, Writing Science: How to Write Papers That Get Cited and Proposals That Get Funded, Oxford University Press(2011). • Turabian, K. L., Booth, W. C., Colomb, G. G., Williams, J. M., and the University of Chicago Press Staff, A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations:Eighth Edition(2013).

  36. The New ABCs of Research Questions Guiding Lifecycle New Context Principles Strategies Knowledge Immense Problems Choose actionable problems:civic, business & global priorities Applied & Basic Combined Apply observation, intervention & controlled experiments Solutions New Technologies Form teams with diverse individuals & organizations Science,Engineering& Design Theories Test prototypes withrealistic interventions Raised Ambitions Promote adoption & assess impact

  37. The New ABCs of Research Guiding Lifecycle New Context Principles Strategies Knowledge Immense Problems Choose actionable problems:civic, business & global priorities Applied & Basic Combined Apply observation, intervention & controlled experiments Solutions New Technologies Form teams with diverse individuals & organizations Science,Engineering& Design Theories Test ideas & prototypes withrealistic interventions Raised Ambitions Promote adoption & assess impact

  38. The New ABCs of Research Guiding Lifecycle New Context Principles Strategies Knowledge Apply observation, intervention & controlled experiments

  39. Research Methods  Solutions & Theories

  40. Research Methods  Solutions & Theories Surveys (email, web, phone), Interviews & Focus Groups give way to Actual behavior: Page visits, tweets, posts Challenge is to validate sample Selected panel (Nielsen) vs. Convenience sample Citizen science, crowdsourcing??

  41. Teams: WHY? • ???

  42. Teams: Guidelines • Previously successful collaborations • Balanced teams • Clearly defined goals & roles

  43. Teams: Guidelines • Previously successful collaborations • Balanced teams • Clearly defined goals & roles • Explicit statements of who does what by when • Regular and open discussions • Good communication

  44. Teams: Guidelines • Previously successful collaborations • Balanced teams • Clearly defined goals & roles • Explicit statements of who does what by when • Regular and open discussions • Good communication • Collaboration readiness • Technology readiness for remote teamwork • Technology readiness for collaboration

  45. Teams: Guidelines • Previously successful collaborations • Balanced teams • Clearly defined goals & roles • Explicit statements of who does what by when • Regular and open discussions • Good communication • Collaboration readiness • Technology readiness for remote teamwork • Technology readiness for collaboration • Trained experienced leadership • Adequate administrative resources and services • Use of effective brainstorming strategies

  46. Teams: Winning Strategy • Powers of Two (End of the Lone Genius) (Shenk, 2014) • Teams: Difficult to form, hugely effective • Takes practice to gain skills • Clear goals, clear roles • Trust, communication, recognition • WJU2007: teams  2.1 times the impact • Large teams need administrative support scienceofteamscience.org www.teamsciencetoolkit.cancer.gov

  47. Teams: Winning Strategy • Powers of Two (End of the Lone Genius) (Shenk, 2014) • Teams: Difficult to form, hugely effective • Takes practice to gain skills • Clear goals, clear roles: Who Does What by When • Trust, communication, recognition • WJU2007: teams  2.1 times the impact • Large teams need administrative support scienceofteamscience.org www.teamsciencetoolkit.cancer.gov

  48. Teams: Winning Strategy • Powers of Two (End of the Lone Genius) (Shenk, 2014) • Teams: Difficult to form, hugely effective • Takes practice to gain skills • Clear goals, clear roles: Who Does What by When • Trust, communication, recognition • WJU2007: teams  2.1 times the impact • Large teams need administrative support • FUN! scienceofteamscience.org www.teamsciencetoolkit.cancer.gov

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