[Community] Invitation to Webinar on Science Communication on 30th June 2016 from 13:00-15:00 GMT

[Omo Oaiya]

Dear Colleagues,

Some of you may be interested and can add free to join this MAGIC Project
webinar on Science Communication to be held on Thursday, 30th June 2016
from 13:00-15:00 GMT.   Link to participate at bottom of message.

WACREN is a partner in the MAGIC (Middleware for collaborative Applications
and Global vIrtual Communities, http://www.magic-project.eu/) project which is
being implemented by a consortium of Regional Education & research networks
(RENs) and National R&E networks (NRENs) from 20 countries and regions
around the world.  The development and fostering of Global Science
Communities is the major activity of MAGIC

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*Overview*

Research projects and individual researchers in all disciplines are
exploring new modes of scholarly communication in order to engage a wider
audience, obtain developmental impact, boost visibility, meet funder
requirements, and maximise the return on research investment. Added to
this, new trends around communicating a broad range of artefacts from the
research process are playing an important role in fostering collaboration
and professionalising different aspects of the overall research lifecycle.
In short, the publishing or dissemination process can no longer be left
solely to formal publishers and there is a need to develop internal
capacity in order to engage more optimally with communication activity.
This can be daunting for researchers who lack the time and expertise to
engage meaningfully with this area of work.


*Science Communication Webinar Outline*This 2-hour webinar will present a
five-step model that can be applied by individual researchers or projects
who wish to improve their international footprint and make the outputs of
their work more visible and available for use. Focusing on the
curation, “packaging”, and dissemination of research, the discussion will
pay particular attention to the needs of developing-country researchers who
are working in diverse, multilingual, resource-constrained contexts.

*Topics*

The 2-hour webinar will address the following topics:

*(1) *Strategic approach in terms of
-core mission
-stakeholder analysis, and
-contractual /grant framework.
*(2)* The curation process, with an introduction to Intellectual
Property/copyright component, repositories, use of Colaboratorio,
and metadata.
*(3) *Packaging research, mostly with a focus on editorial/language
considerations and utilising different research products for different
purpose.
*(4) *Dissemination, identifying channels, utilising repository and
Colaboratorio infrastructure, self-publishing, and establishing a
conversation around your research.
*(5) *Tracking usage and reporting.

*Outcomes*
Participants will be equipped with a variety of approaches to communicate
the outputs of their work in more visible and available ways to various
audiences
(e.g policy makers, stakeholders, funders, and media)

*How to participate*

Link to particípate: http://vcespresso.redclara.net/vc/rinstrumentation

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Omo Oaiya
CTO/Directeur Technique, WACREN
Mobile: +234 808 888 1571 , +221 784 305 224
Skype: kodion
http://www.wacren.net
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