Comments on: Swarm Scholarship and the Consumer Electronics Show… http://www.epistemographer.com/2007/01/02/swarm-scholarship-and-the-consumer-electronics-show/ Mapping knowledge online since 1999 Wed, 13 Oct 2010 15:38:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: circle unit http://www.epistemographer.com/2007/01/02/swarm-scholarship-and-the-consumer-electronics-show/comment-page-1/#comment-63606 circle unit Thu, 31 May 2007 20:58:17 +0000 http://www.epistemographer.com/2007/01/02/swarm-scholarship-and-the-consumer-electronics-show/#comment-63606 circle unit... ka-ka-sh-ka 3184391 circle unit company... circle unit…

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]]> By: Dr. Wife http://www.epistemographer.com/2007/01/02/swarm-scholarship-and-the-consumer-electronics-show/comment-page-1/#comment-40148 Dr. Wife Wed, 10 Jan 2007 20:39:45 +0000 http://www.epistemographer.com/2007/01/02/swarm-scholarship-and-the-consumer-electronics-show/#comment-40148 Peer-review has always been the hallmark of academic research, but in the past has involved multiple drafts snail-mailed to reviewers, where they languish on desks under stacks of paper for months. It's interesting to think that this system, which results in a study being published a year or two after it was conducted (and perhaps a year or two after it became obsolete)may be attacked from the side of virtually instantaneous peer-review, whether it be wikis or your swarm technique. You could argue that these peer-review processes are actually more rigorous, since the number of reviewers is potentially unlimited. A lot of medical journals in fast-moving fields have already gone to e-format, which has the advantage of small submission-to-press lags as well as greater reference potential through internet searching, etc. I wonder if wiki-journals may be next. It would seem to support a model of strong inference that is sadly lacking...as we see when we learn more in five minutes of conversation with peers at a conference than in a year in between of reading journal articles... Peer-review has always been the hallmark of academic research, but in the past has involved multiple drafts snail-mailed to reviewers, where they languish on desks under stacks of paper for months. It’s interesting to think that this system, which results in a study being published a year or two after it was conducted (and perhaps a year or two after it became obsolete)may be attacked from the side of virtually instantaneous peer-review, whether it be wikis or your swarm technique. You could argue that these peer-review processes are actually more rigorous, since the number of reviewers is potentially unlimited. A lot of medical journals in fast-moving fields have already gone to e-format, which has the advantage of small submission-to-press lags as well as greater reference potential through internet searching, etc. I wonder if wiki-journals may be next. It would seem to support a model of strong inference that is sadly lacking…as we see when we learn more in five minutes of conversation with peers at a conference than in a year in between of reading journal articles…

]]> By: Susan Wyche http://www.epistemographer.com/2007/01/02/swarm-scholarship-and-the-consumer-electronics-show/comment-page-1/#comment-39940 Susan Wyche Mon, 08 Jan 2007 19:02:22 +0000 http://www.epistemographer.com/2007/01/02/swarm-scholarship-and-the-consumer-electronics-show/#comment-39940 Have a great time in Las Vegas! I used to attend the International Housewares Show in Chicago and always wondered why I was the only academic. Next year I'll be out there with you! Have a great time in Las Vegas! I used to attend the International Housewares Show in Chicago and always wondered why I was the only academic.

Next year I’ll be out there with you!

]]> By: Josh http://www.epistemographer.com/2007/01/02/swarm-scholarship-and-the-consumer-electronics-show/comment-page-1/#comment-39255 Josh Tue, 02 Jan 2007 17:32:49 +0000 http://www.epistemographer.com/2007/01/02/swarm-scholarship-and-the-consumer-electronics-show/#comment-39255 Speaking for myself (we'll be hammering out the specifics of "publication" one of the evenings of CES), I'd love to see short-ish (10-15 page) essays, collected in some form, with an introduction and methodological section about the process built via communal wiki. Speaking for myself (we’ll be hammering out the specifics of “publication” one of the evenings of CES), I’d love to see short-ish (10-15 page) essays, collected in some form, with an introduction and methodological section about the process built via communal wiki.

]]> By: Bill Anderson http://www.epistemographer.com/2007/01/02/swarm-scholarship-and-the-consumer-electronics-show/comment-page-1/#comment-39254 Bill Anderson Tue, 02 Jan 2007 17:09:04 +0000 http://www.epistemographer.com/2007/01/02/swarm-scholarship-and-the-consumer-electronics-show/#comment-39254 This looks like a great conversation, and one that is sorely needed. In my experience collaboration is oft talked about, but little practiced. By that I mean that I've found it difficult, but for a few exceptional circumstances, to sustain collaboration. Most of the time I discover that my cohorts really want to work on their own. So I'd be very interested in what you all uncover in your discussions. And while the idea of papers is good, how about a collaborative effort, published perhaps as a static wiki page with an open discussion page? And in the age of over-information why not try for 10 pages? Maybe academic pressures dictate otherwise, but shorter is more likely to be read. This looks like a great conversation, and one that is sorely needed. In my experience collaboration is oft talked about, but little practiced. By that I mean that I’ve found it difficult, but for a few exceptional circumstances, to sustain collaboration. Most of the time I discover that my cohorts really want to work on their own. So I’d be very interested in what you all uncover in your discussions.

And while the idea of papers is good, how about a collaborative effort, published perhaps as a static wiki page with an open discussion page? And in the age of over-information why not try for 10 pages? Maybe academic pressures dictate otherwise, but shorter is more likely to be read.

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