{"id":12275,"date":"2013-02-06T11:15:56","date_gmt":"2013-02-06T16:15:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/researchimpact.ydsinc.ca\/crowdsourcing-the-future-of-knowledge-mobilization-crowdsourcing-le-future-de-la-mobilisation-des-connaissances\/"},"modified":"2021-11-23T16:41:02","modified_gmt":"2021-11-23T21:41:02","slug":"crowdsourcing-the-future-of-knowledge-mobilization-crowdsourcing-le-future-de-la-mobilisation-des-connaissances","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/researchimpact.ca\/fr\/archive\/crowdsourcing-the-future-of-knowledge-mobilization-crowdsourcing-le-future-de-la-mobilisation-des-connaissances\/","title":{"rendered":"Crowdsourcing the Future of Knowledge Mobilization \/ Crowdsourcing, le future de la mobilisation des connaissances"},"content":{"rendered":"

David Phipps, RIR-York
\nNext time you\u2019re making a presentation consider crowdsourcing part of it.\u00a0 It keeps you on your toes and allows for great audience engagement but also takes \u201cchutzpah<\/a>\u201d to handle the submissions and the surprises.<\/i>
\nLa prochaine fois que vous ferez une pr\u00e9sentation, pensez \u00e0 faire appel au crowdsourcing. Cette fa\u00e7on de faire vous tient aux aguets et permet \u00e0 votre public de s\u2019impliquer de fa\u00e7on notable, mais cela demande \u00e9galement un peu de \u201cchutzpah\u201d pour faire face aux propositions et aux surprises.<\/em>
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\"Saskatchewan<\/a>
Saskatchewan Literacy Network<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\nI was invited to make a keynote presentation at the Canadian Knowledge Mobilization Forum 2012. I spoke about my predictions<\/a> for the future of knowledge mobilization in Canada butI also did something I had never done before. While I was speaking I asked the audience to write down their own predictions. These were collected and I spoke to each of them off the cuff, commenting on the crowd\u2019s opinions of our directions as a profession and practice. It was fun because it kept me on my toes and it allowed the audience to co-create part of the presentation. I wrote about these crowdsourced opinions starting on page 15 of the report<\/a> on the Forum.
\nI did the same when I was invited to speak to the Saskatchewan Literacy Network <\/a>on November 15, 2012. Since Bonnie Zink and Karen Rosser asked me to include social media in my presentation I asked the crowd to tell me what \u00a0they thought of social media and knowledge mobilization in five years. \u00a0Sidebar: let me give a shout out to Karen and Bonnie.\u00a0 Karen for running a great forum and Bonnie for being\u2026 well\u2026 Bonnie. Bonnie is a great promoter of knowledge mobilization and communication. She is an \u00fcber tweeter, blogger (see her guest blog<\/a> on Mobilize This!), pinner on Pinterest\u2026 you name she\u2019s probably there. She also knits (constantly) and likes cats\u2026 what\u2019s not to love and admire about Bonnie!
\nBonnie also transcribed the crowd sourced comments from the audience. There were 17 responses which I grouped as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Group<\/strong><\/td>\nN*<\/strong><\/td>\nExample<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Local to global<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n\n
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  • Global users of social media for policy makers, youth, adults to exchange information and decision making<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Collaboration<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n\n
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  • Easier and or free access for learners to social media, deliberate collaboration – partnering researchers and community<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Access<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n\n
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  • A smart phone will cost less than $10.00 and access to Internet will be more readily available – then only it will be an inclusive way of sharing information and knowledge<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Norming<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n\n
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  • Will be the way of doing \u00ab\u00a0business\u00a0\u00bb throughout the province by connecting business\/industry\/education\/communities<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Critical thinking<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n\n