Hybrid Format

Hybrid Format#

Introduction

Introduction, story of my PhD …

Plan

Because I can
- Research Degree Regulations
  - Book / Non-Book Component
  - Physical copie
- Tools I use
  - Jupyter-Book
  - Open-Source Research toolbox

Because it is Needed
- For Myself
  - Tools
- The Scientific Community
  - Open Science
- The Public
  - Creativity
Simply Why Not?

Notes

To Do

Write the content, and send to Anita when happy

Supervisors

Taking into consideration that this content is aimed at bachelor student or science enthusiast, what do you think about the format? The plan ?

Because I can#

Research Degree Regulations#

Document

Thesis#

A PhD, MPhil or Professional Doctorate OU dissertation is normally a monograph, that is, a single, coherent narrative that articulates the thesis and the evidence that supports it. Any additional elements (e.g., non-book components) must be properly integrated into the narrative to provide a coherent and comprehensive whole. The dissertation must satisfy OU standards of presentation and the QAA research degree characteristics (Appendix 1 of the Research Degree Regulations)

—Thesis Submission Guidelines, Research Degrees, The Open University

Appendix 1 research degree regulations
search for, discover, access, retrieve, sift, interpret, analyse, evaluate, manage, conserve and communicate an ever-increasing volume of knowledge from a range of sources;
think critically about problems to produce innovative solutions and create new knowledge;
plan, manage and deliver projects, selecting and justifying appropriate methodological processes while recognising, evaluating and minimising the risks involved and impact on the environment;
exercise professional standards in research and research integrity, and engage in professional practice, including ethical, legal, and health and safety aspects, bringing enthusiasm, perseverance and integrity to bear on their work activities;
support, collaborate with and lead colleagues, using a range of teaching, communication and networking skills to influence practice and policy in diverse environments;
appreciate the need to engage in research with impact and to be able to communicate it to diverse audiences, including the public;
build relationships with peers, senior colleagues, students and stakeholders with sensitivity to equality, diversity and cultural issues.

Book / Non-Book Component#

I have not found any precision about what is meant by bookin the Research Degree Regulations, hence I went to look for a definition in the Oxford dictionary where it is said that:

A book is a written work published in printed or electronic form

As a result I think I should be allowed to publish a thesis that is 100% online

It is stipulated that a non-book component can be included

Physical copie#

You will need to submit an electronic copy of your thesis at submission. The electronic copy should be submitted in PDF format to the Research Degrees Team through PGR Manager https://doctoral-research-system.open.ac.uk/.

—Thesis Submission Guidelines, Research Degrees, The Open University

OK a pdf copy will be submitted but the whole thesis (ie web-format) should be used for assesment as it is more important than the book component.

The Need#

Improve note taking capabilities#

Implement here Manifesto grid

PhD Deliverable#

Web-site Architecture#

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The tools#

There is a need for the scientific community to overcome it’s relience on commercial publication. Lots of tools and guidances have been developped over the past few years, like the excellent Turing way [Community, 2022], to help researcher find their way into Open Science. It is time to put those practices in operation and that is the aim of this online thesis which is a

Proof of concept that science can be self-published and delivered online as a
Research compendium

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» Good values

I think research is gangrened by the commercial scientific publication system and an alternative to that is self-publication (cf Manifesto).

The Open University

The Open University (OU) is a values-led institution which seeks to be “Open to people, places, methods and ideas”. It also says to champions openly shared, engaged research of all kinds alongside its world-leading approach to online teaching (Source).

The scientific community

Open Research, more collaboration and less relience on the commercial scientific publication system

» 1 tool

Jupyter Book

Jupyter Book is an open source project for building beautiful, publication-quality books and documents from computational material.

Easy
Interactive
… In summary much better than writing pdfs with latex.

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+ Ecocystem of open softwares

Binder
Figshare

Paper Version

Jupyter Book allow the generation of 2 types of output, html (here) and pdf (there)

Warning

A paper version is to be produced and can be made accessible upon request.

Documentation

Examples

Python tuto Here

» Greater Impact

Hell yeah !!

Take home message

Hi !

Enhanced science communication#

» Peer Review

How to

I am using Hypothesis as a Peer Review tool. Just higlight any word, sentense or paragraph of this website and you will see apeearing two buttons as shown in the image. If you click on the annotate button, you will be able to write your comment directly on the web-page.

Needs registering (free account)

» Create a dialogue ...

I aim to deliver the scientific knowledge that I produced using a conversational tone. I think it can help attracting a much wider audience without doing any harm to the scientific content itself. A website offer a limitless set of tools to achieve that goal.

... with all kind of audiences

Legend 💥

Supervision team
Researchers (my field)
Friends/Colleagues
Anyone
Teachers
Researchers (other fields)

This web-site is an experiment aimed at communicating research . Communication involve an audience, and there is a whole diapora of possible audiences for this project: In order to communicate, I will leave notes (4 types, cf below) here and there, sometimes with a tag refering to the audience they are adressed to. Feel free to comment them (like I did) using Hypothesis button (top right corner)

Interaction Post-it

Note / Question

Sometimes, for the purpose of interactivity, I will ask you some questions, feel free to comment your answers 😉