How to connect academics around the globe by organizing an asynchronous virtual unconference.
How to connect academics around the globe by organizing an asynchronous virtual unconference.
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10.12688/wellcomeopenres.16893.1
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2021-01-01
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Weissgerber, Tracey L
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Holman, Constance;Kent, Brianne A;Weissgerber, Tracey L
为应对COVID-19大流行，许多会议和面对面会议已过渡到虚拟平台。在这里，我们分享组织国际虚拟非常规会议（或“非会议”）的策略和经验教训。该活动的重点是早期职业研究人员如何倡导科学出版和研究文化的系统性改进。虚拟unconference有三个主要组成部分：(1)虚拟网络活动，(2)异步虚拟头脑风暴，(3)虚拟开放空间，参与者可以加入或领导深入讨论。unconference的形式是参与者驱动和鼓励来自六大洲20个国家的54名与会者之间的对话与合作。虚拟头脑风暴允许参与者在他们方便的时候参与讨论。在48小时的虚拟头脑风暴中，参与者的活跃度一直很高，并一直持续到第二天。这些讨论的结果被共同总结在一篇题为“授权早期职业研究人员改善科学”的论文中，该论文由非会议参与者共同撰写。我们希望这一方法报告将有助于其他人组织异步虚拟会议，同时也为参与者驱动的活动提供新的策略，这些活动可以集成到传统的虚拟会议中。
Many conferences and in-person meetings have transitioned to virtual platforms in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Here, we share strategies and lessons learned from organizing an international virtual unconventional conference, or 'unconference'. The event focused on how early career researchers can advocate for systemic improvements in scientific publishing and research culture. The virtual unconference had three main components: (1) a virtual networking event, (2) asynchronous virtual brainstorming, and (3) a virtual open space, where participants could join or lead in-depth discussions. The unconference format was participant-driven and encouraged dialogue and collaboration between 54 attendees from 20 countries on six continents. Virtual brainstorming allowed participants to contribute to discussions at times that were convenient for them. Activity was consistently high throughout the 48 hours of virtual brainstorming and continued into the next day. The results of these discussions are collaboratively summarized in a paper entitled Empowering Early Career Researchers to Improve Science, co-authored by the unconference participants . We hope that this method report will help others to organize asynchronous virtual unconferences, while also providing new strategies for participant-driven activities that could be integrated into conventional virtual conferences.