Quite possibly, although I don't think the perfect format has been found quite yet - so far Google Wave seems to have been lots of "erm, what shall we use this for" conversations (but it is still officially a "preview", so it may evolve further).  Gillian Pepper's "Science and Society" group on Ning (http://scienceandsociety.ning.com/) might also be "it", but only if more people sign up and start using it.  Similarly the OU's Isotope site (http://isotope.open.ac.uk/).  However, I suspect for the time being the slightly messy mix of email (on lists like this and BIG-chat etc), a sprinkling of websites and occasional events in the real world (with different combinations of people each time) will have to suffice.

Andy




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-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Kenward [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 23 February 2010 14:25
Subject: Re: Joined-up working and information sharing

Is there a case for the use of "new media" and things like Google Wave? A
bolthole where people can file away links, documents and other stuff?

https://wave.google.com/wave/

"Google Wave is an online communication and collaboration tool that makes
real-time interactions more seamless -- in one place, you can communicate
and collaborate using richly formatted text, photos, videos, maps, and
more."

"A wave is a conversation with multiple participants -- participants are
people added to a wave to discuss and collaborate on its content.
Participants can reply any time and anywhere within a wave, and they can
edit content and add more participants as a wave develops. It's also
possible to rewind waves with the playback functionality, to see what
happened, and when."


MK





-----Original Message-----
From: psci-com: on public engagement with science
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Andy Lloyd
Sent: 23 February 2010 12:22
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [PSCI-COM] Joined-up working and information sharing

I think the current exercise in joining-up (to whatever extent) the wide
range of STEM communication/engagement activity is to be welcomed, and I
hope we can all get through the rounds of "what about us" that such
activities naturally uncover.

In that spirit (!) the Big Bang Fair is, I'm told, a fantastic example of
getting lots of different people together doing similar work in one place.
Except of course that quite a lot of us around the country can't - not out
of some latent regional prejudice but because it's at the start of National
Science & Engineering Week so we're all a bit busy already.  So, can I ask
anyone who does go along to tell the rest of us a couple of things?  What
impression do you get from the event of the range of activity available in
the UK?  Do you think it's representative (and is that important anyway)?

Cheers

Andy


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