Colleagues, in this field, I'd include one author that came deeply in the studies of the importance of the image in its forms of static (a photo) or in cinetics (a film, a video etc). I shall remember the thoughts of Dziga Vertov (in the book Dziga Vertov Articles, Journaux, projects, Collection 10/18, Paris: Union Generale d"Editions, 1972) when he says (p.11): "Tout film est une montage depuis le moment où l'on choisit le sujet jusqu'à à la sortie de la pellicule definitive, c'est-à-dire qu'il est en montage durant tout le processus de fabrication du film". If one focus with strong objectivity, in brief that he is saying is: all the film/video/photo narratives tends to show what and mainly the author of that film want others to watch. One can say that i'm problematizing the simple question of doing documentary films with scientific aims, but this possibility remains in all the productions, wich soffers under the conceptions and principles of its author(s) . Here and there. So, I appologize for saying that I strong doubt of the concept very spread of "seeing is believing" since what is shown (seeing) most of times is made with not shown intenctions (Vertov's montage). Well, is that what I'd like to add in this very moment.

With the emerging technologies that offer today the opportunity to capture high quality, high definition (HD) images and sound, and the editing computing technology available, offered by specialized services understanding your need, it is a fairly easy task.

A scientist can even apply the “doing yourself method” at home / laboratory using low price accessible equipment with some visual skills, the wanders of science can start in your school lab or at home and then end in the University / community library, TV networks or YouTube as priceless educational material to communicate your doings and results to other interested parties.

This way, a young scientist can become popular in its field (perhaps as expert).

Regards,

Adrian TW

@ Adrian Toader-Williams - I am happy to get another image of students from you, that of “the direct beneficiary and practically the owners” of the schools and universities.

I agree that teachers are means to serve the student’s education need.

However, I wonder: if by serving the needs and in varied (elementary, middle, or higher educational) contexts, could the teachers respect the students’ needs and yet do not treat the students as their customers to the extend of pampering to their needs? I reflected on this issue in context of higher education where at times, mature students, especially those working MBA students who overloaded themselves, who expected to be spoon-fed, and who refused to engage themselves in learning.

@Francisco Cua, by listening to student's needs I would not direct my attention towards attempting to pamper them. Do Not !

MBA students may be a special area. The BA part, often makes them self-identify with "Business" = money = some day rich, Administrators = directors, bosses and the teacher becomes a real servant that knows theory (in their mind) as opposed to their "do do do practical do"... in other words, they may feel superior. It is just a point of view based on some earlier observations from discussions with some teachers as well as MBA students. Similar situation is with medical students that after practice in "white" are confused with doctors (patients addressing them that way) and after a sort time, they feel being doctors (far from PhD), but they build a great deal of attitude.

Some, if they are attributed to teach some classes, they suddenly are "teachers", nose go up and...most of them become lazy/comfortable.

In most of the cases, master students that work or used to attend school up to a few years back, lost the tempo of being a student and search for information, study, do homework, make reports (school, formalities not direct money making).... they are in a different frame of mind.

All of the above need to be discussed.

Please let me know your point of vie as far as: "What is you point of view as far as the importance of the audio-visual documentation of the research process and results, applied methods, showing step by step procedures, details that often are easily missed out to explain or hard to show in writing or simple pictures?"

PS) Please do not forget to vote the question and member's comments / posts / participation. This encourages other RG members to participate as well.

Visual documents, in particular, showing the flow of research can be particularly helpful - at masters and phd level (and beyond).

One must be careful in sharing to think about how this will be presented. Will it be as an 'in progress' document for comments? If so, think about the stage at which you would want people to see your workings out and how this might impact research going on in other communities.

In terms of results one needs to be careful around issues of data privacy, but otherwise it could be worth reflecting on prelimary results in order to get the comments of others.

Finally - be careful around what the needs of any journals that you plan to publish in might be. Some journals will only publish results that have not been published elsewhere - including online in blog format. This is a critical question to ask in advance so that you know whether or not your results are publishable online.

@ Adrian Toader-Williams - My response (2nd comment) was not supposed to be place under this dialogue, although it is directed to Adrian. Sorry. When I read the question and the comment below it, I encountered several flashes (reflective and reflexive ideas). My reflexivity is my own inner dialogue that I talk to myself, directed toward a course of action. First is the “documentation,” then the “audio-visual” documentation. Other flashes are “research” (or evidence-based learning), “step-by-step procedures,” etc.

I will start with the notion of “research.” Unless I have matured and committed adult students, the word research appears to be a high sounding term. I commonly replace it with evidence-based learning engagement. To masters students or PhD students, the word research will not be as frightening. All learning engagements, if students are to conduct deeper approaches to learning, have to be evidence-based, or “research” in short. Next is “documentation.” When students conduct evidence-based or inquiry-based learning engagements, I do impose them to write, at least, a weekly reflective journal. At times, I replace the term journal with the term diary. However, I would remind them that the diary is not a temporal account of what they are doing. So they should not write what time they started (or even what time they took a snack or even went to the comfort room). What is important in the reflection if to think out aloud the connections or the challenges that students encounter. The “diary” (or the journal) is a venue for them “to talk to themselves” (reflexivity) and to articulate their inner dialogue. Students who do not learn how to think cannot be life-long learners. In fact, the purpose of undertaking masters or PhD degrees do not end in the disciplines, but purports to inculcate the mindset of thinking and reflexivity, which enables students to be life-long ethical students. Another notion is “audio-visual.” I interpret your audio-visual to documentation and not to evidence. Otherwise, archival documents (collectively an evidence) could form part as documentation. Interviews recorded in the digital recorder could be interpreted as an evidence that supports the documentation of the research. Transcriptions of the interview are other pieces of evidence supporting the documentation. Then I recalled my use of visual recorder during the focus group discussions. The “documentation” in context of your question seems to refer to what is being done. It does not refer to the evidence of the research. The evidence (which could be of audio-visual nature) could support the document. In this light, what transpired in the focus-group discussions could serve as the evidence of data gathering as well as the documentation.

Should I share my documentation to the public? My answer is No, in the sense that I do not want to create noises (irrelevant data) to the public. Also, there are dimensions under ethical clearance and obligations (Laura uses the term "privacy") that I should not divulge.

Francisco Cua, dear members,

sure, there are documentations useful to share, some are just noise. Same with audio-recording. So, all authors will decide for themselves what is a value to share and what is not.

Having something of value and not sharing, discounts its value and that is ... self-discounting, not efficient, not nice! The knowledge needs to be shared in its greatest detail.

Audio-visual is an additional way (an avenue, a tool) to communicate details in a fashion that writing can't.

@ Adrian - to think about it again, whether documentations are noises or musics are not for the source to determine but for the other parties to perceive. You are right.

Francisco Cua ,

1-st determination, evaluation, intelligent decision is to be bade by the authors / source, so as not to distribute too much noise. That will mean an opportunity for:

2-nd determining party, the audience.

Please see on my wall, "The Terrestrial Snails - animal protein production machines for future - film by Adrian Toader-Williams mp4" and you can download it, the 15 minutes documentary film made by me during my thesis experimental part (5 years of work).

Please rate / vote if you like it :-). Enjoy it.

Regards,

Adrian TW

The use of transmedia storytelling in scientific experiment is an interesting approach in science teaching, very important to achieve greater impact of research results and they can be made ​​to apply

We do tend to give an over-value to technology. Of course, documentation of a research can be made into audiovisual means, but there is a great question to be solved: are audiovisual means suitable to any kind of message? There are concepts so abstract that can only be translated into words, and nothing but words. And words to be read, for if they are just spoken, receptor shall not keep them in memory so that he may discuss it. Truly, I have no answer, at all.

@ Ricardo Antonio Lucas Camargo - In this stream of discussions, we certainly seem to value or even overvalue technology. Also there are many contexts, perspectives, and intentions of the source and the audience in order to give feedback to the answer being asked.

I agree that this should be done, but there are things one has to do to prevent breaking privacy and copyright laws. Most of the privacy concerns can be addressed by getting permission from all the participants and to make sure all recordings are completed in a professional manner.

Secondly, while I think that all public research should be publicly available; however, there is research that is funded through private means. My masters research was funded through a local private water company. We made our research public; however, I can see that there are some companies that do not want 'trade secrets' out. These concerns should be addressed as well.

I agree this to be done. I always had a wish to record my presentation however due to lack of suitable equipments at various universities it has been delayed. But now we have such facilities to record them. Further we should have a common database to upload them.

in agreement with Juan, using a story-telling approach for scientific experiments is not only an interesting approach but is also helpful inn making the subject more interesting and easily understandable to the audience by carefully reducing the noise and excessive scientific jargon

On my openion it is better to record our presentation in suitalbe audio visual instruments for those not availbe in domestic areas for better presentation and understanding to the common people

I agree Dr. G. Narasimha sir openion. visual presentation of research work will be easy way to express our creativity to others. There are so many experimental result in science are very difficult to explain in writing protocol or by journal format. There will be lot of excellent impact work till not accepted by the journal reviewer because of the difficulties in writing. lots of unpublished research paper work had simply saved in their personal hard disk of many research people. so many new findings where hide in pen-drive and hard disk due to difficulties in writing. So audio-visual documentation of the research process and results will be very help full and effective to the young researcher to share and gain information.

But in case developing country like india these types of research presentation is quit difficult. Because most area advanced visual and audio recording where not available.

Ricardo Antonio Lucas Camargo , sure there will be exceptions.

Some scientific work is not suitable to show visually, it will make no sense to show a video with some "formulas only" on the wall ;-). It is to the personal judgement of the author(s) as to decide.

Anything we know has a real value as far as we are able to transmitted to others. The better we transmit our message, our experimental results and procedure, our knowledge, the higher value our knowledge has. Right ?

Regards,

Adrian TW

Dear RG members,

The better we transmit our message, our experimental results and procedure, our knowledge, THE BETTER WE MAKE OURSELVES UNDERSTOOD, THE HIGHER VALUE OUR KNOWLEDGE HAS.

It is important to have your opinion, researchers from different countries, cultures, disciplines, specialties, professors, students and advisers of all ages.

Your contribution to ResearchGate (RG) activity / dialog / discussions helps all of us as RG community.

I'm totally in agreement with "The better we transmit our message, our experimental results and procedure, our knowledge, THE BETTER WE MAKE OURSELVES UNDERSTOOD, THE HIGHER VALUE OUR KNOWLEDGE HAS".

I think the presentation should be audience dependent.. You need to know about your audience first then you need to finalize your method of documentation. However, copyright laws should be more specified.. If proper audio visual documentation is prepared I believe it would be wonderful to make the audience understood about what the researcher is actually thinking or finding (in most cases).

Well, this is an intriguing question. For shure everyone agrees that is better showing the results of scientific investigations with the use of visual support. But as a TV, video and multimedia professor and producer, I can add that to link the academic achievements to visual forms will demand specific knowledge of the researchers, since the MM requires precise abilities to do a good job. What I'm sayng is that the MM has a specific langage and methods of construction meanings. The film and videodocumentaires has specific internal "logics" of narratives and methods of going deeper on certains sujects, despite others. As I said, is a intriguing point...

No mater what you know and how much yo know if you do not know how to transmit your knowledge.

As there are methodologies, structures and way of expression in elaborating thesis, writing books, the same is true as far as the production of a scientific documentary film.

We live in a competitive world. The better you come across, the better you interact with the "audience" the higher is the value of your creation/ideas/knowledge, therefore the higher is the respect you gain.

Again, audio-visuals depict events in a way that no other methods can.

One needs to see in order to believe.

Scientific research funded by private or/and public funds should (and often they do) make audio-video reports and documents the activity.

In the academic area (masters, PhD studies, Post doctoral research), as part of requirement, the inclusion of a brief - short to the point documentary should be a routine.

Sebastião Squirra, I agree with you, as you said "MM requires precise abilities to do a good job". Well, here it comes the competitive edge: The ability to better transmit your message. Oh, please see, on my wall, the last publication "The Terrestrial Snails - animal protein production machines for future - film by Adrian Toader-Williams mp4". I would appreciate your input on it, critique, opinion. You can download it and if you consider useful, sure you may used it as material/example on how to do it" cheaply :-). it was not that cheap but, still..not a high budget. It had a good impact. I also have it posted on the youtube.

Regards,

Adrian TW.

Also, video of conferences, are ways to record and transmit messages.

Here is a link of such conference segment.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0T6dr3xoFE

Please comment on the youtube if you wish, rate it. Opinion, suggestions are welcome.

Enjoy it !

Adrian TW

Dear Dr. Adrian and colleagues.

After watching the video of the conference you linked above, I should say, with strong respect to you and your partners, that is not what I'm pointing of producting scientific documentaires about scientific discovery. In fact, this video is a documentation of a Conference, took by a camera of a smartphone ou similar. What I said is important (intriguing, I would say) and would eventually improve knowledge about the findings of the researchs is the preparation of a unique piece of MM that could show the findings the research aimed. Is not only recording charlas without using the specific language of MM, like editing video and audio, changing plains, giving value to specific parts of the narrative , e.g. This is another thing, you understand me? And more: to produce that, one should have a competent team that will spend time to first understand and after build a film that coud show all the achievements the research obtained. Even thoug, that form of documentation you did is better of not doing that, since more people could follow the contents that researchers have explained in the Conference. In fact, I naively think our universities should assemble teams for that purpose. We tryed that here in Brazil (at University of São Paulo) linking people of Communication with enginerring fields, but unfortunatelly that didn't rise. Is not easy putting togheter scientists from differents fields. But we should follow that. Best regards.

Dear Sebastião Squirra,

the link you are referring to is about a simple recording" for the purpose to simple communicate, communication style video, conference, presentation, is not what I was talking about.

The previous message is addressed to you and the rest of the members, perhaps you have not seen it..

here it is again:

"Sebastião Squirra, I agree with you, as you said "MM requires precise abilities to do a good job". Well, here it comes the competitive edge: The ability to better transmit your message. Oh, please see, on my wall, the last publication "The Terrestrial Snails - animal protein production machines for future - film by Adrian Toader-Williams mp4". I would appreciate your input on it, critique, opinion. You can download it and if you consider useful, sure you may used it as material/example on how to do it" cheaply :-). it was not that cheap but, still..not a high budget. It had a good impact. I also have it posted on the youtube. "

The film " "The Terrestrial Snails - animal protein production machines for future - film by Adrian Toader-Williams mp4" is to fill in parts that can't be fully reproduced in a thesis as the video does.

Dr. Adrian,

I appologize for not having downloaded and watched the video you suggested (what I have done right now). Is that what I was talking about: doing a specific work on MM film, using plans, editing methods, narrated audio, slowingdown pictures etc. to produce scientific filmdocumentaires. By the way, it's very well done, in alll the ways, mainly for the purpose it that was innitialy planned (it seems your doctorat). OK. Nothing to add besides that. Congratulations, from Dr. S.Squirra (Brazil)

Its OK, no big deal. Errors are human :-). Yes Sebastião, the film, done 100 % by me, it was part of my public presentation of the PhD thesis.

Also, the full presentation with the film being explained and then power point, then the interviews of invited audience and public, was also made into a documentary, in the editing process as we speak. That will also be posted as an example /suggestion of how a public presentation should be.

Life sciences, chemistry, physics, engineering, medical and pharmaceutical fields, are just a few areas where the audio-visual documentary films can be made, sold or donated to libraries. I think that such informative material should be part of the research effort. A book can contain such films (DVD), a published article can also come with a published audio-visual motion picture (video) type documentary.

I think this is a good discussion and I would like to include a different perspective on that if you all allow me.

I think it is time to discuss scientific communication at large as Squirra and Toader-Wiilians pointed out, but we should remember also that those points are close related to intelectual property and to the evaluation of professionals in science and hight tech environments. That sounds "old fashion" ( and I hope you all feel that way ), but is reality. What I mean is : we could not think in changing scientific communication without pointing to a solution for this aspects which are in the basis of scientific relationship.

Maybe is time to re-think the scientific associations, the way they will contribute to the evolution of research, if individually or in societies that could be linked for some internet facility. What have been discussed so far is the efficiency of the methods, which is also a good point, and can justify a change to new associations.

It is a fact the the flaws in impact analysis of citations occupy much more the time of researchers than the effort to find new communication procedures, unfortunately. That is what I think that raising this question was a very good contribution. The old model based on individuals worked but no longer is capable of giving the agility the new academic and scientific process demands.

It is not only a valuable channel for knowledge transmission. It is also an important tool to make scientific ideas available for practical applications

Audio visual documentation can be use in very ways. but it should be in proper a-v production. because unintended message should be reach to other side. In a-v production sound quality is very important. interview and other talk has to well manage.so my point is that one should have proper knowledge of audio visual production.its a task and team work oriented work. it is not easy for every one. otherwise proper messages are not utilized.

Audio-visual documents of a Master's or PhD dissertation is an excellent way of presenting a documentation of one's research results for as long as proprietary intellectual property is protected. It is inevitable for researchers to be concerned about piracy or stealing of one's IP only because a lot of these have happened in the past even in the absence of audio and visual (A-V) documentation. Thus, an A-V doc will make it even easier for unethical parties to exploit one's IP. Most ethical parties will not steal and will apply for a license but there are those that are unethical and inventors have to protect themselves from them. Having IP protection in mind when the A-V of a dissertation is made will help prevent stealing but will not deter it. With this I say that I support an A-V documentation of a dissertation without divulging proprietary details.

Hi Zoraida,

if you are concerned about IP, the only thing you can do is to file patents before you talk about your stuff in public (or submit a thesis), regardless if in speech, in print or digitally.

When somebody is copying your results and publishes them again as his/her own, then it is simply scientific misconduct, which probably exists as long scientific work is done and published.

Most of the participant members see such productions, audio-visuals, as completing a research work, adding to their value. How will you actuality handle such "job"? Take lots of pictures ? Lots of video clips and ensemble them to form a "story line"? Create a story line then do the filming?

What is your opinion as accessibility to audio-visual equipment? Should universities have a AV department where a PhD student can 'rent" such equipment? Have some staff members in specialized in AV to assist researchers into the how to do it and edit together the material as to produce a final cut documentary?

Hi Wolfgang,

Yes, we were taught that in grad school. Hence, we make sure that the patent application has been submitted before divulging novel state of the art technology. Having said that, that still does not stop unethical persons to steal and use proprietary information for their personal gain.

The purpose of publication is to let other people know you have accomplished success with real substance. When that happens other people will copy with or without giving the creator any credit. Patent is a form of publication, which intended to give protection to the inventor. As we know, it won't. This is why every day so many law suits are going on, even between creditable companies and individuals. The only way to protect secret is to keep secret.. Then nobody knows your achievement.

Video files are alternative to writings especially for those who cannot write well. However video is not every thing. I have been viewing countless videos on Youtube, some of them were not well instrumented so that viewers will not be able to figure out what were going on. Good video just like good writing requires well thought planning.

@Adrian: I'm a Portuguese PhD student working on Mathematics Education (Social Sciences, therefore). Our primary research object is an individual, so we study students, teachers, parents... most of our research is based on audio recorded interviews, video recording of classroom activity, I'm even A-V capturing the computer screens of the participants in my study. I think I am very lucky for my University has some great conditions for researchers (students or professors) that includes lending video cameras, audio recorders and other hardware for our data collection, as well as software licences for data analysis (such as SPSS, NVivo and others that we use).

Being a huge enthusiast of digital technologies, I believe that those kind of data can be extremely powerful in showing a specific point of view. For instance, imagine if we can capture a great intervention of a teacher in a classroom. We can share it with the whole world! (Of course, with serious respect on ethical issues).

Here's another example of how to use A-V research: the Institute of Education from the University of Lisbon is developing a research project on teachers practices that is trying to capture classrooms excerpts (A-V) of teacher-students interaction to use in teacher training as examples to be explored.

Well said. Unfortunately human active or scientific life is limited and in most of the cases it ranges from 30-60 years with an average of 40 years. So after the demise of leading scholars and researchers, world faces a vacuum which can only be filled by AV documentaries that fill the gap and we are benefited from the scholastic work of our ideal scientists as a real time classroom lecture.

Thanks Drs Nalam and Ewa.

THE IMPORTANCE OF A-V DOCUMENTATION OF EMPIRICAL RESEARCH

1. It will add credibility to the empirical quest.

2. It will guide against "intellectual frauds " to a large extent.

3. It will be easy to play back the work long after the demise of the researcher. Imagine if there was an A-V of the works of Einstein, Newton, Gallileo etc.

4. For individuals with special needs -Dysgraphia or Dyslexia, it will be a great opportunity to present their work.

However, this exercise may be additional cost for the researcher.

Grace Bamigboye, yes in did, "may be additional cost for the researcher.". But, there will be higher added value to research. Efficient cost. It is an investment, not an expense. Archival, reference work. The HOW TO SEE IT TO BELIEVE IT :-) .

Colleagues, in this field, I'd include one author that came deeply in the studies of the importance of the image in its forms of static (a photo) or in cinetics (a film, a video etc). I shall remember the thoughts of Dziga Vertov (in the book Dziga Vertov Articles, Journaux, projects, Collection 10/18, Paris: Union Generale d"Editions, 1972) when he says (p.11): "Tout film est une montage depuis le moment où l'on choisit le sujet jusqu'à à la sortie de la pellicule definitive, c'est-à-dire qu'il est en montage durant tout le processus de fabrication du film". If one focus with strong objectivity, in brief that he is saying is: all the film/video/photo narratives tends to show what and mainly the author of that film want others to watch. One can say that i'm problematizing the simple question of doing documentary films with scientific aims, but this possibility remains in all the productions, wich soffers under the conceptions and principles of its author(s) . Here and there. So, I appologize for saying that I strong doubt of the concept very spread of "seeing is believing" since what is shown (seeing) most of times is made with not shown intenctions (Vertov's montage). Well, is that what I'd like to add in this very moment.

Dear Sebastião Squirra,

since I have an extensive experience in the A-V (over 30 years in Hollywood and still running, 1982-2012 + ) , I totally agree with you.

Sure, people can fake articles as well, results of research published in the form of articles, as well as in the form of video or film...motion picture. Still, the audio-visual, is an added, improved way to convey the message that the author wants to transmit.

The ethics applies in science regardless of the media that is written or spoken.

Just for example:

I encourage the authors to use animation if is possible to tell us the method, the molecular movements, the interactions...based on his/her thoughts, math, modeling as to help us understand the concept. The animation shows author's imagination, hypothesis ... and helps the audience to visualize phenomena that cant be reproduced otherwise. All will be valid up to the point will be proved contrariwise.

As you just said : "...soffers under the conceptions and principles of its author(s) . "...is OK, and that is the way it should be. It is the same with the written articles. So, let's go back to the audio-visual [ if you agree :-) . ] and observe / discuss its benefits.

Effects as slow motion or time lapse photos and motion are tools that can put in evidence data such as animal behavior, fungus development, bacteria activity, cell division, laboratory methods, sun rise in 10 seconds up to the noon position, different transitions can be captured and reproduced in the library, classroom, airplane on the tablet or laptop, or broadcasted to the impaired persons or students located far from the school were transportation is very difficult. We have Internet and we have audio-visuals. Let's use the technology we developed with the price of our natural resources. Let's cash in humanity's efforts in the spirit of education and information( technology / science / arts / etc.) dissemination. The technology needs to be put to work and knowledge transferred to end users, to all of us.

Regards,

Adrian TW

A visual culture is taking over the world according to John Naisibitt author of the book "Mindset". my views are Visualize or perish.

Audio-visuals are of great benefit at all levels; more so in education. Here I include the video (English and Romanian) of the PhD Thesis full public presentation combined (in the editing room) with the Film that was presented Life depicting the research, with the PowerPoint, and interviews / comments. I suggest that all public presentations should be recorded for educational purpose and records. I wait for your comments on the YouTube or here.

http://youtu.be/FBo5dz-rGyU

Regards,

Adrian Toader-Williams, PhD.

USA - Romania

Full active member of the International

Academy of Science, Russian Section

Moscow, Russian Federation

its question of time,

there is no any other alternative than to adopt technology ,

i wonder, why academicians have apprehensions !!!

"IP" , "intellectual frauds " and such associated intellectual Quotes has to change with time and should redefined considering available technology.

lets look at the +ve side of changes.

Most Academician have apprehension due to lack of mentorship. Most of the Professors of our universities are not really prophesying as expected of them. Publish and Perish Syndrom is a problem to mostly young graduate finding his/herself in accademics aspiring to grow through publishing. Lack of pre-requisite knowledge of research and development with respect to Technology education is really a menace. To avoid intellectual fraud through technology.There are needs for mentoring, Technology education, paper reviewing group in our university to assist in research and development in order to avoid intellectual dis honesty through the use of Audio-visual Technologies.

Technology has made things very simple and Education is No exception !!!

just like Technology has no religion and Borders, Basic mathematics and Science has no boundaries, Everywhere in the World, 1+ 1= 2.

Why not expert academician, Animation expert and good Film Directors collaborate to produce serese of " Basic fundamental films on Mathematics" explaining fundamentals of PLUS< MINUS< MULTIPLICATIN< DIVISION < % .... for the benefit of Children world over to make foundation very clear for further development.

rashmi shah

I think audio-visual presentation of research work can increase citation for most researchers. It can be the fastest and most comprehensive way of communicating research findings and promoting collaboration. I'm not sure of raw data sets though. It may also not be easy to limit plagiarism like Rashmi said, technology has no religion or borders. Putting the intellectual property risks aside, I'd say the audio-visual approach should be the route researchers take in this age.

Nnenesi

@ Nnenesi Kgabi . Audio-visual should not replace the print version but compliment it, an additional tool to transmit the message, the research findings.

I personally believe that DIGITAL STORY TELLING is the way to go to get academic thesis to the actual WORKPLACE. Researchers have to find digital communication tools like Video and storytelling to explain their research and application areas to the world. See my scoop.it collection of http://www.scoop.it/t/resources-for-dnle-for-21st-century/ in this regard.

80% of learning or understanding is through eyes. Thus, it is a good device and practice.

I wait for your comments on the YouTube.

http://youtu.be/FBo5dz-rGyU

As mentioned before, perhaps we might intially view A/V publication as another tool rather than a replacement for written dissemination. All scientific contributions must be disseminated to be of value. The same is true in a plant for an engineer. Its wonderful to have an idea and create something, but if no one ever uses it what's the point? Some part of your research might be best communicated through A/V. I have seen fire science for example really benefit from experiments disseminated either through movies during a conference presentation or UTube. As the audience you see things and feel the conclusions are supported in a much more wholistic way in the A/V version, where the verbal description or tables of numbers just seem to obfuscate sometimes. That is one area where A/V may have a niche in dissemination. The question is, how do we create a platform for video science that is peer-reviewed and therefore has some sense of priority, context, validity. Certainly one can alter A/V. I don't understand all the implications of copyrighting by this method, or peer-review, but its a powerful tool!

Dales' Cone of experience, People generally remember ...

♥ 10% of what their read

♥ 20% of what their hear

♥ 30% of what their see

♥ 50% of what their see and hear

♥ 70% of what their say and write

♥ 90% of what their ►♥◄Do as They Perform a Task►♥◄

I can only say that the ethnographic documentary (http://youtu.be/9QP6aTdkbK4) I made on my PhD has received over 7,000 views in three weeks. It is obvious that the impact of research on collective improvement is not alone in the Journal Citation Reports.

@ Tip-apa, your stats are very important and I tend to agree with them. A reminder. By including audio-visual, the person involved will do all of the above, so the producers retention will be basically a fat 100%. The audience, by using the audio-visual that includes the "how-to" step by step, will be able to better reproduce, perform a task presented by the audiovisual, and more likely will to it right.

@Ignation, congratulations. Sure, it all depends upon the entertainment value, information, audience interest, size of audience. The number of visualizations are relatively important. You may have 1 billion ( as a recent musical video from So Korea had, the highest ever) or just a few hundred or thousand but the value, the impact upon society, the use of the information by right people (research, physics, medicine, biology) may influence the development of the research and technology, peace, human rights, parenting quality, etc..

Thanks,

Adrian TW.

May I remind readers that not all theses are scientific papers and that there are many graduates who have extensive research credits in the arts, theatre, music, and the visual arts including film, multimedia etc.

As a successful candidate for my doctorate, it was suggested by my supervisor that my thesis should be presented in an electronic form. I hurriedly learned the necessary technological toolkit of the time and my thesis was published, if not the first close to being first, completely online.

The result is an interactive electronic document which has had countless visitors from around the world and a constant stream of enquiries about the content. I have even found that parts of the research are used as source material for masters research in theatre in certain universities in the USA.

My point in writing this is to say that, had I published in conventional terms, beautifully bound soft leather cover, my thesis would have more than probably sat on a bookshelf in the university library collecting dust and leading a very lonely existence. On the contrary, my thesis was read and used by interested researchers, the artist on whom I based my research was successfully nominated for posthumous recognition by UNESCO and the electronic thesis has been permanently archived by the Australian National Archives as a document of "cultural importance and national significance".

Surely the purpose of all research is to further human knowledge and to disseminate that knowledge as efficiently as possible.

Dr Ian S Bremner-Macdonald

@Ian Macdonald

Your post / contribution is great. On ResearchGate we keep close, science and arts, like you said it is all "human knowledge".

Can you attach here a link to your presentation please? I am sure many would like to see it as well. I do . Thanks

Adrian TW

The impact factor is a business like any other that should be reviewed. The impact of a work or an investigation should be reviewed by other means not yet well established. Dale cone is false, as it is described in a comment (http://www.willatworklearning.com/2006/05/people_remember.html)

Good question and many great answers! My PhD thesis is 10 years old, and is probably gathering dust in the university library; but hard copy theses were the norm in those days. But since we have the technology now, we should use it to make AV documentations. It would certainly help other researchers to understand our work, that will be helpful to them; thus creating greater impact.

I quote an ancient Chinese proverb: 'Tell me and I forget, show me and I may just remember, involve me and I will UNDERSTAND'.

YOUR AV documentation will involve your viewer far better :)

AV presentation is a good tool for documenting one's findings.

Dissemination of one's research is a good scholarship activity and like all researches the results must be shared so that it contributes to improvements in practices.

A / V are very useful.  People shall believe that you mean business.  100 per cent useful.  

Dr.S.Ravindran

I have not shared  a lof my research wih the general public. I do not want to be known as a scholar or an ivory towered professors living in an intellectual world of paper publication in reputed journals. This is  not my cup of tea. My research , my writing and my learning is for my own pleasure and not for others to use  or monetize. If I want to use it and If I want to monetize it with the people I consult with I will do so.  My  proprietary intellectual property is protected  When it is within my control and not in public domain.

Daniel Pacheco,

It is good to know that you areB. Com., with additional qualifications of LLB. PGDHRM, Dip T&D.  I am happy to know that you are a Gold Medallist and I understand that Daniel Pacheco is a Consultant.  As a consultant you shall have many ideas and concepts as Trade Secrets.  They will be in your mind and no one will ever know the existence of those top secrets. 

In Tamil there is a saying, which means as follows:

A lamp after lighting, if it is kept in a pot; no one will be benefited including the owner. 

So is the case with our inventions should be converted in to innovations.  Only then society will be benefited.  You can think of few inventions, which make the world of these days.  For example consider the inventions like an office pin, shoes, dress materials, sewing machine, Diesel engine, current, X-ray, different electric and electronic gadgets, computers, biomedical instruments, transportation facilities, communication facilities, safety devises etc. . . . etc. . . . 

My opinion is “a good invention should not stop with IPR”, which is valid for 20 years. 

Our third generation may not remember us but our inventions and innovations will be useful for them.  For example:  a procedure to save time (something in business, trading, manufacturing, etc.), life saving medicine and surgical procedures, alternative energy sources, good water resource etc.

I am sure sharing of ideas and concept shall give Job Satisfaction to people. 

Regards,

Dr.S.Ravindran