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(Talking About) Failing Better in Research: The First Rule of Failure Club Is…You Don’t Talk About Failure Club
Time:
Monday, 30/Oct/2023:
2:00pm - 3:30pm
Location:Epernay, 1st Floor, Novotel
Presentations
ID: 366 / [Single Presentation of ID 366]: 1 Panels 90 minutes Confirmation 1: I/we acknowledge that all session authors/presenters have read and agreed to the ASIS&T Annual Meeting Policies Topics: Information Science Education; Information; and Learning (curriculum design; instructional resources and methods; educational program planning & technologies; e-learning; m-learning; learning analytics; knowledge co-construction, searching as learning) Keywords: Failure, Research Design, Mentorship, Publication, Collaborative Research
(Talking About) Failing Better in Research: The First Rule of Failure Club Is…You Don’t Talk About Failure Club
Emma Nicol1, Rebekah Willson2, Heidi Julien3, Devon Greyson4, Lisa Given5
1University of Strathclyde, UK; 2McGill University, Canada; 3University at Buffalo, USA; 4University of British Columbia, Canada; 5RMIT University, Australia
Failure in research is an underexplored topic in the information science literature. Many instances of research failure go unreported due to the success-oriented nature of academic culture, and academic publishing in particular. In not discussing, or failing to enable the discussion and reporting of research failures, important learning opportunities are being missed by the information science community. The aim of this panel is to explore these missed opportunities and to consider the need for approaches to research design, research collaboration and relationships, community engagement, publishing, mentorship, and teaching that will make room for such discussions to take place. The panel will bring together prominent information researchers to discuss failure in research in a series of short themed provocations and moderated group discussion activities.
