DIGITALSOCIAL NETWORKS FOR THE DISSEMINATION OF RESEARCH PROJECTS: THE CASE OF KIDS MEDIA LAB 2
1 Polytechnic Institute of Viseu / University of Minho (PORTUGAL)
2 Universidade de Granada (SPAIN)
3 University of Minho (PORTUGAL)
2 Universidade de Granada (SPAIN)
3 University of Minho (PORTUGAL)
About this paper:
Appears in: ICERI2020 Proceedings
Publication year: 2020
Pages: 5787-5796
ISBN: 978-84-09-24232-0
ISSN: 2340-1095
doi: 10.21125/iceri.2020.1242
Publication year: 2020
Pages: 5787-5796
ISBN: 978-84-09-24232-0
ISSN: 2340-1095
doi: 10.21125/iceri.2020.1242
Conference name: 13th annual International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation
Dates: 9-10 November, 2020
Location: Online Conference
Dates: 9-10 November, 2020
Location: Online Conference
Abstract:
The Kids Media Lab 2 project (KML2): Laboratory of Technologies and Programming Learning for Preschool and Primary (https://www.nonio.uminho.pt/kml2/sobre/), has been developing since 2018, always with new future perspectives thanks to its sustainability as research, which is expected until the end of the year 2021, with possible extension due to the interest of its participants and followers.We have used social networks to support the dissemination of our research projects and the creation of communities of practice. Thanks to the information that we have circulated in the various social networks that we use in this project, it is possible to understand that they are an important support to maintain the presence of our activities and disseminate our research results. The KML2 project is the continuation of the Kids Media Lab project (https://www.kidsmedialab.pt), which was developed between 2015-2019.
Despite using various social networks in our KML 2 project, in this communication we decided to focus on the interactions that have been generated on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/KML2PrePri). We use the Facebook social network with short news about our work and this same news are spread on the project's various social networks, adapted to their different formats, such as full news on the blog, short news on Twitter and videos on YouTube.
Our interest as researchers is to take advantage of the best of these applications based on the research projects we carry out, with the main objective of disseminating and generating impact on the scientific community. On the other hand, social networks have allowed us to create a community of practice with the education professionals, who follow us, around the learning that we work on in our research.
In this communication, we intend to show how social networks have contributed favorably to the sustainability of the current research project, KML2. The dissemination of information about the project has increased its credibility, allowing it to establish itself as a benchmark research project in the area of educational programming and robotics in Portugal, but also internationally recognized.