Methods Provocation

1. Methods Provocation Provocation focuses on using/developing new research methods to more rapidly advance the field and exploit the rapid pace of technological development Vicente TraverSalcedo Eric Hekler

2. 500,000th App Accepted on App Store Conduct the study Submit Grant Conceive of a study Receive Funding Gather Pilot Data Submit publications for review 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Flickr – Metrix X

3. Flickr – Mathieu Struck Discovery Translation Societal Change Dissemination

4. The new methods and theorieswe are proposing are not reinforced in the current academic system. Current values? New Values? Relevance and social value Iterative experimentation Interdisciplinary teams and community engagement Fiscal sustainability Open Source Github-like Wiki with real-time peer review • Knowledge for knowledge sake • Pre-planned research • Discipline-driven • Fiscal disconnect • Post-hoc Peer-Reviewed Publications Flickr – Mathieu Struck

6. How might we create new processes for reinforcing the actions of academics to foster the rapid development of new methods and theories? Flickr – Mathieu Struck

7. What questions other than “does it work” should we ask? What are our tools NOT good at? Flickr – Clyde Bentley

13. What are the most important new tools for us to become proficient at using to answer our new questions? Flickr – Cowboy Ben Alman

14. How can we convince our peers that these tools are more appropriate than the tried and true tools?

15. Provocative Questions