Interactive Knowledgebase and Impact Projects
It is rational to expect that research that holds participatory practices at its centre is likely to have different types of impact on knowledge creation, learning and change compared with research where the public are asked to comment on aspects of research design. The wide and often imprecise use of the term ‘participatory’ has led to difficulties in articulating expected impact from such research. To support more robust understandings of the potential of such participatory research researchers, decision makers, funders and community based organisations need to be able to locate accounts of participator research (PR), recognise the nature of the PR that has been undertaken and build knowledge of the related impact
Two interconnected projects, building an interacting knowledge base and accessing impact, are jointly facilitated through the University of Alberta, Canada and the University of Northumbria, UK. Understanding the characteristics and extent of impact requires a dialogue amongst participatory health researchers as to how best to articulate and assess it. The Interactive Knowledgebase will be a gathering point for all kinds of data, including scholarly articles, visual including video, stories, and web archives. The ongoing process of building the Interactive Knowledge base aims to be a tool to allow dialogue to take place and for the process of co-creating knowledge to encourage social and individual learning. Contributors will be able comment and interact with others and help build the evidence for impact, while also exploring how impact manifests and can be identified. As a starting point the Education and Research Archive at the University of Alberta will provide a collection point for the material and we are exploring options for an interface to develop the digital engagement component of the project.
Please contact project leads: Prof. Jane Springett and Dr. Tina Cook to learn more and get involved.
SPECIAL THEMED ISSUE: The Conceptualisation and Articulation of Impact: Hopes, Expectations and Challenges for the Participatory Paradigm in Educational Action Research (2017). Guest Editors: Cook, T. and Roche, B.
Two interconnected projects, building an interacting knowledge base and accessing impact, are jointly facilitated through the University of Alberta, Canada and the University of Northumbria, UK. Understanding the characteristics and extent of impact requires a dialogue amongst participatory health researchers as to how best to articulate and assess it. The Interactive Knowledgebase will be a gathering point for all kinds of data, including scholarly articles, visual including video, stories, and web archives. The ongoing process of building the Interactive Knowledge base aims to be a tool to allow dialogue to take place and for the process of co-creating knowledge to encourage social and individual learning. Contributors will be able comment and interact with others and help build the evidence for impact, while also exploring how impact manifests and can be identified. As a starting point the Education and Research Archive at the University of Alberta will provide a collection point for the material and we are exploring options for an interface to develop the digital engagement component of the project.
Please contact project leads: Prof. Jane Springett and Dr. Tina Cook to learn more and get involved.
SPECIAL THEMED ISSUE: The Conceptualisation and Articulation of Impact: Hopes, Expectations and Challenges for the Participatory Paradigm in Educational Action Research (2017). Guest Editors: Cook, T. and Roche, B.