#onsci: 7th February – Science Online

Kristin: At the start of February, the Science Online 2013 supported watch parties including one in Adelaide organised by Sarah Keenihan, Heather Bray and me, and parties in Melbourne & Geelong organised by George Aranda and Vanessa Vaughan. Here are the sessions that we followed:

Why won’t the science deficit model die? #scioDM (session 3A)

• Blog post by Heather Bray: http://heatherstuffnthings.wordpress.com/2013/02/08/scienceonline-made-my-head-explode/

Persuading the unpersuadable – communicating science to  deniers, cynics and trolls #trolltalk (session 7A)

• Pre-session blog post by host Melanie Baum (@melanietbaum): http://psysociety.wordpress.com/2013/02/01/persuading-the-unpersuadable-pre-session-post/
• Storify collection by Kylie Sturgess (@kyliesturgess): http://storify.com/kyliesturgess/scioadel-tweets (2nd half)
• Blog post by Sarah Keenihan: http://scienceforlife365.wordpress.com/2013/02/07/day-179-foot-in-the-door/
• Blog post by Kristin Alford: http://yearofcompassion.wordpress.com/2013/02/07/a-model-of-scepticism/

 Issues of identity and the internet #scioID (session 9A)

• Pre-session blog post by host @scicurious http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/scicurious-brain/2013/01/28/on-identity-scio13/
• Pre-session blog post by host Kate Clancy: http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/context-and-variation/2013/01/29/context-and-identity-in-science-writing-scio13id/
• Storify compliation by @scicurious: http://storify.com/scicurious/scio13-wrapup-identity
• Blog post by Sarah Keenihan: http://scienceforlife365.wordpress.com/2013/02/05/day-177-batwoman/

Life in the venn: what happens when you’re forced to wear many hats? #venn13 (session 10A)

• Storify collection by Sarah Keenihan http://storify.com/sciencesarah/scienceonlineadelaide-life-in-the-venn
• Blog post by Sarah Keenihan: http://scienceforlife365.wordpress.com/2013/02/05/day-177-batwoman/

Here is an update from Science Online 2013 of the online mentions regarding the conference: http://scio13.wikispaces.com/Blogroll+%26+Media+Coverage

[We will update the session list as blogs and posts once I’ve tracked them all down!]

Join us this Thursday 7th February at 9pm AEDT (10am GMT, 5am EDT).