Reach, Rhythm, Reciprocity (Helping Smart People Ask Stupid Questions)
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Slides for talk at Australian Research Data Commons's National Research Skills Summit 2025, about growing learning communities for training and building up researchers.
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Reach, Rhythm, ReciprocityHelping Smart People Ask Stupid QuestionsShern Ren Tee20 Oct 2025ARDC National Research Skills Summit 2025
This Keystory:Learning happens in communities, and they grow with:•reach: where are people?•rhythm: when can we hang out?•reciprocity: how can we help each other?↑ My LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shern-tee-phd-8172241b3These slides: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17392083 ↓1 / 10
An Introductory Activity!Turn to the person next to you and say which of these four categories you fit today:I’m here to learn …everything!something specificI’m prettynewScoutTrackerExperience-wise, I’d say…I’ve seen alot.SageTeacherWhat about “I don’t know what I don’t know?”2 / 10
Three Funny StoriesGetting answers to questions you didn’t even ask takes safety!3 / 10
Challenges of CommunityMeluso et al. InvisibleLabor in Open SourceSoftware Ecosystems.Proc. ACM Hum.-Comput. Interact. Oct.2025, 9(7): 1-32. DOI:10.1145/37574174 / 10
My StoryThree R’s:•reach•rhythm•reciprocity5 / 10
Reach: Where are we?When students or early career researchersneed help, can we:•find them?•run into them?•gain their trust?6 / 10
Rhythm: When can we hang out?AsyncWeekly/fortnightlyHalf-/YearlySlackCollab CafeBook Dash???Hacky Hours?ResBaz?(simple is good, simple is fine!)7 / 10
Reciprocity: How can we help each other?•discuss and document•let go of things!8 / 10