Micro-Scholarship Toolkit - Process, Motivation, Digital Tools and Platforms

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Examples of Micro-Scholarship (see below link)

https://microscholarship.blogspot.com/2022/07/origin-of-micro-scholarship-idea-and.html

(Three specific concept examples of what Micro-Scholarship is, what is looks like, what its practice is and can be - more on link above).

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above first posted on - https://medicaleducationelearning.blogspot.com/2022/12/micro-content-bite-size-modular-content.html


Publications

https://microscholarship.blogspot.com/2024/01/micro-scholarship-innovative-process.html


Process

https://microscholarship.blogspot.com/2022/01/the-process-of-micro-scholarship.html


https://www.aamc.org/professional-development/affinity-groups/gfa/faculty-vitae/defining-educational-scholarship


http://www.iamse.org/medical-science-educator-toolkits/


Minor, S., Stumbar, S. Writing Collaboratively in Medical Education. Med.Sci.Educ. (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40670-022-01503-2


Medical Science Educator


https://telmeded.blogspot.com/2020/10/micro-scholarship-and-digital.html




Starting the Scholarship Cycle - With daily draft Blogposts, SlideShare and Instagram posts
Poh-Sun Goh, 12 October 2020 @ 0703am

The Scholarship Cycle (for me), often starts with an initial daily draft Blogpost, SlideShare and Instagram post. I generally develop each initial blogpost further at regular intervals. An extreme example is for up to a year in the lead up to a scheduled invited conference 'plenary or keynote presentation' or closing 'Pecha Kucha' where the blog, like a work in progress 'painting', gets gradually and progressively refined. The other extreme is a quick sketch on back of 'envelope' or napkin. Blogposts, Instagram, SlideShare single slide posts are wonderful ways of capturing ideas, for later sharing via hyperlinks.

As a 'digital scholar', I use initial blogposts as open access 'bulletin boards', to share thoughts, invite feedback, as (the) material (and building blocks) for further online, hybrid and live discussions; then collaborative workshops and symposia, as well as conference presentations; and finally as peer reviewed journal publications. The Scholarship Cycle progressively and iteratively completes and repeats itself, adding to, and expanding a digital portfolio of academic work.





above 'Micro-Asset' accessible and sharable also on https://tinyurl.com/2p88ccje

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Motivation

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#SmallSteps #Habits #Accountability

https://pohsungoh.blogspot.com/2021/12/smallsteps-habits-accountability.html



above 'Micro-Asset' accessible and sharable also on tinyurl.com/mr2ujb6h

generated using TinyURL platform - https://tinyurl.com/app/myurls

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TinyURL



#Habits #Daily, Regular, Recurrent, Cumulative Actions

https://pohsungoh.blogspot.com/2021/01/habits-daily-regular-recurrent.html


#Will-before-#Skill

#Motivation-#First


The Role of Educators, and the 'Environment' in Supporting and Facilitating Learning

https://pohsungoh.blogspot.com/2020/10/the-role-of-educators-and-environment.html


#EngageMind #TouchHeart #ShowHow

https://pohsungoh.blogspot.com/2021/02/engagemind-touchheart-show-how.html


#Why-before-#What-and-#How

Technology Enhanced Learning in Medical Education - Why, Before What, and How

https://telmeded.blogspot.com/2020/09/technology-enhanced-learning-in-medical.html


'See One, Do One, and Teach One' - How learning science informs educational and training practice

https://pohsungoh.blogspot.com/2020/09/see-one-do-one-and-teach-one-how.html


Consider #IntrinsicMotivation, #ExtrinsicMotivation, #Stakeholders, #Organisations, #Networks (both #Informal(Networks) and #Formal(Networks), (peer and within CoP / Community of Practice) #Attention,  #Acknowledgement, #Recognition - apply Bolman and Deal's Four Frame Model - http://www.free-management-ebooks.com/news/four-frame-model/

Poh-Sun Goh, 5 February 2022, 0722am, Singapore Time




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Mental Models and Habits

'The 80/20 Principle assets that a minority of causes, inputs or effort usually leads to a majority of the results, outputs or rewards. Taken literally ..... 80 percent of what you achieve .... comes from 20 percent of the time spent' - Richard Koch (from The 80/20 Principle: The Secret of Achieving More With Less by Richard Koch)

https://greatperformersacademy.com/books/5-lessons-from-the-80-20-principle-that-will-blow-your-mind

https://pohsungoh.blogspot.com/2021/06/navigatinglife-aguide-7books.html


'Actions ... speak louder than words'

“Actions speak louder than words, and are more to be regarded.” ... earliest known appearance ... in ... Melancholy State of Province, 1736 https://knowyourphrase.com/actions-speak-louder-than-words


“Saying is a different thing from doing.” - Michel de Montaigne https://iep.utm.edu/montaign/

http://essays.quotidiana.org/montaigne/anger/ and https://oll4.libertyfund.org/title/hazlett-essays-of-montaigne-vol-6



"We allocate sustained time, attention, and effort to, and on, what we value, and regard as of value." 

- Poh-Sun Goh, 25 January 2022, 0918am


"How we spend our time, and our bank balance, shows what we value." - Poh-Sun Goh, quoted from

Goh PS. Learning Analytics in Medical Education [version 1]. MedEdPublish 2017, 6:67 (https://doi.org/10.15694/mep.2017.000067) 


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Micro-Scholarship Tools and Platforms - Purpose, Fit for Purpose (Accessibility, Usability and Ease of Use)

Poh-Sun Goh, 5 February 2022, 1255am, Singapore Time

'Blogging (by using Blogger platform), SlideShare and Instagram are free to use (accessible), easy to use, tools and platforms which enable creating, and curating (with attribution) digital content, and open digital practice. With text, illustrations, multimedia (audio and video), including embedding links to online content, with each blogpost (on Blogger), SlideShare and Instagram post all having unique URL links, which can be accessed, shared, and embedded on multiple digital communication and sharing platforms, including posted on digital repositories, and forming the basic building blocks for education and training activities, scholarship, and components of a professional portfolio.' - Poh-Sun Goh, 5 February 2022, 0105am, Singapore Time



above 'Micro-Asset' accessible and sharable also on https://tinyurl.com/cac95554



above from

https://www.slideshare.net/dnrgohps/the-first-step-in-technology-enhanced-learning-239123793


above posted on

https://www.instagram.com/p/CYKcMFxBVlg/



above posted on

https://www.instagram.com/p/CYKZmxhBJko/




“The modern world doesn’t reward you for what you know, but for what you can do with what you know." - Andreas Schleicher






above 'Micro-Asset' accessible and sharable also on https://tinyurl.com/4y5njj9v




https://www.gp-training.net/educational-theory/fundamental-educational-theory/millers-puramid-prism/




above in response to question posed to me on sidelines of 'live' Zoom coaching conference
on topic of 'signing off' each comment, reflection or digital post

> this practice of 'signing off' also makes each, a potential output of 'Micro-Scholarship' - public open digital practice, amongst peers (for comment, feedback, and 'peer input or review'), on platforms (networks, meetings, societies and associations) - Poh-Sun Goh, 12 February 2022, 0535am, Singapore Time



Anthony C. Breu & Avraham Z. Cooper (2022) Tweetorials: Digital scholarship deserving of inclusion in promotion portfolios, Medical Teacher, DOI: 10.1080/0142159X.2022.2029383
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0142159X.2022.2029383

Goh P.S, Sandars J. (2020) 'Rethinking scholarship in medical education during the era of the COVID-19 pandemic', MedEdPublish, 9, [1], 97, https://doi.org/10.15694/mep.2020.000097.1

Goh PS, Sandars J. (2019). Digital Scholarship – rethinking educational scholarship in the digital world, MedEdPublish, 8, [2], 15, https://doi.org/10.15694/mep.2019.000085.1



"Connect the dots, by first placing and making dots."

➡ don't worry about connecting dots, there needs to be dots (up there) to be connected first !
➡ dots = ideas, questions, 'micro-assets'
➡ regarding value-add and relevance, consider this - from 2 viewpoints 
- 1) ground up, on the ground ideas, challenges and concerns reflect (deep) personal, and hyper-local relevant issues - ask what are underlying broader principles (so many mental models and tools that can be applied, and frames of reference - which are relevant, how can these be applied locally, then local case study generalised for wider audience - this is fundamental premise of scholarly practice [practice informed by theory and published work] becoming (peer reviewed) scholarship 
- 2) top down - take idea, theory, practice, model (which has been applied elsewhere, has been published) and customised this for local practice
[these activities are supported by 'design thinking', 'action research', 'innovation science'
- Poh-Sun Goh, 26 February 2022, 0656am Singapore Time



tiny url for above - https://tinyurl.com/4kk6eb3f


Sandars J., Goh PS. (2020) 'How to make it work: a framework for rapid research to inform evidence-based decision –making about the implementation of online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic', MedEdPublish, 9, [1], 154, https://doi.org/10.15694/mep.2020.000154.1

Sandars, J., Goh, PS. (2020). Design Thinking in Medical Education: The Key Features and Practical Application. Journal of Medical Education and Curricular Development, 7, pp. 1-5. https://doi.org/10.1177/2382120520926518

Goh P.S, Sandars J. (2020) 'Rethinking scholarship in medical education during the era of the COVID-19 pandemic', MedEdPublish, 9, [1], 97, https://doi.org/10.15694/mep.2020.000097.1




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"Practice makes permanent" - Ron Carroll









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https://medicaleducationelearning.blogspot.com/2022/02/openpedagogy-oer-open-educational.html



https://telmeded.blogspot.com/2022/02/leaninnovation-startupthinking.html



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Micro-(stackable)-ProfessionalSkillsTraining works best for continuing professional development - postgraduate, post-Masters; not at undergraduate level - when foundational knowledge and skills are absent - large body of literature from mastery training and deliberate practice - in professions, sports, arts, music - this is the difference between 'professionals' and 'week-end' or 'recreational' practice - elite performers and crafts(men and women) and other hobbyists. Poh-Sun Goh, 11 March 2022, 0153am, Singapore Time.



tiny url for above - https://tinyurl.com/83twbyd3


Achieving Competency, Proficiency and Mastery requires 'Time on Task', reflective practice, with feedback, ideally working alongside, and 'with' Master practitioners (under a Training, Supervision, Guiding, Mentoring and Ultimately Coaching process and paradigm) - Poh-Sun Goh, 11 March 2022, 0212am, Singapore Time



tiny url for above - https://tinyurl.com/jt3wajvd


"Sustained 'Micro-Learning' (by taking small steps) and 'Micro-Scholarship' (by making small pieces), with persistent, cumulative effort, practice and output, under a mastery training and deliberate practice paradigm, over a long enough period of study, training and apprenticeship, will eventually lead to 'Macro-Learning', and 'Macro-Scholarship', progressing from 'surface' to 'deep' learning, by doing the 'deep work'." - Poh-Sun Goh, 11 March 2022, 0652am, Singapore Time.



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One key question - when engaging in Micro-Scholarship - is to critically examine, and reflect on whether and how best to publicly display Micro-Content, curated, created and cultivated, for peer review, and choose a platform, and process than can easily scale up to established forms of Macro-Scholarship - e.g. the peer reviewed journal paper, conference presentation and poster, and invited presentation. Arguably blogging, and blogging platforms, translates and transfers easiest to a journal 'paper', SlideShare and Instagram to a conference poster or presentation. Poh-Sun Goh, 20 March 2022, 0325am, Singapore Time


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example from TeL workshop @ CenMED NUS 2022




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Digital Tools and Platforms

Blogging Platforms

https://telmeded.blogspot.com/

Goh PS. Using a blog as an integrated eLearning tool and platform. Med Teach. 2016 Jun;38(6):628-9. doi: 10.3109/0142159X.2015.1105947. Epub 2015 Nov 11. PMID: 26558420.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26558420/


https://www.wpbeginner.com/beginners-guide/how-to-choose-the-best-blogging-platform/

https://www.quicksprout.com/best-blogging-platforms/


SlideShare

https://www.slideshare.net/dnrgohps


Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/gohpohsun/?hl=en


Padlet

Goh PS, Sandars J. An innovative approach to digitally flip the classroom by using an online "graffiti wall" with a blog. Med Teach. 2016 Aug;38(8):858. doi: 10.1080/0142159X.2016.1204433. Epub 2016 Jul 14. PMID: 27414992. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27414992/


Linktr.ee

https://linktr.ee/PohSunGoh


Twitter

Breu AC, Cooper AZ. Tweetorials: Digital scholarship deserving of inclusion in promotion portfolios. Med Teach. 2022 Jan 31:1-3. doi: 10.1080/0142159X.2022.2029383. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35099358. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0142159X.2022.2029383



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