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After spending the week at the #SXSWEDU conference I have some thoughts on what we’re doing with traditional academic conferences and what we could do to make them better.
A rambling thread while I’m at the bar after 8 hours of sessions🧵
A rambling thread while I’m at the bar after 8 hours of sessions🧵
FWIW to start, in my experience @improvingpsych has it most right.
They’re interactive, engaged, and have varied session formats.
But they are the outlier, not the norm.
They’re interactive, engaged, and have varied session formats.
But they are the outlier, not the norm.
In The Times Before The Internet™️ academic conferences served to expose people to new research results — useful!
But now? Academic conference sessions are only opportunities to add lines to a CV.
Why engage in a session when I can read the research you already posted online?
But now? Academic conference sessions are only opportunities to add lines to a CV.
Why engage in a session when I can read the research you already posted online?
