Creating collaborative capacity in early career research writers

Abstract

Queensland. Her research contributions focus on information literacy, higher education learning and teaching and higher degree research study and supervision. She authored Seven Faces of Information Literacy, and Informed Learning, and was lead editor of Information Experience. She works with colleagues on the application of informed learning theory to research and practice, and on developing new theory emerging from this process, notably informed systems, information experience, informed learning design and information experience design amongst others.

Faces of informed research:

“…The Faces of Informed Research provides conceptual insights to advance research by enabling researchers to build mutual understanding of ways of using information that supports collaboration (Bruce, 2008;Gasson et al, 2020). The current exploration is limited to conceptual theorisation to identify qualitatively different experiences that researchers have of using information to conduct research.…”

“…Recognising that solutions to global problems increasingly require collaborative international research teams that must negotiate both national and disciplinary conventions and assumptions, future work will focus more deeply on Informed Research as part of Collaborative Capacity, a component of the Collaborative Research Culture Framework (Gasson et al, 2020). In addition to exploring educational applications, specific areas of interest for future investigation focus on the role of Informed Research in relationship to other areas of study, including group collaboration 'efficacy' (Rajalo & Vadi, 2017), leadership in research, research management and research collaboration (Browning et al, 2017;Kok & McDonald, 2017) and the importance of information experiences for successful research, collaboration and writing (Bruce, 2008;Somerville et al, 2020).…”

“…The Seven Faces of Informed Learning (Bruce, 2008) was used to frame experiences of using information to conduct research as an aspect of collaborative capacity building within a Collaborative Research Culture Framework (Gasson et al, 2020). Developed through an ongoing process of reviewing and analysing relevant literature (e.g., Ceballos et al, 2017;Ratten et al, 2018), the Collaborative Research Culture Framework originally identified three levels of collaborative research culture: 1) trust and respect (Roots), 2) shared interest groups (Fields), and 3) inspiration, innovation and inclusion (Fruits) (Gasson & Bruce, 2018).…”

“…Collaborative capacity, of which experiences of using information to conduct research are an element, has since been included as an active component of the Framework (Gasson et al, 2020). The early descriptions of how using information may be experienced in a research context (Bruce, 2008) are the starting point for the conceptual exploration undertaken in the current project.…”

“…For example, a seminar was held at one university in which advisors and librarians worked in pairs using the framework to identify support options for research students to deepen understanding of how researchers experience using information. Mentioned in the Literature Review section, an early version of the framework was shared through a journal publication targeting scholars of creative and professional writing education (Gasson et al, 2020). The framework was recently used to support a special interest group for women researchers at a university in Papua New Guinea (Gasson et al, 2021).…”