Office hours: Difference between revisions

From Peter Suber
Jump to navigation Jump to search
No edit summary
No edit summary
 
(21 intermediate revisions by the same user not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
I'm experimenting with ''public office hours'' to talk with anyone about open access to research.
I'm experimenting with public office hours to talk with anyone about open access to research — my focus for 20+ years.


The idea is to be online periodically (at publicly announced dates and times) at a teleconferencing site (with a publicly announced URL). I'll invite any/all who are free at the time and interested in the topic to drop in to chat.  
I'll pick some dates and times, open an online videoconferencing room, and invite any/all who are free at the time and interested in the topic to drop in to chat.
* I'll make the dates, times, and URLs public on [https://twitter.com/petersuber Twitter].
* I'll use the hashtag #officehours in each Twitter invitation. Hence a [https://twitter.com/search?q=%40petersuber%20%23officehours%20&src=typed_query boolean search on my Twitter handle and that hashtag] will pull up all my sessions to date.
* If you don't have a Zoom account, you'll still be able to join the meeting by clicking on the URL in the tweet.


I'll start with Zoom.  
I'll start the experiment on Zoom.  
* To make it easy to drop in, I will not require passwords or advanced sign-ups.  
* To make it easy to drop in, I won't require passwords or sign-ups.  
* To reduce the risk of Zoombombing, I'll start with certain settings (such as the waiting room) and tweak them in light of my experience. If I can't sufficiently reduce the risk of Zoombombing, then either I'll drop the experiment or move to a different platform where it might be safer.
* To reduce the risk of Zoombombing, I'll start with certain settings (such as the waiting room) and tweak them in light of my experience. If I can't sufficiently reduce the risk of Zoombombing, then I'll modify the experiment (say, requiring sign-ups and/or passwords), drop it, or move to a different platform where it might be safer.
* When I pick a new date and time, I'll post them to [https://twitter.com/petersuber Twitter]<!-- with the hashtag #officehours -->.
* I'll probably use a different Zoom session URL for each meeting. But I'm still thinking about that. I may not always have time to post them to this page; I want to support frictionless spontaneity for me too, not just for the drop-ins.
** If I use the same Zoom session URL every time, I'll post it on this page.
** If I use a different URL each time, I'll post it to [https://twitter.com/petersuber Twitter] along with the date and time. 


I'd like to make this convenient for people in different time zones. But there's no getting around the fact that I'm in the Boston area. Depending on the season of the year, that's EDT ([https://time.is/UTC-4 UTC-4]) or EST ([https://time.is/UTC-5 UTC-5]).  
I'd like to make this convenient for people in different time zones. But there's no getting around the fact that I'm in the Boston area. Depending on the season of the year, that's EDT ([https://time.is/UTC-4 UTC-4]) or EST ([https://time.is/UTC-5 UTC-5]).  


If you have ideas on how to make this experiment work, or if you'd like to set up a meeting, [mailto:peter.suber@gmail.com please let me know].
To set up a meeting or suggest improvements to the experiment, please just [mailto:peter.suber@gmail.com drop me a line].


:&mdash; [[Peter_Suber | Peter Suber]]
:&mdash; [[Peter_Suber | Peter Suber]]

Latest revision as of 13:27, 20 August 2021

I'm experimenting with public office hours to talk with anyone about open access to research — my focus for 20+ years.

I'll pick some dates and times, open an online videoconferencing room, and invite any/all who are free at the time and interested in the topic to drop in to chat.

  • I'll make the dates, times, and URLs public on Twitter.
  • I'll use the hashtag #officehours in each Twitter invitation. Hence a boolean search on my Twitter handle and that hashtag will pull up all my sessions to date.
  • If you don't have a Zoom account, you'll still be able to join the meeting by clicking on the URL in the tweet.

I'll start the experiment on Zoom.

  • To make it easy to drop in, I won't require passwords or sign-ups.
  • To reduce the risk of Zoombombing, I'll start with certain settings (such as the waiting room) and tweak them in light of my experience. If I can't sufficiently reduce the risk of Zoombombing, then I'll modify the experiment (say, requiring sign-ups and/or passwords), drop it, or move to a different platform where it might be safer.

I'd like to make this convenient for people in different time zones. But there's no getting around the fact that I'm in the Boston area. Depending on the season of the year, that's EDT (UTC-4) or EST (UTC-5).

To set up a meeting or suggest improvements to the experiment, please just drop me a line.

Peter Suber