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Open Data developments in Asia | Open Knowledge Foundation Blog - 1 views

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    This blog about Open Data Developments in Asia analyses the recent state of Open Data adopted in Asia and highlights some of the 11 Asian countries participants that attended the Open Knowledge Conference in Geneva in 2012. Of the 11 countries that attended the conference, the author of the post focuses on the East Asian and Pacific countries such as New Zealand, Australia, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines, Vietnam, Indonesia, Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar and discusses their state and role in Openness. The author does a good job at providing statistics of the different countries in terms of the Worldbank Knowledge Economy Index (KEI), which analyzes the economic rankings of countries. The author then compares economic rank to that of openness, stating that countries low on the economic rank contribute little to no open data within their own countries or externally to other countries. Next, the author talks about the overall internet penetration in Asia as being only 27.5 percent and in that statistic, there is still a wide gap between North and South East Asia in terms of internet use and information distribution and acquisition from citizens and others. Moreover, the author continues to compare how many social, economical, political and cultural influence information distribution, contribution and acquisition in Asia countries. Openness is growing in the more developed Asian countries, but openness is limited, or even nonexistent, in developing (authoritative) countries. After reading this article, I've had a greater understanding of the current state of Open Data in Asia an the influences that contribute to enabling Openness. What I expected from the blog post or something that would've made the post even better could be some examples or projects of Openness or Open Data in Asia.
aleksandraxhamo

CLTV - Video Games and 21st Century Literacy - 9/11/2014 - YouTube - 2 views

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    "CLTV - Video Games and 21st Century Literacy - 9/11/2014"
melduncan

Article on Wikipedia's credibility - 4 views

I thought this was a good follow-up article to the reading on archives and Wikipedia. The author discusses the credibility of Wikipedia and is worth a few moments of your time.Thomas Chesney, 2006....

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started by melduncan on 10 Nov 14 no follow-up yet
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bmierzejewska

College Libraries Push Back as Publishers Raise Some E-Book Prices - Technology - The C... - 0 views

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    "11 academic publishers, including major players like Taylor & Francis and Oxford University Press, would be raising the cost of short-term e-book loans effective June 1. In some cases the increase would be as much as 300 percent."
Julia Echeverría

The equality on education - 2 views

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    From immemorial time, the education has been a privilege for richest, this is a real problem and creates atremendous inequality between the human beings. It is truth that the knowledge, in this globalised era the MOOC for example, makes by all means, arrive specialized education at a number of people highly motivated and, the quality of the same of this is excellent,...
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    The video depicts importance of education for all. Education is eye opener to live like a human.Education seems to be a single solution for all the major issues facing the human race. Educating a girl means educating entire family which results in more literates in this world
anonymous

To share nor not to share? That is the question. - 3 views

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    I think sharing is great but just throwing data in the Internet is rubbish.
monde3297

Think before you ink - 3 views

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    In an article published in Psychology Today, US psychologist and business administrator Steve Albrecht argues that companies are violating freedom of expression with policies on tattoos and piercings, claiming that they want their employees to appear professional. "Doctors, teachers, lawyers, brain surgeons, astrophysicists, cops, fire-fighters and grandmothers have tattoos," Albrecht said.
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    nowadays most people gladly tattoo themselves to add to their image as indelible touch, but it is worth remembering that sometimes the image is nothing but work everything. So, it is better do not risk a career.
Susan Hennessey

15 OER tools for educators | eSchool News | eSchool News | 2 - 0 views

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    A curated list of Open Educational Resources for teachers and students interested in accessing quality educational materials made freely available. I would draw your attention to #11 Gooru. Teachers and students can search for or remix collections of K-12 resources searchable by topic or discipline. The stated aim is to personalize learning with freely accessible, high-quality, curated resources.
victorialam

Confessions of an academic in the developing world | Higher Education Network | theguar... - 3 views

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    An interesting opinion/confessional piece on one academic's experience of publishing in the developing world. The author points out cultural pressures and differences that could possible contribute to the expanding knowledge gap.
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    It is very fascinating articles, thank you for posting this. I myself, most of the times, focus on the publisher issues rather than the author himself. However, after read this I realise how important it is to pay attention to the authors because their contribution can really affect the quality of researches that they involved in. Regardless how successful the authors are, they are still human beings who are also affected by the national cultures.
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    This is an interesting piece but raises the question - why is the institution placing the pressure? It says, tacitly, a lot about the culture of the academic institutions in the country as a whole - and this culture is often shaped by funding patterns from central government, or major funders. The institution then responds to these funding patterns by pressuring staff to produce what is funded. In South Africa this is very much the pattern, with central government funding articles published in selected journals (see the readings for the module 11). However, there has been a rethink and there is proposed changes in now supporting book publication to a much greater degree. So whereas the pressure was on to produce articles, now the universities are looking at book production to a greater extent. As has been said as a truism; "Follow the money" - and in this case we see how this affects what should be, in effect, academic freedom.
monde3297

Joost's disease at play in sport? - 0 views

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    Former Sharks scrumhalf Ryan Walker has been battling the "relentless" disease for two years. He was diagnosed following a bout of meningitis in 2012 while working on his family's cattle and vegetable farm in Mooi River, KwaZulu-Natal. He is the fourth South African rugby player to have contracted the disease in the past five years.
Kelly Furey

7 Things You Should Never Do On Social Media & What To Do Instead - 1 views

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    Social media is a critical part of our everyday lives and we are consistently challenged to adapt to the proliferation of the ever-changing digital platforms. This 7-step guide lists the top do's and don'ts of social media .
nwhysel

HASTAC Trust Challenge - 1 views

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    The Digital Humanities field is addressing this at the academic level. There is so much resistance to collaboration when sharing means someone else may publish your idea first, while at the same time, multiple operating/networked computers can leveraged to do a lot more work and discover a lot more when people work together. HASTAC is a good resource for learning about digital collaboration in the Humanities. In fact they have just launched a competition about building trust in collaborative environments focusing on education, youth and privacy issues.
ampaulin

Eric Mazur on new interactive teaching techniques | Harvard Magazine Mar-Apr 2012 - 4 views

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    In 1990, after seven years of teaching at Harvard, Eric Mazur, now Balkanski professor of physics and applied physics, was delivering clear, polished lectures and demonstrations and getting high student evaluations for his introductory Physics 11 course, populated mainly by premed and engineering students who were successfully solving complicated problems. Then he discovered that his success as a teacher "was a complete illusion, a house of cards."
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    The thing that I liked most about this article (and I really liked it!) was the mention of numerous research studies that have looked into the effects of active learning. Also how Mazur himself collects data on his students' results. The fact that interactive learning can be backed by empirical research only adds to its strength as an effective pedagogical method.
raulcd70

Intellectual property law jobs on the rise - 1 views

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    With the ongoing patent wars between hi-tech companies, the emphasis on IP and patents has never been greater, and businesses are realizing the value of strong IP lawyers.
Jannicke Røgler

Norway Is Digitizing All Its Books - 3 views

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    "In a plan to scan all of its publications to the cloud, the National Library of Norway is digitalizing its books, and it and plans to make them all freely available to users with a Norwegian IP address. The library plans to have the project completed in about 15 to 20 years."
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    This is such a great initiative! And it falls under common sense, why would the documents obtained by legal deposit not be available for all the population of a country? Seeing my own country, Canada, reducing the acquisitions under legal deposit while others makes it more visible and accessible makes me want to weep.
jmnavarr

Experience - 0 views

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    Os mando un enlace en donde se puede encontrar informacion basica sobre como operar en Internet. En la opcion "Aprender por internet" se detalla los cursos por internet e incluso se sugiere como crear uno. 1. Introducción 5. Correo electrónico 9. Aprender en Internet 2. Conexión a Internet 6. Comunicarse on-line 10. Seguridad en Internet 3. Los navegadores 7. Foros y Grupos de discusión 11. Blogs y CMS 4. Los buscadores 8. Comprar en Internet 12. Web 2.0 y Redes sociales
Sam M

Forbes - Doctorow Article - 1 views

For anyone that read the article "Text is free, we make our money on volume", here is the Doctorow article mentioned. Enjoy! http://www.forbes.com/2006/11/30/cory-doctorow-copyright-tech-media_cz_...

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started by Sam M on 10 Oct 14 no follow-up yet
dudeec

The Rising Cost of Not Going to College: Pew Research Center - 2 views

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    This report shows the importance of college education. With the rise in cost of higher education, it is all the more important to have alternatives to the traditional route for college. For those who question the value of college in this era of soaring student debt and high unemployment, the attitudes and experiences of today's young adults-members of the so-called Millennial generation-provide a compelling answer. On virtually every measure of economic well-being and career attainment-from personal earnings to job satisfaction to the share employed full time-young college graduates are outperforming their peers with less education.
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    There are also costs to society - countries with fewer educated citizens cannot be as competitive in the global environment. It behooves countries to try to figure out how to keep education economical for its citizens.
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    Well said. Thanks for bringing up this topic and adding it to the conversation. I don't doubt that those who keep learning and gain skills will be more valuable economically and probably then more economically rewarded. But I have serious doubts that the current program of institutionalized degrees is the best route for citizens.
anonymous

Free and open source education materials for children and teens - 2 views

Every day more and more open source materials become available and accessible to all. http://opensource.com/education/13/11/open-source-materials-children-teens

open access knowledge Open

started by anonymous on 03 Nov 14 no follow-up yet
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