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victorialam

12 Open Educational Resources: From Khan to MIT - InformationWeek - 3 views

www.informationweek.com/...1109021

OER Open Educational Resources module 7 open access

shared by victorialam on 14 Oct 14 - No Cached
  • victorialam on 14 Oct 14
     
    A slideshow and brief descriptions of 12 OER's & a great list of further readings.
  • yitingwang on 16 Nov 14
     
    Great resource. I acquire knowledge from it and all the reading is meaningful
mbittman

A Beginner's Guide to the World of Self-Publishing - YouTube - 5 views

www.youtube.com/watch

Publishing; Copyright; module4

shared by mbittman on 25 Sep 14 - No Cached
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  • mbittman on 25 Sep 14
     
    YouTube, Full Sail University, Published on Mar 12, 2014 "Technology has made it easier than ever to publish your own work. This Full Sail University panel discusses how to successfully self-publish your own work, and how to do it without getting lost in the sea of all of the other content that's out there." A panel of successful self-published authors talk about the flexibility of new technology within the publishing realm to sell books/music: formatting your work, business models, copyright , print on demand options, music aggregators,, marketing, worldwide distribution, etc.
  • eglemarija on 25 Sep 14
     
    The video length of one+ hour might seem a bit daunting at first, but I ended up watching most of it in one go - this is really an excellent and easy-to-follow overview of all the important aspects of self-publishing. (I was especially pleased that this video listens to well in the background, as opposed to most other videos that I find require more "involvement" and that do not fit well with a busy day schedule.) What is best about this is that it is all based on actual people experiences - successful self-published authors participating in the panel, and sharing their knowledge & tips in real-time. I was especially curious to find out about the marketing side of of self-publishing a book, and was pleased to discover quite a few helpful ideas and tips. As someone who is thinking about self-publishing soon, this has answered a lot of questions and definitely sparked confidence in the process as a whole. Thank you very much for sharing! Hopefully, this will help and encourage many more self-publishers to be.
maxmhm77

Ubuntu - 9 views

Thanks for sharing your thoughts. I have also used Ubuntu and liked it very much.Here is an interesting article indicating 10 reasons to choose Ubuntu 12.10 over Windows 8 http://www.pcworld.com/a...

started by danielsan9 on 13 Sep 14 3 follow-ups, last by maxmhm77 on 15 Sep 14
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fraup74

Free Online Textbooks, Flashcards, Practice, Real World Examples, Simulations | CK-12 F... - 0 views

www.ck12.org

open access module 7

shared by fraup74 on 14 Oct 14 - Cached
  • fraup74 on 14 Oct 14
     
    CK-12 Foundation provides a library of free online textbooks, videos, exercises, flashcards, and real world applications for over 5000 concepts from arithmetic to history
Susan Hennessey

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

www.eschoolnews.com/...2

OER

shared by Susan Hennessey on 08 Sep 14 - No Cached
  • Susan Hennessey on 08 Sep 14
     
    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.
Kim Baker

12 best places to get free images for your site - 16 views

www.techradar.com/...ee-images-for-your-site-624818

module4 open images

shared by Kim Baker on 26 Sep 14 - Cached
  • Kim Baker on 26 Sep 14
     
    Adding a few high quality photos is a great way to improve a website, article or presentation - but be careful. A search engine like Google Images will quickly locate just about any shot you could ever want, but using them will almost certainly violate someone's copyright.
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  • Olga Huertas on 26 Sep 14
     
    Hi Kim! Your contribution is really excellent. I have often been limited to a presentation by the inability to use an image. Thanks for your input.
  • Jamie F on 28 Sep 14
     
    This is a great contribution. I looked into TinEye, and had no idea a service like that existed! It definitely makes you think twice when adding pictures to presentations and websites. I wonder where the line is drawn when it comes to copyright. If I were to use x photographer's picture in an academic paper and I cited it, that would not be copyright infringement (right?!), but once I start making money off of that paper then we enter the world of legal issues. I get it, it's not fair to make money off of someone else's work. But is money the only thing that I would be benefitting from by using this picture in a paper that I would sell? What if my paper was on a hot subject and it therefore became "big" in academia or even pop culture? Am I not adding positively to my reputation by writing this paper, which happens to feature someone else's photograph? It's funny that money is the only thing that matters in copyright, unless I have not understood the law in its entirety. Any clarification would be awesome.
  • anonymous on 28 Sep 14
     
    This is nice. Thanks Kim!
  • Fernando Carraro on 28 Sep 14
     
    Muy util el aporte.
  • elsatorfer on 28 Sep 14
     
    VERY USEFUL, THANKS
  • noveltynotion on 28 Sep 14
     
    Thanks Kim! I didn't become aware of the importance of this until I began helping teens in the library produce video book talks. The importance of knowing your image source and respecting its creator/owner is not a top priority for teens, however I tried to stress the availability and convenience of sites like the ones mentioned in the article you shared. Its cache of resources I can't wait to utilize and share.
  • Hattie Cobb on 29 Sep 14
     
    Thanks great resource.
  • cvpido on 29 Sep 14
     
    Is good to be aware of credits and source for what is being used online...there is the phenomena of cut and paste thesis for students willing to degree....can't find the source by the hundred times the same thesis has been copy around the web...It's enough to take a phrase of what the student "has written" to find clones around the web...what a coincidence... :)
  • noku2la on 26 Nov 14
     
    Very useful. Thank you.
  • Abdul Naser Tamim on 30 Nov 14
     
    thank you
melduncan

The rise of the e-citizen: How people use government agencies' Web sites. - 5 views

www.pewinternet.org/...-government-agencies-web-sites

module5

shared by melduncan on 06 Oct 14 - No Cached
  • melduncan on 06 Oct 14
     
    This is a great follow-up reading to the core reading for module5 from J. Willinksky (2006). I thought it was timely now though written 12 years ago, due to the surge in citizen video journalism and ease of access to government websites now for public policy information, voting and campaigning.
ilanab

Open science: resources for sharing and publishing citizen science research - CitizenSci - 3 views

blogs.plos.org/...shing-citizen-science-research

module3 Citizen Scientists

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  • ilanab on 16 Sep 14
     
    Useful resources for Citizen Scientists who wish to publish, so sharing valuable data which otherwise may have been lost. Of course, caution should be taken to ensure that all data recorded is done scientifically and is reliable.
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  • daniellew31 on 18 Sep 14
     
    I've been hoping to come across a description of journals who publish the work of "non-professional scientists." Think of all the young and old who, while not academics, pursue science and make valuable finds. Perhaps this can help their work get closer to the surface of our attention. Obviously, peer review is crucial here. Which brings up another question. Can scientists in academia objectively review the work of non-professional scientists?
  • Raúl Marcó del Pont on 18 Sep 14
     
    Very useful; thank you very much. You can find useful the list made by Prof. Andy Miah on academia and social networks: http://www.andymiah.net/2012/12/30/the-a-to-z-of-social-media-for-academics/
  • Leticia Lafuente López on 19 Oct 14
     
    Thanks for sharing both lists of resources. Very useful!
dudeec

Gates Foundation to require immediate free access for journal articles - 2 views

news.sciencemag.org/...e-free-access-journal-articles

Open access module 9

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  • dudeec on 23 Nov 14
     
    Breaking new ground for the open-access movement, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, a major funder of global health research, plans to require that the researchers it funds publish only in immediate open-access journals. The policy doesn't kick in until January 2017; until then, grantees can publish in subscription-based journals as long as their paper is freely available within 12 months.
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  • dudeec on 23 Nov 14
     
    I did a quick search in the Web of Science database to see home many papers have received funding from the Gates Foundation. Since 2000, more than six thousand research papers have received funding from the Bill & Malinda Gates Foundation; more that one thousand per year since 2011. Most of these papers are in the infectious diseases, immunology, and public health area. In the big scheme of scientific publications, this is just a small number. But with their well-known name, this is a good sign.
  • ibudule on 23 Nov 14
     
    One must start form somewhere, and this is a good start for changing the attitude towards open access.
  • zimbron21 on 25 Nov 14
     
    Estoy de acuerdo con lo que plantean los autores, debemos volvernos seres con iniciativa, y no esperar a que el conocimiento nos llegue, nos debemos acercar a éste.
  • Alexandra Finch on 28 Nov 14
     
    This serves as a significant catalyst to change the mentality of both the researcher and the funder. The Gates Foundation is a leading organization in resolving world health issues. This action demonstrates their drive and desire toward their cause; and will hopefully it will start a trend amongst authors and other research funding NGOS.
  • ben_weir_ on 28 Nov 14
     
    As mentioned in class discussions, this is the only reasonable response. Bill and Melinda have put their time forth into creating charities, and attempting to control content which was given from charitable grants is lunacy. It is comforting to see the Gates foundation scrapping the 6-12 month window of restriction. WIth this said that said, this draws interesting parallels with journals that receive government grants due to the fact that the privately sold resource is already being funded by the tax payers.
Kevin Stranack

Are Courses Outdated? MIT Considers Offering 'Modules' Instead - Wired Campus - Blogs -... - 3 views

chronicle.com/...54257

module7 open education courses

shared by Kevin Stranack on 06 Aug 14 - No Cached
  • Kevin Stranack on 06 Aug 14
     
    "People now buy songs, not albums. They read articles, not newspapers. So why not mix and match learning "modules" rather than lock into 12-week university courses?"
  • Paul Prinsloo on 03 Sep 14
     
    @Kevin - thanks for sharing. I really share many of the sentiments of this article - but the modularisation of the curriculum also raise some interesting and possibly disturbing points. For example, our current diploma/degree structures are based on the premise that the final outcomes of a diploma or a degree is the result, inter alia, of the unique combination of a number of different courses/modules which, together, allow students to provide evidence of competency in all of the outcomes. While I sincerely think there is a place for just-in-time learning and short courses, and secondly, that the notion of a four-year degree may be outdated - I am wondering about the notion of the curriculum as journey.
  • kristykim on 17 Oct 14
     
    Thank you sharing this! I think this is new and innovative idea. I wouldn't mind trying this kind of system at my school.
amandakennedy

How To Protect Your Ideas in the Digital Age (Seth Godin) - 4 views

sethgodin.typepad.com/...-ideas-in-the-digital-age.html

module4 copyright

shared by amandakennedy on 23 Sep 14 - Cached
  • amandakennedy on 23 Sep 14
     
    If we're in the idea business, how to protect those ideas? One way is to misuse trademark law. With the help of search engines, greedy lawyers who charge by the letter are busy sending claim letters to anyone who even comes close to using a word or phrase they believe their client 'owns'.
  • adesimine on 23 Sep 14
     
    "Focus on being the best tailor with the sharpest scissors, not the litigant who sues any tailor who deigns to use a pair of scissors." I am 100% behind this ending point. We live in a world where you are now challenged to create great ideas, not just sit on what you have. Keep striving! Woohoo!
nellycarr

OER Commons website - 1 views

I work as a technology and robotics teacher at a k-12 school in Mexico, and I usually try to include all kinds of OERs into my lessons because I think technology need to be easy-access and affordab...

open access module1 open OER

started by nellycarr on 25 Sep 14 no follow-up yet
anonymous

The Price of the Panopticon - 1 views

www.nytimes.com/...e-price-of-the-panopticon.html

module1 privacy

shared by anonymous on 16 Sep 14 - No Cached
  • anonymous on 16 Sep 14
     
    The principle of the Panopticon still works in today's "big data" society. As we get more and more assesses to information on the Internet, our personal information is also being exposed to others. However, as an user commented, "there is a place for surveillance -- but not when its scope and power has the ability to undermine our networks and connections that are essential for fostering healthy human development and communities -- which is the best protection against harm". The invisibility of the power, to some extent, builds up the self-suiveillance.
nadiameyer

Periodista es criticado por publicar fotos trucadas - 1 views

www.clasesdeperiodismo.com/...tos-independentistas-catalanes

module3 citizen journalism

shared by nadiameyer on 21 Sep 14 - No Cached
  • nadiameyer on 21 Sep 14
     
    Romualdo Maestre, periodista de ABC, publicó una imagen que pretendía demostrar que yihadismo e independentismo catalán son lo mismo. Sin embargo, esta instantánea era trucada, por lo que el comunicador fue duramente criticado. Luego de publicar el tuit que aparece en la parte posterior, el periodista fue inmediatamente increpado por los internautas, que descubrieron que la imagen era trucada.
  • Fernando Carraro on 21 Sep 14
     
    No se conformo con compartir una foto trucada si no que al retirar la primera publico otra peor.
natashasana

1 Protecting the right to privacy in Africa in the digital age - 1 views

www.hrforumzim.org/...-Africa-in-the-digital-age.pdf

Module2 privacy open publishing

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  • natashasana on 12 Sep 14
     
    The right to privacy, as guaranteed in Article 12 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and many other provisions - including Article 17 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), Article 16 of the Convention in the Rights of the Child, and Article 14 of the Convention on the Protection of Migrants - is a core tenet of democratic societies.
Guaraciara Silva

HOW WE CAN PUBLISH IN WEB? - 5 views

Good evening! That is a very interesting post about how we can publish in web our own materials. http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2010/12/7-visually-appealing-ways-to-publish.html#.VC9wq2ddXkU K...

publish open knowledge module5 publishing materials own teacher web

started by Guaraciara Silva on 04 Oct 14 no follow-up yet
raulcd70

Intellectual property law jobs on the rise - 1 views

www.insidecounsel.com/...-property-law-jobs-on-the-rise

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  • raulcd70 on 06 Oct 14
     
    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

www.huffingtonpost.com/...ational-library_n_4427164.html

books module3 libraries Norway digitalization

shared by Jannicke Røgler on 16 Sep 14 - No Cached
  • Jannicke Røgler on 16 Sep 14
     
    "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."
  • Jacynthe Touchette on 16 Sep 14
     
    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.
Tricia Marie Catral

Indigenous Knowledge, Peoples and Sustainable Practices - 1 views

portal.unesco.org/...IK_People

Indigenous Knowledge Module1 People Tribes Philippines Science of the Concrete Hanunoo

shared by Tricia Marie Catral on 13 Oct 14 - No Cached
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  • Tricia Marie Catral on 13 Oct 14
     
    So I stumbled across this article while I was searching the internet regarding Indigenous Knowledge here in the Philippines. The article on this link provides further information regarding Indigenous Knowledge all over the world. It's a very interesting 12 page article which sheds light on various people under different tribes in different parts of the world.
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