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Philip Sidaway

Stop the deluge of science research [Publish and be Damned? / An Open Access Too Far?] - 1 views

www.theguardian.com/...blish-less-scientific-research

open access open science scientific research scientific literature

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  • Philip Sidaway on 04 Sep 14
     
    The rapid growth of scientific literature is often seen as evidence, if evidence were needed, that the pace of human discovery is accelerating. On the contrary, however, it is becoming a curse - one that requires us to radically rethink what it means to publish the results of research.
  • Kim Baker on 04 Sep 14
     
    VERY good point. Relates to this article, "At sea in a deluge of data" : http://chronicle.com/article/At-Sea-in-a-Deluge-of-Data/147477/
cvpido

Fighting for a free and open internet European Commission - 05/09/2014 - 6 views

very interesting. Thank you. I'm always curious to see what is happening at the level of the EU about it..

#Peeragogy

started by Fabrizio Terzi on 05 Sep 14 1 follow-up, last by cvpido on 06 Sep 14
omarrr

Open access is revolutionizing science, and it's a growing research market online | Sci... - 2 views

www.dw.de/...a-17619476

open access

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  • omarrr on 06 Sep 14
     
    Comparto, la forma en que se percibe al Open Access, en diferentes áreas de conocimiento, y que considero, ya que no es un caso aislado para los que se han comprometido con la causa: "Access to this research is like a human right"
Kevin Stranack

The Digital Art Historian's Toolkit | Beyond the Digitized Slide Library - 1 views

www.humanities.ucla.edu/...digital-art-historians-toolkit

project tools software

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  • Kevin Stranack on 24 Jul 14
     
    "free, off-the-shelf tools that don't require programming knowledge and might be particularly interesting to people who work with a lot of images."
Kevin Stranack

OLH Overlay Journals | Open Library of Humanities - 0 views

www.openlibhums.org/...olh-overlay-journals

scholarly communication journals open access module9 overlay

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  • Kevin Stranack on 02 Jul 14
     
    "An overlay journal performs all the activities of a scholarly journal and relies on structural links with one or more archives or repositories to perform its activities."
Jacynthe Touchette

What Happens to #Ferguson Affects Ferguson: Net Neutrality, Algorithmic Filtering and F... - 4 views

medium.com/...-neutrality-issue-6d2f3db51eb0

module3 journalism citizen journalism social media filtering net neutrality

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  • Jacynthe Touchette on 16 Sep 14
     
    Links between citizen journalism, social media, "real" media coverage and the sociopolitic aspects of algorithms and filtering in relation to the recent situation in Ferguson, USA: "But keep in mind, Ferguson is also a net neutrality issue. It's also an algorithmic filtering issue. How the internet is run, governed and filtered is a human rights issue."
  • zimbron21 on 25 Nov 14
     
    Ferguson es también un claro ejemplo de por qué la neutralidad de la red es una cuestión de derechos humanos; un problema de la libertad de expresión; y un problema de los sin voz se escucha, en sus propios términos.
rainjrops

Teaching and Learning for a Sustainable Future - 2 views

www.unesco.org/...mod11.html

open access module1 MOOC indigenous

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  • rainjrops on 04 Sep 14
     
    Introduction Sophisticated knowledge of the natural world is not confined to science. Human societies all across the globe have developed rich sets of experiences and explanations relating to the environments they live in. These 'other knowledge systems' are today often referred to as traditional ecological knowledge or indigenous or local knowledge.
Kevin Stranack

A Scalable and Sustainable Approach to Open Access Publishing and Archiving for Humanit... - 2 views

knconsultants.org/...te-Paper-Executive-Summary.pdf

module4 open access economics scholarly communication

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  • Kevin Stranack on 02 Jul 14
     
    A plan to convert traditional subscription publication formats, including society-published journals and books or monographs, to OA, based on an annual or multi-year payment made by every institution of higher education, no matter what its size or classification, and by any institution that benefits from the research that is generated by those within the academy.
zieduna

Access to Knowledge: A Guide for Everyone - 0 views

books.google.lt/books

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  • zieduna on 14 Nov 14
     
    This book present public access to the products of human culture and learning - access. to knowledge. The ultimate objective of the movement is to create a world in which educational and cultural works are accessible to all!
  • yitingwang on 16 Nov 14
     
    This is great. i think people should read it to know how to get the knowledge and how to create more useful information.
Pris Laurente

Is the Internet Making Us Smarter or Dumber? Yes. - Tech News and Analysis - 2 views

gigaom.com/...-make-us-smarter-or-dumber-yes

opendata openscience openaccess opensource scholarship internet module6 research

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  • Pris Laurente on 03 Oct 14
     
    How the internet change the way we research and the way we live. Is it making us smarter or dumber?
  • bndiaye on 04 Oct 14
     
    Very interesting topic as we are moving deeper and deeper into the internet of things. May answer to that question is its depend how you use it and how you balance it with real life like nature, human relations etc.
kamrannaim

Salman Khan flips the classroom using technology - 7 views

Khan Academy has done some good work, but I certainly do not believe it is the solution to the nation's problems in education. A critique, by Karim Kai Ani, considers the videos to be poor, as well...

https:__www.youtube.com_watch?v=nTFEUsudhfs open access technology video

started by brianmihov on 10 Sep 14 3 follow-ups, last by kamrannaim on 16 Nov 14
Kevin Stranack

Publishing Is Not Dying - Greg Satell - Harvard Business Review - 6 views

blogs.hbr.org/...publishing-is-not-dying

module4 business models publishing

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  • Kevin Stranack on 21 Aug 14
     
    "In truth, publishing is flourishing, creating massive new fortunes for entrepreneurs and more choices for consumers. It's also attracting large investments by established companies and venture capitalists. Though not everyone prospers, there has never been a better time for publishers."
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  • Pris Laurente on 03 Sep 14
     
    Good source, this actually has been practice for several years, almost all the publishers are engaging into digitized open publishing type, wherein the resource materials they are selling is actually publish electronically, so that buyers or interested clients may view it online; no need to go to their shop to ask what they are looking for.
  • Raúl Marcó del Pont on 03 Sep 14
     
    Coincido con la reflexión de este artículo acerca de la necesidad de las casas editoras (publishers) de repensar sus modelos de negocios y de olvidarse (aferrase sería una palabra más precisa) del exclusivo modelo gutenberiano de producción editorial. Sin embargo, me parece que su enfoque adolece de varios problemas. El más notorio es que trata al mundo de las publicaciones como uno solo, cuando no hay forma de comparar las dinámicas, capitales (humanos, financieros y simbólicos) puestos en juego en la publicación académica (scholarly publishing) o en los libros de interés general (trade), guías turísticas, enciclopedias, libros religiosos, textos para niños, etc., para no mencionar la abismal distancia entre las revistas académicas (scholarly journals) y los libros o inclusivo las revistas generalistas (magazines). Concluir que las cosas van maravillosamente bien porque un montón de empresas, vinculadas a los medios masivos (un punto relevante en la argumentación, que se menciona como si fuera lo más normal del mundo) tienen emprendimientos exitosos es confundir peras con manzanas. También creo que usar el mantra de la época de la disruption (age of disruption) para todo aporta poco a la discusión (http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/06/23/the-disruption-machine?currentPage=all)
  • Raúl Marcó del Pont on 03 Sep 14
     
    I agree with the reflection of this article about the need for publishers to rethink their business models and forget the exclusive Gutenberian publishing model. However, I think his approach suffers from several limitations. The most notorious is treating the publishing world as one, when there is no way to compare the dynamics, capital (human, financial and symbolic) at stake in academic or scholarly publishing with books of general interest (trade), tour guides, encyclopedias, religious books, textbooks for children, etc., not to mention the abysmal gap between scholarly journals and books or inclusive commercial magazines. Conclude that things are going wonderfully well because a lot of companies, linked to the mass media (an important point in the argument, mentioned as if it were the most normal thing in the world) have successful ventures is to confuse the things. I also believe that using the mantra of the age of disruption for all contributes little to a seroius discussion (http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/06/23/the-disruption-machine?currentPage = all)
  • rafopen on 12 Nov 14
     
    Good overview with fundamental advice for publishers: innovate
  • selviwati on 13 Nov 14
     
    Good read, Kevin! :) I agree with this article that said "As long as people want to be informed, entertained, and inspired, there will be profitable opportunities in publishing." The main key to keep the business running is everyone must adapt. Traditional publishers need to moves to digital media in order to survive and meet the modern readers' needs.
victorialam

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

www.theguardian.com/...-academic-the-developing-world

module 11 scholarly publishing

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  • victorialam on 13 Nov 14
     
    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.
  • selviwati on 13 Nov 14
     
    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.
  • michielmoll on 13 Nov 14
     
    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.
koobredaer

Nature's Notebook | USA National Phenology Network - 1 views

www.usanpn.org/natures_notebook

module3 citizen science phenology

shared by koobredaer on 17 Sep 14 - No Cached
  • koobredaer on 17 Sep 14
     
    a huge citizen science project in the USA, formalizing the sharing of the traditional (and ancient) practice of Phenology. Phenology is an important way to be connected to the natural world around you--basically observation of seasonal changes. People have been collecting observations for all of human history--this project seeks to help standardize recording of the data so that it can be shared en mass, creating huge and flexible data sets for many different current and future scientific experiments. "Nature's Notebook is a national, online program where amateur and professional naturalists regularly record observations of plants and animals to generate long-term data sets used for scientific discovery and decision-making."
  • koobredaer on 17 Sep 14
     
    oh, and an important thing is that (unlike some cit sci projects) the resulting data is shared freely online, check out some stats and visualizations at https://www.usanpn.org/data
kamrannaim

ScienceOpen - 0 views

scienceopen.com

science open open access open knowledge

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  • kamrannaim on 17 Nov 14
     
    ScienceOpen, is a next generation Open Access platform that builds on the premise that scholarly publishing is not an end in itself, but the beginning of a dialogue to move research forward. It combines over 1 million articles from all areas of modern science, the humanities and social sciences with collaborative pre-publication workspaces, immediate publication and post-publication peer-review.
bsheman

Serving humanity without discrimination -different look at open. - 0 views

www.youtube.com/watch

open

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  • bsheman on 18 Nov 14
     
    Open culture in a different sense. Help in Pakistan offered to anyone, independent of culture, religion, gender or age. Crown funded. Even the poorest of the poor give. However, they tend not to accept donations from foreign agencies...
Kim Baker

Welcome to the Peeragogy Handbook! - 0 views

peeragogy.org

mdoule12 Peeragogy Student publishing

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  • Kim Baker on 19 Nov 14
     
    "Peeragogy is a collection of techniques for collaborative learning and collaborative work. By learning how to "work smart" together, we hope to leave the world in a better state than it was when we arrived. Indeed, humans have always learned from each other. But for a long time - until the advent of the Web and widespread access to digital media - schools have had an effective monopoly on the business of learning. Now, with access to open educational resources and free or inexpensive communication platforms, groups of people can learn together outside as well as inside formal institutions. All of this prompted us to reconsider the meaning of "peer learning."- A great tool for student publishers to use.
Kim Baker

Outernet aims to provide data to the net unconnected - 1 views

www.bbc.com/...technology-29593734

module11 digital divide

shared by Kim Baker on 18 Oct 14 - No Cached
  • victorialam on 18 Oct 14
     
    A timely article on the Outernet, a service that can broadcast e-books and culled information from the internet to less wealthy nations who do not have access to the internet. A few criticisms of the emerging technology do arise: addressing literacy in less developed locations, questioning whether the information broadcast is information that would be suited for that community, and finally whether there would be a prioritization of information with paid net-connected organizations.
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  • serrarouafae on 18 Oct 14
     
    This is good news for people living in regions of conflict and war-torn countries. have access to learning is the dream of many people
  • Kim Baker on 19 Nov 14
     
    "But what about for the many people in the world that lack internet connectivity? The answer is still yes - at least according to Syed Karim, who explained how at TEDGlobal. The entrepreneur had been invited to the human ingenuity-themed event in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to speak about his company, Outernet. The business aims to address the fact that about two-thirds of the world's population still has no internet access."
  • ekw1993 on 19 Nov 14
     
    Thank you for posting this article about Syed Karim's TED talk as I had not seen it before and found it very interesting. With the outernet, I believe people living in places where this is inadequate or no access to the internet will be able to accrue information. However, I still believe more efforts need to be done to expand the web so that all can partake.
siyuwang

Evaluation on the resource I shared: Recovering from Information Overload - McKinsey & ... - 1 views

This article introduces the dark side and negative effect of information overload and its close cousin, attention fragmentation. It provides executives and their organizations tips to deal with inf...

started by siyuwang on 04 Dec 14 no follow-up yet
Kevin Stranack

How Old School Publishers Can Win In The Digital Age - 1 views

www.forbes.com/...ers-can-win-in-the-digital-age

module4 publishing economics

shared by Kevin Stranack on 08 Oct 14 - No Cached
  • Kim Baker on 08 Oct 14
     
    "Like many millennials today, Yale classmates Henry Luce and Briton Hadden left their jobs to create a startup. They found newspapers dry, longwinded and boring and thought they could do better by presenting stories in a faster paced, more personality centered format. In 1923 they launched Time magazine and it became a runaway success."
  • Kevin Stranack on 08 Oct 14
     
    "The greatest challenge for publishers today is to create new business models. Unfortunately, most haven't even begun the process due to misplaced nostalgia for distribution revenue. In that sense, paywalls represent the greatest threat to old-line publishers."
  • jurado-navas on 03 Dec 14
     
    And also due to the inherent feature of every human being of being resistant to changes. And all of that without taking into account some economical interests.
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