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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.
danstrat

Finding good information on the internet - 0 views

blogs.scientificamerican.com/...od-information-on-the-internet

knowledge open access publishing filtering

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  • danstrat on 11 Nov 14
     
    Good article on how to look for the best information the internet has to offer and be a discerning consumer. Also good for availability of academic publishing as an important public good.
  • danstrat on 11 Nov 14
     
    It's a good reminder to all of us to pay close attention to where we are getting our information. The main points are take advantage of academic publishing via Google Scholar, get 2nd opinions, check multiple sources, be aware of the potential motives of the writer and their affiliated organization, and follow links/sources and fact check. Additional suggestions that I would add to the author's blog post include taking a close look at the writer's credentials, asking yourself who the intended audience might be, looking out for emotion-rousing words, and doing a link search to find out if other people have sited the article. It's also good to ask whether the web is the best place to look for that particular type of information in the first place.
Dvora Marina Brodsky

Open Access Project for Humanities and Social Sciences - 0 views

futureofscholarship.org

open access humanities social sciences

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  • Dvora Marina Brodsky on 16 Nov 14
     
    Open Access Scholarship is a new project that aims to create a network of people interested in open access in the humanities and social sciences.
azhar_ka

Google's delivery drones newest front in war with Amazon - 0 views

www.cbc.ca/...t-in-war-with-amazon-1.2750104

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  • azhar_ka on 12 Nov 14
     
    Google's secretive research laboratory is trying to build a fleet of drones designed to bypass earthbound traffic so packages can be delivered to people more quickly. The ambitious program announced Thursday escalates Google's technological arms race with rival Amazon.com Inc., which also is experimenting with self-flying vehicles to carry merchandise bought by customers of its online store.
azhar_ka

Twitter is harder to resist than cigarettes and alcohol, study finds - 1 views

www.theguardian.com/...esist-cigarettes-alcohol-study

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  • azhar_ka on 12 Nov 14
     
    I think more and more people are leaving the real world and going to the World Wide Web
koobredaer

OpenMedia.ca - 0 views

openmedia.ca

internet access open media activism

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  • koobredaer on 26 Oct 14
     
    Canadian community activism organization that rallies for open internet, and launched the international organization openmedia.org "OpenMedia.ca works to engage, educate and empower citizens to defend and advance their communication interests, values and rights. Engage: Through online campaigns and participatory events that resonate with everyday people, and civic engagement around media and communications policy in Canada. Educate: Through educational events high school and university presentations and workshops, and online resources.
koobredaer

The concepts of Free Software and Open Standards (FTA - Free Technology Academy) - 2 views

ftacademy.org/1

module 6 open textbook FTA libre software free

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  • koobredaer on 04 Oct 14
     
    Interesting open text book created by the Free Technology Academy that outlines the history, culture, and use of free software. "Free Software" is ambiguous in English and not the commonly used terminology. However, in Spanish and French it is possible to make a distinction between "Libre software" and "gratis" software. The authors argue that the term "open source" is too technical focused, while "libre software" better focuses on the rights of the users and community. Interesting and worth skimming for reference. Available in English, Spanish, Catalan, and Italian. Authors: Jesús M. González-Barahona, Joaquín Seoane Pascual, Gregorio Robles Coordinators: Jordi Mas Hernández, David Megías Jiménez Licenses: GNU Free Documentation License, Creative Commons Attribute ShareAlike License Information: 291 Pages; 3.2Mb Free software is increasing its presence in mainstream media and in debates among IT professionals, but it is still unknown for many people.
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  • Fernando Carraro on 04 Oct 14
     
    Muy buenos aportes @koobreader
koobredaer

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

www.usanpn.org/natures_notebook

module3 citizen science phenology

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  • 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
michielmoll

Open resource for architecture - 1 views

http://architecturaldictionary.org/ Although Wikipedia is the most widely known open source source of information, there are also some extremely useful resources being placed for use by all. This ...

architecture open access dictionary

started by michielmoll on 18 Nov 14 no follow-up yet
Anna Kloc

Education in 2030 - 2 views

www.tandfonline.com/...02680513.2013.871199

open access knowledge

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  • Anna Kloc on 17 Nov 14
     
    A good overview of open education in the future. Personalized education will play a great role in preparing people for a job market.
monde3297

Free internet for africa in cards - 4 views

www.timeslive.co.za/...e-internet-for-africa-on-cards

Knowledge

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  • monde3297 on 17 Nov 14
     
    Free internet for Africa
  • nthabi on 17 Nov 14
     
    The sooner Africa gets the internet the better. The cost of internet is too high and out of reach for many people. Free internet will facilitate access to information. I hope this will reach rural areas and maginalised communities.
  • pad123 on 17 Nov 14
     
    yes, it is very good to get free internet for Africa so that knowledge dissipation happens and open knowledge can will be useful to all of them and also benefit from that OK. IT infrastructure and internet is required to benefit from open accessible open knowledge.
embioptera

Citizen Science: Information, Technology and People - 0 views

www.youtube.com/watch

citizen science Module3

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  • embioptera on 18 Nov 14
     
    Interesting lecture on citizen science given at UBC. Professor Jennifer Preece gives several interesting examples of recent citizen science projects, and the research being done on citizen science. She also presents some of the roles computer scientists and librarians can have in citizen science projects.
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.
cuptlib

Could MOOC's solve inequality? Follow the dabate - 0 views

Professor Adam Habib, vice-chancellor of the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa argued: "If you think you're going to democratise education by giving people MOOCs instead of ...

Module11 Inequality

started by cuptlib on 19 Nov 14 no follow-up yet
haileyhjw

American government announce to promote open education - 0 views

www.whitehouse.gov/...hers-and-students-around-world

open open education

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  • haileyhjw on 20 Nov 14
     
    Open education is the purpose of MOOC. Obviously, open education is a correct trend of education system. MOOC always is a debatable issue, a new area where no rule to control it. In that case, there are some chaos in Open knowledge including intellectual property, and business model of MOOC and so on. But now, the US government decide to promote it, may will bring a bloom to open education and benefit people around the world
embioptera

Please Feel the Museum: The Emergence of 3D Printing and Scanning - 0 views

mw2013.museumsandtheweb.com/...ce-of-3d-printing-and-scanning

Module3 museums participatory culture

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  • embioptera on 10 Nov 14
     
    I found this article trying to learn more about 3D printing and museums after seeing a recent headline on the topic. This article reminded me a lot of what was discussed in the module on participatory culture. Visiting a museum is a fairly "closed" experience in most museums the visitors are separated from the objects on display (for obvious reasons), it is interesting to see museums "open" in this very limited context, giving people ways to interact with certain museum objects in more ways than just the standard way one would in a visit to a museum.
Sophie Lafayette

Funzi - 'Skills to Build Your Dreams' - 3 views

Funzi is a learning app that is free to all to use. The content of app is written by experts in their field and will cover many topics including key business & life skills. The app will be availabl...

Module2 students education Knowledge

started by Sophie Lafayette on 13 Oct 14 no follow-up yet
monde3297

Open books - 1 views

www.idrc.ca/...index.html

Open knowledge

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  • monde3297 on 11 Nov 14
     
    The world is in need of open books where all interested people irrespective of background can benefit.
Abdul Naser Tamim

From Tribe to Facebook: The Transformational Role of Social Networks - 1 views

www.ecssr.ae/...p970dMl!1434454896!-1893864974

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  • Abdul Naser Tamim on 11 Nov 14
     
    The recent proliferation of social networks has led to a societal shift - from a tribal mentality to that of Facebook - and has served to connect people from around the world with common cultural, religious, political and economic characteristics in an unprecedented manner and with astonishing speed.
rebeccakah

Project MUSE - Helping People to Manage and Share Their Digital Information: A Role for... - 1 views

muse.jhu.edu/...59.4.copeland.html

module10 information overload personal information management PIM libraries

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  • rebeccakah on 03 Nov 14
     
    This article is an interesting take on how public libraries can participate in empowering patrons to develop a personal information management strategy. This can in turn strengthen a sense of community in the digital realm and support the development of community repositories.
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