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petrae77

The history of Wikipedia (in two minutes) - 2 views

www.youtube.com/watch

module8 wikipedia

shared by petrae77 on 31 Oct 14 - No Cached
  • petrae77 on 31 Oct 14
     
    For any teachers out there: I'm probably going to use this at some point with my students. Brief but informational.
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  • dudeec on 31 Oct 14
     
    A quick intro. I can see having some hands-on exercises and discussions about wikipedia itself, and whether it can be used as a source for research.
  • rafopen on 09 Nov 14
     
    I found this video very helpful and will probably use it with my students.
  • Rosa Munoz-Luna on 09 Nov 14
     
    Very interesting and easy to understand by younger students!
  • jurado-navas on 09 Nov 14
     
    It is really a very interesting manner to conceive how Wikipedia was created and how it evolved.
mbishon

A view from Canada on open educational resources (OER) - 0 views

www.unesco.org/...Porter_v1.1%20-%20website.pdf

shared by mbishon on 12 Nov 14 - No Cached
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  • mbishon on 12 Nov 14
     
    I've been employing Mr Google to try to help me determine how much OER might be used in post-secondary institutions in Canada and came across this document, which I think might be a slide deck turned into a PDF and without the accompanying script it's a little cryptic. The title is misleading, as it's the view from Western Canada, BC in particular. Most of the main OER initiatives I've been hearing about are in the west, I posted links to the BC Open Textbook initiative and to a particular text previously. This particular document
fraup74

Information Literacy and Engaging the 21st Century Learner - 4 views

www.youtube.com/watch

open access knowledge module 10

shared by fraup74 on 11 Nov 14 - No Cached
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  • fraup74 on 11 Nov 14
     
    This video highlights ways in which educators (and parents) can incorporate 21st century skills in their lessons to digital natives. Admittedly, as a teacher, I get overwhelmed by all of the information out there and feel pressure to use technology that I'm still learning to be comfortable with. This is a good video that can show you how to get started, geared more towards middle/upper school.
  • rafopen on 12 Nov 14
     
    The video begins with 3 minutes of visuals and - very annoying - piano music. I would have turned it off after 30 seconds because I assumed that there would be 13 minutes of this. But since fraup74 says it was a good video I skipped ahead to see if there was more. Otherwise, I would not have persevered. In terms of content, it is a good basic resource (a woman speaks, using screenshots to show how to use online tools). The video is not very engaging.
pad123

When and why may MOOCs be considered as an academic learning - 4 views

Thx for sharing, only problem withh MOOCs is student should be tech savvy and he needs comp and internet, Else MOOCs are very much useful for students who are geographically very far away and finan...

module9 journals articles

started by danildintsis on 10 Nov 14 2 follow-ups, last by pad123 on 10 Nov 14
michielmoll

Development uptake - 0 views

http://www.drussa.org/ The organization Drussa (development research uptake in Sub-Saharan Africa) is an example of an initiave from the South to improve the impact of research from the South. Thr...

research North-South uptake open access

started by michielmoll on 13 Nov 14 no follow-up yet
rafopen

What does true online collaboration mean? - 5 views

This is a provocative title. The actual blog seems to be about the PureWeb collaboration tool, so in a sense it is a sales pitch. However, the blog does give a brief overview of what many of us loo...

collaboration medical technology

started by anonymous on 09 Nov 14 3 follow-ups, last by rafopen on 09 Nov 14
noveltynotion

7 Things You Should Know About Open Textbook Publishing - 0 views

www.educause.edu/...about-open-textbook-publishing

shared by noveltynotion on 02 Nov 14 - No Cached
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  • noveltynotion on 02 Nov 14
     
    The open educational resources model, including textbooks, has emerged as a response to rising text prices, a need for greater access to high-quality learning materials, the proliferation of e-reader devices, and a trend in publishing toward electronic media. Many contend that educational resources should be open and that instructional models increasingly depend on open content.
pad123

Open KnowledgeWorker - 2 views

https://www.openknowledgeworker.org/course/course/260/innercontent.13630.4.1.html Open KnowledgeWorker provides a comprehensive media database supporting various formats as images, animations, aud...

https:__www.openknowledgeworker.org_course_course_260_innercontent.13630.4.1.html knowledge

started by pad123 on 24 Oct 14 no follow-up yet
mbishon

The Ultimate Directory Of Free Image Sources - 13 views

www.theedublogger.com/...irectory-of-free-image-sources

module4 activity4 open access

shared by mbishon on 29 Sep 14 - No Cached
  • mbishon on 29 Sep 14
     
    So, you need an image for your blog? We've spent some time categorizing our favorite sources for free images and organizing them in such a way as to help you find what you're looking for. Here are the criteria we've examined: Subjects: Does a site focus on specific genres of images, or is it a mass collection of various image types?
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  • anonymous on 02 Oct 14
     
    Hi there! Thank you for sharing this resource. I think that it is extremely helpful to have a list of websites and pictures that I can use with respect to copyright listed on one page. There have been many times when I need to quickly find an image to use for a project, and have gotten caught up in trying to find a picture with an appropriate copyright license. I also did not know that images created by government employees were copyright exempt, and I really enjoyed searching through some of those sites!
  • Elke Lackner on 03 Nov 14
     
    It's not only the Creative Commons part that is important but the Public Domain (CC0) pictures, that can be used.
  • Ana Muñoz de Rivera on 03 Nov 14
     
    ¿Can any picture be used without failing into copyright stops?
  • anonymous on 03 Nov 14
     
    Thanks for sharing! The list is very useful. But I'm not sure if it is actually "OK" for university students to use online sources (videos from YouTube, or images downloaded from Google) for academic purpose/ personal use when talking about "fair dealing".
  • Julia Echeverría on 04 Nov 14
     
    Again, thak for sharing, this tools can be very interesting for who want to create an educational blog Julia Echeverria
  • pad123 on 05 Nov 14
     
    Thanks for sharing, nice blog
  • rafopen on 12 Nov 14
     
    Very helpful resource. The categories help to narrow one's search.
  • c maggard on 12 Nov 14
     
    Nice! Thanks for sharing. Both useful IRL, and pertinent to the course.
w_kwai

Europe's next privacy war is with websites silently tracking users - 2 views

www.theguardian.com/...bsites-silently-tracking-users

privacy module2 publishing

shared by w_kwai on 04 Dec 14 - No Cached
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  • w_kwai on 04 Dec 14
     
    The pan-European data regulator group Article 29 has issued new opinion on how websites and advertisers can track users and the permissions they require. The new opinion dictates that "device fingerprinting" - a process of silently collecting information about a user - requires the same level of consent as cookies that are used to track users across the internet.
  • w_kwai on 04 Dec 14
     
    It is impossible to ban all tracking, just like if I am using Chrome, it is normal for me to think that I am tracked by Google. If I am using Safari, then it is normal for me to think I am tracked by Safari. I believe that there is not anything wrong with people collecting my "non-identifying material", since it is only data. But if it is more like personal information, it should be banned. Also, there are a lot of sites when we ban cookies, the photos or some content will not appear. So no cookies means no content. In the end would not there be no effect on how people uses the websites? If we do not accept it, we could not use the site, the only difference is we are informed about it, and we should assume every site or software once it is connected to the internet, it implies some kind of tracking.
talenwu

Touchscreen technology is good for kids? - 0 views

www.theguardian.com/...d-kids-national-literacy-trust

technology education kids Module7

shared by talenwu on 03 Dec 14 - No Cached
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  • talenwu on 04 Dec 14
     
    A lot of kids use smartphones or tablet everyday, and they even do not need their parents to tell them how to use these devices, it is like kids have the innate ability to use the technological devices. There are debates on whether touchscreen technology is good or bad for kids. For my personal opinion, touchscreen technology would make them lack communication skill and social skill. However, by providing sound effects, colours and moving objects on the screen, it could get kids' attention and interest to learn something they feel really boring such as math, by this way they could learn faster and understand better. Therefore, touchscreen technology is not totally bad or good for kids, it depends on how parents help kids to balance how much time they could spend on touchscreen technology. It seems the only way for kids, because they are too young to have self control.
mark Christopher

Social media concepts in doubt when applied to journalism - 4 views

www.theage.com.au/...ournalism-20140917-108vlg.html

module3 citizen journalism

shared by mark Christopher on 18 Sep 14 - No Cached
  • mark Christopher on 18 Sep 14
     
    Beware of impostors: Research has shown that 'citizen journalism' is no replacement for the real thing. Photo: Michael Fitzjames "Citizen journalism is an oxymoron," says Rakhal Ebeli, managing director of Melbourne-based news bureau Newsmodo. "I mean, how can someone who is not a journalist be a journalist?" I am adding this not that I am in agreement but its an example of negativity towards this area.
  • anonymous on 19 Sep 14
     
    I think that this article does a good job of discussing some of the "darker" aspects of citizen journalism. It distinguishes how citizen journalism often deals with trying to change public opinion, whereas traditional journalism, in theory at least, aims to be objective and truth-based. While it is a large stretch to call traditional journalism "truth-based," there are typically certain measures in place to promote accuracy, such as fact checking, review, etc. I like how this article supports the professional integrity and need for trained, educated journalist, comparing "citizen journalism" to "citizen-pharmacy and crowd-sourced obstetrics." While there is certainly value in IndyMedia and citizen journalism, the flip side is that information distributed in this manner is not by any means guaranteed to be accurate or fair.
  • Leticia Lafuente López on 19 Oct 14
     
    I am a professional journalist (Bachelor and master degree in Journalism) and I can tell you that a journalist that works for a media is not truth-based, accurated or with professional integrity. A professional journalist is an employee in a company with economical, policital and social interests supported by the content that is being published. I have the content of my articles changed from my managers in order to "match" the diary interests. And what was finally published was far from being truth (then I denied to put my name in the article, but it was still published). So citizen journalism might include emotions, prejudices and non contrasted impressions from citizens, but are still free and natural. I am totally towards citizen journalism.
Kevin Stranack

From Slacktivism to Activism: Participatory Culture in the Age of Social Media - 8 views

yardi.people.si.umich.edu/...Yardi_CHI11_SIG.pdf

module3 activism participatory culture

shared by Kevin Stranack on 16 Sep 14 - No Cached
  • Kevin Stranack on 16 Sep 14
     
    "Social networking sites (e.g. Facebook), microblogging services (e.g. Twitter), and content sharing sites (e.g. YouTube and Flickr) have introduced the opportunity for wide scale, online social participation. Visibility of national and international priorities such as public health, political unrest, disaster relief, and climate change has increased, yet we know little about the benefits and possible costs of engaging in social activism via social media. "
  • Leticia Lafuente López on 22 Oct 14
     
    This article reminds me to the activism of a Spanish councellor to promote activism through social net against the independence of Cataluña in Spain: http://www.elmundo.es/cronica/2014/10/12/54390135ca474179608b4571.html
robert morris

CUFTS: Open Source Serials Management | reSearcher - 0 views

researcher.sfu.ca/cufts

opensource journals openurl

shared by robert morris on 29 Oct 14 - Cached
  • robert morris on 29 Oct 14
     
    As a knowledgebase of over 575 fulltext resources, CUFTS provides Electronic Resource Management services, an integrated journal A-Z database, link resolving, and MARC records for your library.
Abdul Naser Tamim

http://www.arab-ency.com - 0 views

Another Encyclopedia that has started as an Arabic version of Wikipedia and now it is not moving anymore. The quality and content are very limited and has failed to get audience attention at wide l...

started by Abdul Naser Tamim on 26 Oct 14 no follow-up yet
Abdul Naser Tamim

source for arabic books - resource for arabic books - 0 views

www.alwaraq.net

shared by Abdul Naser Tamim on 26 Oct 14 - Cached
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  • Abdul Naser Tamim on 26 Oct 14
     
    alwaraq is an E-book library , that contains more than one thousand books, that form the Arabic heritage pillars, on different subjects such as poetry, literature , history , and Arabic language .
jurado-navas

Citizen science - 6 views

http://fundaciondescubre.es/

module3 citizen science open

started by jurado-navas on 21 Sep 14 1 follow-up, last by jurado-navas on 12 Oct 14
Maria Romanova-Hynes

UN Online Volunteers: Contribute articles to an educational magazine - 2 views

www.onlinevolunteering.org/...opportunity_form.html

volunteer education get involved module1 equality knowledge

shared by Maria Romanova-Hynes on 25 Sep 14 - No Cached
  • Maria Romanova-Hynes on 25 Sep 14
     
    Get involved. Please go to the website for more details: "TASK We are launching a print magazine to educate teachers, school administrators and students. The magazine will provide information and training tips for these sets of people to improve their capacity in teaching and managing schools. And improve life skills for students. We are in need of experienced writers and educationalists to contribute original contents to the magazine. Each article should not be more than 250 words and every information needed about the organization will be provided. "
  • lauren_maggio on 25 Sep 14
     
    Hi Maria, I like your tag "get involved". I hope others will use it as they post opportunities for our group.
Kutty Kumar

Modul 8-Content Difference ??? - 1 views

this filed work is good but my opinion This week is very interesting field work. I chose technology portal and read through tamil language, but actually my native language is telugu which is not av...

started by Kutty Kumar on 22 Oct 14 no follow-up yet
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.
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