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mbittman

Servants of Power: Higher Education in an Era of Corporate Control - 9 views

www.truth-out.org/24305

module 1_3 higher education module1 module3

shared by mbittman on 12 Sep 14 - No Cached
  • mbittman on 12 Sep 14
     
    Argues that increasing corporate control is undermining the foundational values of higher education.
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  • Teresa Belkow on 12 Sep 14
     
    Good article, thanks for sharing it. I think what trancends in this article is that the those who have power obviously want to maintain that position and therefore it is in their interest to lobby for a "bad", "uncreative" education system, so to say to deliberatly limit thought capacity. There are certainly many interesting aspects to what is written in this article, for example the part about Gramschis thoughts is directed on a discussion of social classes, and how those might lean right or left depending on their composition. But could it also be that the, so called, lower classes (i dont like that expression) are just not there to engage and participate in political discussion that draws the outlines of such things like the education system.
  • Leticia Lafuente López on 05 Oct 14
     
    Here in Spain we have a similar evolution of higher education; private postgraduate private schools give masters that guarantee the access to top jobposts, but they are not focused on analysis, creativity and critical minds, but on pure business. What you need to be on your future job post is what you learn. Public institutions are still on air, but they are struggling with less and less public resources to survive. So I guess this is not only going on in USA.
  • cvpido on 11 Oct 14
     
    Italy is going even worse...i'm an Adjunct Professor for maybe 1000 euro per year ... surviving by scholarships, call center mid term contracts, collaborations where i'm asked to pay for taxes the university should pay, all levels teaching.. I like "Some of the basic principles underlying effective pedagogy, such as small class size, individual attention and the importance of mentoring, are being sacrificed in order to increase head count, limit labor costs and create a one-size-fits-all educational experience." The problem is that universities are to make profits from fees (that's why they hire me instead of employing me) and offer any kind of courses, masters to increase their income! The problem is: how can we expect to increase the quality of learning as far as decisions are taking by political, business, organizational sides instead of scientific and educational ones?
geeta66

http://www.ted.com/talks/ellen_jorgensen_biohacking_you_can_do_it_too - 0 views

We have personal computing, why not personal biotech? That's the question biologist Ellen Jorgensen and her colleagues asked themselves before opening Genspace, a nonprofit DIYbio lab in Brooklyn d...

started by geeta66 on 13 Oct 14 no follow-up yet
geeta66

http://sru.soc.surrey.ac.uk/SRU27.html - 0 views

This article examines some of the potentially problematic issues and asks the following questions: what happens if the client does not like the research findings? what ethical issues are raised by...

started by geeta66 on 13 Oct 14 no follow-up yet
kvdmerwe

True cost of science publishing - 2 views

www.nature.com/...-of-science-publishing-1.12676

open access MOOC module4

shared by kvdmerwe on 10 Dec 14 - No Cached
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  • kvdmerwe on 10 Dec 14
     
    This is an interesting article about the cost of formal publishing verses open access publishing. Although there seems to be a lot of secrecy around the issue, the research shows that the total cost for open access publishing is a lot less than formal publishing. That appears to bring the perception that the open access works are not as good as those published in formal journals. Despite this factor there is growing encouragement to authors to publish their work in open access sources, but traditional models remain very popular. A large percentage of these journals actually allow people to publish online, although some do ask for a time delay. Despite that, many authors do not proceed to publish online after they have gone through the formal process although some authors are obliged to do so by their institution. It could be a good test to see why these authors do not take the step to publish online. Reasons could range from apathy, to not enough knowledge of the process, to a need not to share the information with everyone. Economically, there is also a concern that open access sources will become more expensive as more authors begin publishing in this way.
anonymous

How Do You Stay Informed About Scholarly Publishing? - 1 views

How are we handling information overload? How are we finding the "must-reads" in our profession? http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2014/10/30/ask-the-chefs-how-do-you-stay-informed-about-scholarly...

publishing Module9

started by anonymous on 31 Oct 14 no follow-up yet
Diane Vahab

List of Predatory Publications - 3 views

scholarlyoa.com/...t-of-predatory-publishers-2014

shared by Diane Vahab on 10 Sep 14 - No Cached
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  • beetsyg on 10 Sep 14
     
    This list is not to be taken at face value (many of the publishers on it do have legitimate journals), but it serves as a reminder that there are many predatory journals that ask scholars to pay a lot of money to share their work, and many that also skirt traditional peer review processes in order to get money from unwary authors.
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  • notyourlogon on 22 Oct 14
     
    while the list is not provided as an evidence based indicator of relative credibility, Beall's site and blog do give quite a bit of 'food for thought'. There are certainly a number of dodgy publications, and like many I have been bombarded by invitations to publish, act as a guest editor etc. If you dont work for an organisation willing to pay the cost for open access publishing, it is an expensive option for individuals. There needs to be a clearer means of determining relevance and credibility of material at times.
  • lubajung on 22 Oct 14
     
    Thank you for sharing this! I am in a process of publishing article myself. I've been though some interesting stuff as well. It is unbelievable how much fraud is going on in publishing world! I wish I could've known this website before (added to my bookmarks :)
  • ibudule on 22 Oct 14
     
    Will show to some colleagues who sometimes are interesteed in publishing issues.
  • Diane Vahab on 01 Nov 14
     
    Lists by By Jeffrey Beall of predatory journals Released January 2, 2014
dudeec

Howard Rheingold's Rheingold University - 4 views

rheingold.com

Module10 information literacy overload

shared by dudeec on 01 Nov 14 - Cached
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  • dudeec on 01 Nov 14
     
    Rheingold puts his thoughts, videos,course syllabi on the skills to be network smart on this site. Here is his introduction: The future of digital culture-yours, mine, and ours-depends on how well we learn to use the media that have infiltrated, amplified, distracted, enriched, and complicated our lives. How you employ a search engine, stream video from your phonecam, or update your Facebook status matters to you and everyone, because the ways people use new media in the first years of an emerging communication regime can influence the way those media end up being used and misused for decades to come. Instead of confining my exploration to whether or not Google is making us stupid, Facebook is commoditizing our privacy, or Twitter is chopping our attention into microslices (all good questions), I've been asking myself and others how to use social media intelligently, humanely, and above all mindfully. This book is about what I've learned.
pad123

A Basic Guide to Open Educational Resources (OER) - 6 views

http://www.col.org/resources/publications/Pages/detail.aspx?PID=357 This Guide comprises three sections. The first - a summary of the key issues - is presented in the form of a set of 'Frequently ...

started by pad123 on 31 Oct 14 no follow-up yet
zieduna

Evaluating an Open Access Journals before PUBLISHING! - 2 views

library.ryerson.ca/...valuating-open-access-journals

shared by zieduna on 03 Nov 14 - No Cached
  • zieduna on 03 Nov 14
     
    Resources for identifying Quality Open Access journals! There are some KEY questions to ask and to be answered when you are considering publishing in an Open Access journal
  • pad123 on 06 Nov 14
     
    Yes, it needs proper evaluation before you select a journal for your article. It validates your article strength by its publisher type and name also.
egmaggie

Redefining Success and Failure: Open-Access Journals and Queer Theory - 0 views

openhumanitiespress.org/...oa-journals-queer-theory

open access queer theory journals module9

shared by egmaggie on 03 Nov 14 - No Cached
  • egmaggie on 03 Nov 14
     
    This article employs queer theory and challenges the notion of fitting emergent open access practices within current frameworks of academic success. While I was partially surprised by some of the assertions made early on in the article regarding open access journals being perceived as not as valuable as more traditional journal models, I think in part I may just hang out in academic circles that gravitate towards open access (hence... this course). But, I am very compelled by the conclusions made by Gurfinkel. That is, rather than trying to figure out how to systematize open access models to be respected within current academic standards, open access (as informed by queer theory, in this article) challenges us to investigate and question our standards in a more radical way. For example, in open access peer review models or post-publication review, the notion of a "peer" and thus who are considered credible and worthy sources of knowledge--and consequentially, what "knowledge" is-- are put into question. So, more than trying to figure out how to systematize and make more "legitimate" open access models, Gurfinkel wants us to ask what about the academy currently excludes open access models from being meaningful and legitimate practices in the first place.
inmeterdia

Research on activities used in the Stanford MOOC „Open Knowledge" - 19 views

We would definitely like to publish the outcome of our survey here on Diigo and in the discussion forum. Unfortunately we don't have enough responses yet so we haven't got any significant results. ...

MOOC open knowledge social bookmarking survey research

started by inmeterdia on 21 Nov 14 3 follow-ups, last by inmeterdia on 04 Dec 14
kvdmerwe

Will we ever agree on anything? - 2 views

halfanhour.blogspot.com/...ing-cape-town-declaration.html

open access MOOC Module 7

shared by kvdmerwe on 09 Dec 14 - Cached
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  • kvdmerwe on 09 Dec 14
     
    Peter Downes wrote this blog criticizing the Cape Town Declaration. It was very interesting reading in terms of looking at the issues from different perspectives. I did not agree on everything he wrote, but the following paragraph was resonated in my mind as I read it. I DID , however add a word - in parenthesis. "If there is anything that could be thought of as a truism in contemporary education, it is the idea that we are all learners and that we are all teachers. The idea of lifelong learning makes explicit the former idea, and the principles of learner-centered, constructive and inquiry-based learning make explicit the latter. Knowledge - particularly social and public knowledge - is not something that is (only) produced by a hothouse meeting of experts, but rather, is produced through a process of dialogue and conversation".
  • monde3297 on 10 Dec 14
     
    The fact is someone had to initiate and ask for comments. The door might not have been widened enough as the author comments. It is perhaps time to understand that in as much as we would like to live in an open world, our views will always diverging to a number of directions.
eclecctica

Laptop U - The New Yorker - 1 views

www.newyorker.com/...laptop-u

module1 open access mooc

shared by eclecctica on 08 Sep 14 - No Cached
  • eclecctica on 08 Sep 14
     
    Un artículo interesante a partir del cual surgen diferentes preguntas ¿cómo afectará a las universidades la oferta de MOOCs? ¿qué implica para profesores y estudiantes? ¿cómo se asegura que no exista pérdida de la diversidad en la enseñanza? ¿cómo nosotros como estudiantes ahora tenemos la responsabilidad de diseñar nuestra curricula? Me parece interesante como el hecho de crear MOOCs llevo a rediscutir y rediseñar los curso en la propia aula. Gregory Nagy, a professor of classical Greek literature at Harvard, is a gentle academic of the sort who, asked about the future, will begin speaking of Homer and the battles of the distant past. At seventy, he has owlish eyes, a flared Hungarian nose, and a tendency to gesture broadly with the flat palms of his hands.
natashasana

Who Owns Your Data? - 0 views

mashable.com/...data-ownership

module1

shared by natashasana on 06 Sep 14 - No Cached
  • natashasana on 06 Sep 14
     
    Who owns the Data or the question should be, who is manipulating the Data? The article by Alistair Croll on who owns the Data asks big questions but fails short to highlight the fact that there is someone out there manipulating the well intended, innocent data into their own profit motive agendas. Many times, I have received emails, phone calls and SMS from sales people trying to sell me something. How they got my contact details is definitely my guess that someone is busy manipulating the data, I gave away for profit motives. At the end of the article the writer makes an opinion that, we are using the internet for free? Which I disagree, because our data makes and runs the internet. Without our data, the internet will not be the internet. Without our data on Facebook, facebooks or twitter will be blank, no value and worthless. If companies are paying people to participate in surveys and opinions, then it means our free data we upload on the internet, facebook and twitter is a payment for us to use the internet. After all we have to pay to the internet service providers for us to access to use the internet, and face book. Or someone is even suppose to pay for our data, in fact we have made things easy for the marketing people who now just sit behind their laptops and manipulate our free given data for their own consumptions. Or maybe I should console myself that, since the article is old, maybe someone has answered my question?
  • Raúl Marcó del Pont on 06 Sep 14
     
    A mi me pareció que el artículo señala dos puntos centrales, aunque resolver el tema es una empresa peliaguda. El asunto de lo gratuito en un sistema basado en la ganancia y la capacidad de aprovechar los resquicios que abren las situaciones nuevas y una buena dosis de desorientación generalizada: 1. As we use the Internet for "free," we have to remember that if we're not paying for something, we're not the customer. We are in fact the product being sold - or, more specifically, our data is. 2. The important question isn't who owns the data. Ultimately, we all do. A better question is, who owns the means of analysis? Because that's how, as Brand suggests, you get the right information in the right place. The digital divide isn't about who owns data - it's about who can put that data to work. Tal vez, como menciona natashasana, el problema sea más complejo, y reducir la manipulación al negocio deje temas relavantes fuera. Y la información que usan/manipulan es la que todos aportamos. Cierto, pero no todos la usamos o aprovechamos de la misma forma.
Philip Sidaway

"The Library of the 21st century, through its online repository, is transforming the ro... - 9 views

blog.openaccessbutton.org/...g-access-is-what-librarians-do

module1 open access publishing libraries

shared by Philip Sidaway on 08 Sep 14 - No Cached
  • Philip Sidaway on 08 Sep 14
     
    This is a weekly series highlighting Open Access Button users from around the world, discussing their work, and sharing their stories. If you would like to participate, please email oabutton@gmail.com Professor Ernesto Priego, part of the team at City University London's Library and Information Science Course, was thankfully able to chat with us after a...
  • Jacynthe Touchette on 10 Sep 14
     
    This title is SO meaningful. People always ask what librarians do in this digital-Google-era. Librarians enable access, that is what they do! And in many ways. In educating people on open access, how to search databases, by searching databases for patrons, by searching the full-text, by contacting other libraries to get interlibrary loans, etc. etc. etc. The role of the librarian today is still very important and relevant. Technologies did not diminish the role of the librarians, technologies pushed it to very advanced, specialized and precise roles.
tinavanro

How can I inrcease the number of my blog readers? - 4 views

Ok, I'm new at all of this. But I seem to understand that there is a whole community out there who is keen on sharing, learning and networking. So I might just make use of it ☺ I write a blog. It's...

module2 publishing blog

started by tinavanro on 16 Sep 14 no follow-up yet
kenlitt

Are you one of the Pancake People? - 0 views

http://www.forbes.com/sites/francesbooth/2014/10/27/information-overload-are-you-one-of-the-pancake-people/ An article from Forbes that asks whether you are spreading yourself too thin when connec...

open access information overload

started by kenlitt on 30 Nov 14 no follow-up yet
kenlitt

Are MOOC's good for student? - 0 views

http://www.bostonreview.net/us/are-moocs-good-students A question I didn't think needed to be asked but which brings up many interesting answers and discussion avenues. Certainly for those of us ...

open access MOOC knowledge Open

started by kenlitt on 30 Nov 14 no follow-up yet
eglemarija

A list of citizen science projects, apps & tools - 8 views

www.dropbox.com/...AABToIsO7QI-AGHHTyQkZ0Dya

module3 MOOC citizenscience

shared by eglemarija on 21 Sep 14 - No Cached
  • eglemarija on 21 Sep 14
     
    I have gathered a large list of on-going citizen science projects and related tools which, I am sure, will benefit everybody interested in getting involved with hands-on science. Some of the projects in my list were mentioned in Clarkes' video lecture - I realize that some people were looking for references to those.
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  • Teresa Belkow on 22 Sep 14
     
    Hello! You have done a great job, very impressive. A couple of weeks ago I suggested and made a google spreadsheet in which everyone that wants to participate can add useful links to open knowledge resources. Would you like to drive this project with me? I would first ask you to add your links to the list and then we could look at tools in which we can make this interactive list look better, be more interactive and really make an onlile resource library. Please let me know what you think. What I do counts towards the final assesment and track, if we collaborate it could count for yours too, so you can benefit as well. I just feel like we could do more if we join forces. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1lJ4GQpgdsFuELxmxb50WypzDq8-BLaAKL9OdKx8wBII/edit
  • eglemarija on 22 Sep 14
     
    Absolutely, this is a great idea - I will give it more thought tomorrow, but I am definately on board!
  • Fernando Carraro on 23 Sep 14
     
    Buen aporte. ----- Good contribution.
  • eglemarija on 24 Sep 14
  • scat39 on 24 Sep 14
     
    Gracias por tu contribución. I liked it so much because of "Marine LitterWatch" because it is a really big problem in Mexico, it can be applied by government to clean the populated beaches, el Cañón del Sumidero or Sumidero Canyon, and to sensibilize people. Additional to that, the app can be used in big cities to decide where to colocate new tanks of rubbish.
lubajung

Publishing. Share research - 0 views

www.academia.edu

open access knowledge publishing mooc

shared by lubajung on 14 Nov 14 - Cached
  • lubajung on 14 Nov 14
     
    This is a great platform to share and publish research. Graduate and undergraduate students, independent researchers, faculty members, alumni, etc. can create their own account, publish their papers, exchange ideas and news, ask for an advice, track own and others papers and posts, and more. It provides open access to all published materials. It is a very useful website. I am a member and I recommend to check it out.
  • yitingwang on 16 Nov 14
     
    This is a inspiring resource for all the students. They acquire a chance to show their ability and work.
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