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kristykim

Influence of Online Social Networks on our Youth - 7 views

www.indiabix.com/...e-social-networks-on-our-youth

Module2 Social Media

shared by kristykim on 13 Nov 14 - No Cached
  • kristykim on 13 Nov 14
     
    It is great that people are connecting with each other; however, we need to think about the influence of online social network on our Youth.
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  • pad123 on 13 Nov 14
     
    Yes, Social media has both positive and negative results. We need to watch our children how are they using it. We can explain them how to benefit from social media without disturbing our identity and image. We can also explain them use as much as required only not to sit with that hours together. Children completely now on internet and not having outdoor games now a days. There is a requirement of awareness program to them.
  • tlsohn on 16 Nov 14
     
    Social media is both an asset and liability…great for connecting with others but too much information can lead to issues between peers…some fresh air away from a device might do better!
  • melduncan on 18 Nov 14
     
    I think this is a valid concern, high schools around the country are permitting cell phone use in classrooms which is opening the doors to more group chat during and after class about everything but academics.
  • Kelly Furey on 03 Dec 14
     
    In a world dominated by technology there is no denying the significant influence of social media on our Youth. That being said, I think there is a critical demand for social media education in the classroom. I would love to see a stronger emphasis placed on employing technology as an instrument of education in the school system. Social media should be taught as a tool for research, collaboration and activism rather than a trivial pastime.
c maggard

MOOCs -- Completion Is Not Important - 20 views

www.forbes.com/...hing-is-not-the-important-part

open access knowledge Open Module11 Privacy mooc

shared by c maggard on 11 Nov 14 - No Cached
  • c maggard on 11 Nov 14
     
    By: Matthew LeBar Massively Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are often described as the future of education - or at least a significant part of it. But there may be a significant problem with them: a very small proportion of students who start them actually finish. This poses a serious threat to their legitimacy.
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  • embioptera on 12 Nov 14
     
    Very interesting article. I was at an Open Access week event recently that was a debate on the place of MOOCs in higher education. One point that another attendee raised about the completion rate of MOOCs that seemed really important to me was that many MOOCs require participants to register before viewing the content, and this can impact completion rate numbers. A person may only have the requisite information about whether or not the wish to participate once they have registered for the MOOC.
  • selviwati on 13 Nov 14
     
    Thanks for sharing this! :) I am taking MOOC course about MOOC right now. I feel like completion could be a challenge for anyone who took it. I actually agree that completion is not everything in education. Since learning is more about understanding rather than completing, I think there is no point if someone did complete his/her MOOC but he/she does not understand about what he/she learned. However, I believe, in order to fully understand the course, it is better to complete what you have started.
  • pad123 on 13 Nov 14
     
    I too feel that completion of MOOC is important. Other wise no point in participating in that MOOC. we also will get any information on the internet for knowledge gain. But there will be a regular follow up of the course for completing any MOOC. But only problem is having proper IT infrastructure to participate in that.
  • ibudule on 13 Nov 14
     
    Thank you for sharing. On the one hand one can choose form the course lessons and material that they want and choose not to complete the whole course. Then of course one can not evaluate the course judging from the completion rate. On the other hand, ability to complete what is started develops human will-power and purposefulness. Otherwise the world is full of people with unfinished educations, short-term employments etc.
  • dudeec on 14 Nov 14
     
    What the article says really is "MOOC completion rate is not a meaningful metrics about the course." Universities and institutions may need to have other metrics in order to evaluate whether to continue offer certain courses. As for individual participants, each person is her/his best critic on how much has been gained from the course.
  • Fernando Carraro on 15 Nov 14
     
    Cierto, tal vez muchos no lo terminen. Yo creo que lo importante es el conocimiento aprendido.
  • ilanab on 15 Nov 14
     
    Thanks for sharing this article. I'm in agreement with LeBar, completion of the MOOC is not the correct metric to be used for evaluation. The goal of many participants is to gain or increase knowledge on a topic which may be achieved without completing the whole course.
  • lenjomaydresden on 20 Nov 14
     
    This ongoing MOOC is hard for me to complete since there is a lot of internet and network action required which I don't like to use at the moment. Still, I got so much Information that I will try to fulfill the requirements to pass it. It is not for the statistics - but for my personal support of the MOOC instructors (I wounder whether they notice)
  • nivinsharawi on 20 Nov 14
     
    i think MOOC will be more effective for exchange of knowledge e for certain important topic for stakeholder who aim self progress development
  • Abdul Naser Tamim on 24 Nov 14
     
    I have joined another MOOC and received the "statement of accomplishment" and it was totally a big disappointment. The design and the language used reflect mentality is not related to what they are teaching online. It is underestimating people around the world time and efforts by issuing a statement is not well designed and meaningless. The question would be: does it worth it to finish any course online? the knowledge is already free and affordable all over the net, why do I need to follow an institute organized free course? People are not finishing the MOOC courses because of frustration and disappointment and this has to be reviewed.
  • erikitaymarijo on 25 Nov 14
     
    Tal vez no puede decirse que sea el futuro de la educación, pero si coadyuva para que el conocimiento pueda acercarse a cualquier persona, e incentivar al autoaprendizaje.
  • zimbron21 on 25 Nov 14
     
    Habría que preguntarse cuál es el problema de que los estudiantes no concluyan los cursos MOOC, buscar las alternativas respectivas.MOOC ventanas de oportunidad para cualquier persona.
  • vicdesotelle on 30 Nov 14
     
    This brings up the question of what it means to complete something? And why is it so important to us? And why 'productivity', a thing somebody defined ages ago, is so important to our humanity? .. or is it anymore?
  • w_kwai on 03 Dec 14
     
    Because I am taking a MOOC course but also on campus at University, I receive credits and grades where this is definitely one of the motivations for me to contribute. Although I agree that completion of the course is not essential to attain knowledge, what about our motivations to learn? And what about our incentives? Not saying MOOCs are not interesting nor helpful, I like MOOCs, but I think people like recognition too. I think to just receive the "statement of accomplishment" is not enough to prove efforts made within the course. However MOOCs are not as well developed at this stage, there definitely will be adjustments in the near future.
Kevin Stranack

School of Open Africa to launch in September - Creative Commons - 2 views

creativecommons.org/...43400

module4 africa

shared by Kevin Stranack on 05 Aug 14 - No Cached
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  • Kevin Stranack on 05 Aug 14
     
    "School of Open is a global community of volunteers providing free online courses, face-to-face workshops, and innovative training programs on the meaning, application, and impact of "openness" in the digital age. Through School of Open, you can learn how to add a Creative Commons license to your work, find free resources for classroom use, open up your research, remix a music video, and more!"
mbittman

About - iStock - Build It and They Will Come - 0 views

www.istockphoto.com/about-us

publishing sharing creating

shared by mbittman on 02 Oct 14 - No Cached
  • mbittman on 02 Oct 14
     
    History of iStock In 2000, if you wanted to load up on digital stock photos you had to buy a CD-ROM. But iStock realized that in the 21st century the old way of distributing images wasn't going to work anymore. Instead of trying to sell physical copies of digital files, iStock put images online for free and saw a creative community grow around this radical idea. Web designers loved it and downloaded as many pictures as they could. Some of them had digital cameras and started uploading images of their own. When the monthly bandwidth bills topped $10,000, we asked the iStock community if they would support paying for images. The response was overwhelmingly positive.
jensenmo

My first connected online learning experience - 4 views

My first connected online learning experience was University of Liverpool Masters degree with https://www.ohecampus.com/ For half the part you would work on your own deliverables. But for the other...

knowledge Module2

started by jensenmo on 17 Sep 14 no follow-up yet
emmaict

Control your online identity (Video from TEDxOxford, Pernille Tranberg) - 3 views

started by emmaict on 04 Sep 14 no follow-up yet
Alefiyah Shikari

A (My)Space of One's Own: On Privacy and Online Social Networks - 2 views

scholarlycommons.law.northwestern.edu/...viewcontent.cgi

module1 open access MOOC

shared by Alefiyah Shikari on 04 Sep 14 - No Cached
  • Alefiyah Shikari on 04 Sep 14
     
    This article relates to Module 1 and the lack of online privacy that we have with the increase of social media. This also affects intellectual property, and nothing is ever concealed or anonymous.
fraup74

http://www.ted.com/talks/richard_baraniuk_on_open_source_learning#t-3756 - 3 views

This is a TedTalk from 2006 featuring Richard Baraniuk discussing Connexions, his open-source, online education program. I found it interesting to hear the logic behind his platform, which has been...

Module2 open access publishing

started by fraup74 on 10 Sep 14 no follow-up yet
Kevin Stranack

Why we can't quit the cloud, even if we're scared of it - The Globe and Mail - 3 views

www.theglobeandmail.com/...article20344327

module2 digital identity cloud privacy

shared by Kevin Stranack on 05 Sep 14 - No Cached
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  • Kevin Stranack on 05 Sep 14
     
    "As a result, it's not so simple to say that we shouldn't trust the cloud anymore, and that whatever happens to us is our fault if we do. It's an argument ignorant of the online-only reality consumer technology is hurtling toward more and more every day. Already, the cloud is the primary data store for a lot of people, for better or worse. Is it really so unreasonable to expect that the privacy, security and protection of our data should keep pace?"
Kevin Stranack

You Don't Need a Ph.D. to Contribute to Scientific Research - 7 views

mashable.com/...citizen-science-projects

module3 citizen science

shared by Kevin Stranack on 25 Jun 14 - No Cached
  • Kevin Stranack on 25 Jun 14
     
    "Thanks to the proliferation of mobile apps and advances in online crowdsourcing platforms, non-professionals are helping researchers identify new species, track comets, name proteins, project climate patterns and much more. Science-minded individuals have myriad opportunities to get their hands dirty and partner with professional scientists, conducting ground-breaking research together."
  • Leticia Lafuente López on 03 Oct 14
     
    Do you know any citizen science project dedicated to investigate rare diseases?
  • Anna Kloc on 04 Oct 14
     
    It's great to see that people can contribute to scientific exploration in so many ways! It's a good way to learn basic scientific skills and develop critical thinking.
Kevin Stranack

All Is Not Vanity | Literary Review of Canada - 0 views

reviewcanada.ca/...all-is-not-vanity

module3 self-publishing

shared by Kevin Stranack on 26 Jun 14 - No Cached
  • Kevin Stranack on 26 Jun 14
     
    "Self-publishing is at a stage analogous to the early days of Wikipedia, when users were reluctant to trust information contained in a communally written encyclopedia. It turns out that online democracy performs quite an effective self-regulating function. "
  • Leticia Lafuente López on 04 Oct 14
     
    Good points in the article: There are several good reasons a novelist chooses to self-publish: 1. Because of repeated rejection. 2. To get the book to market more quickly. 3. To have more control over the process. 4. To receive a larger share of the book's earnings. 5. To attract the attention of a major publisher.
  • natashasana on 05 Oct 14
     
    With digitization of publishing its now an option to self publicize especially for new writers who thing their work will never be acknowledged. But musicians are also using the self publicizing/promotion and later one it does pays on. I heard of Justin Bieber story of when the mother was busy posting you-tube videos.So its possible to go a "freenuim" way and start with e.g blogging and eventually build a fan/interest base
chuckicks

Radical Librarianship: how ninja librarians are ensuring patrons' electronic privacy - 4 views

boingboing.net/...cal-librarianship-how-nin.html

open access module3 open knowledge publishing

shared by chuckicks on 15 Sep 14 - No Cached
  • bhowatg on 15 Sep 14
     
    Researching online often means leaving a trail of information about yourself, including your location, what websites you visited and for how long, with whom you chatted or emailed, and what you downloaded and printed. All of these details are all easy to associate with a particular computer user when insufficient privacy protections are in place.
  • ilanab on 15 Sep 14
     
    Thanks for sharing this article. The right to electronic privacy is most important to me. It's frightening how 'big brother' can trace everything we do. I intend following up on the links and asking our local professional association to run a workshop on this.
  • chuckicks on 17 Sep 14
     
    Librarians in Massachusetts are working to give their patrons a chance to opt-out of pervasive surveillance. Partnering with the ACLU of Massachusetts, area librarians have been teaching and taking workshops on how freedom of speech and the right to privacy are compromised by the surveillance of online and digital communications -- and what new privacy-protecting services they can offer patrons to shield them from unwanted spying of their library activity.
daniellew31

Is the 1% Rule Still Relevant? - 3 views

www.kevinspidel.com/one-percent-rule

module3 participatory-media

shared by daniellew31 on 15 Sep 14 - No Cached
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  • daniellew31 on 15 Sep 14
     
    Participatory media may still have a ways to go if the 1% rule is correct. That rules says that the consumption of online media runs along these lines 90% passive consumers, 9% participants; 1% initiators. This article provides three takes on the accuracy and relevancy of the 1% rule and provides a long list of resources to learn more.
  • Ad Huikeshoven on 16 Sep 14
     
    As a rough guide this will apply to OKMOOC students as well. Two of the course instructors will be the most active on the Google+ group, Twitter and Diigo. The big question is not who will be the top creator in the class, but who can effectively transform ideas gained and relations builded in new productive and profitable off line activities. Studies show that out of 100 MOOC students eventually 2 will finish the course with credit.
mbishon

The state of Internet privacy in 2013: Research roundup - 0 views

journalistsresource.org/...ivacy-in-2013-research-roundup

module1 privacy

shared by mbishon on 03 Sep 14 - No Cached
  • Pris Laurente on 03 Sep 14
     
    "This study examined the impact of three dimensions of digital literacy on privacy-related online behaviors: (a) familiarity with technical aspects of the Internet, (b) awareness of common institutional practices, and (c) understanding of current privacy policy.However, the findings were mixed when accounting for the interaction between knowledge and Internet experiences. There were limitations on the extents of knowledge and action related to personalized information. Furthermore, those limitations divided with sociodemographic characteristics such as age, gender, income, and education."
  • Pris Laurente on 14 Sep 14
     
    "This study examined the impact of three dimensions of digital literacy on privacy-related online behaviors: (a) familiarity with technical aspects of the Internet, (b) awareness of common institutional practices, and (c) understanding of current privacy policy.However, the findings were mixed when accounting for the interaction between knowledge and Internet experiences. There were limitations on the extents of knowledge and action related to personalized information. Furthermore, those limitations divided with sociodemographic characteristics such as age, gender, income, and education."
  • mbishon on 21 Sep 14
     
    Concerns about the decline in personal privacy have long troubled citizens, scholars and politicians. This is a list of recent academic research studies and reports that address issues relating to digital privacy.
dwiederman

Social Media in Education: Resource Roundup - 2 views

www.edutopia.org/cial-media-education-resources

knowledge learning classrooms socialmedia

shared by dwiederman on 30 Sep 14 - No Cached
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  • dwiederman on 30 Sep 14
     
    This collection of blogs, articles, and videos from Edutopia aims to help teachers deploy social media tools in the classroom to engage students in 21st-century learning.
  • casscreighton on 30 Sep 14
     
    I enjoyed Mimi Ito's piece on learning in the social media space. She spoke about some parents feeling that online activities are hostile to learning. Interesting to think about the generation gap experienced in new media. As a parent/ home educator I am excited by the online opportunities open to my young son.Thank you for this link.
leonardoescalera

Right to be forgotten and Copyright - 10 views

Es indispensable el reconocimiento al derecho de olvido, pese a politicas de privacidad

open access publishing privacy module3 module4

started by juansandoval on 05 Oct 14 3 follow-ups, last by leonardoescalera on 06 Oct 14
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geeta66

Online research collaboration - 2 views

wizfolio.com

shared by geeta66 on 05 Oct 14 - No Cached
  • geeta66 on 05 Oct 14
     
    WizFolio is an online research collaboration tool for knowledge discovery. With WizFolio you can easily manage and share all types of information in a citation ready format including research papers, patents, documents, books, YouTube videos, web snippets and a lot more.
hednhart

Reliable information? - 2 views

The following Twitter link leads to useful resources for determining the reliability of online information. Resources curated by Howard Rheingold and others. https://twitter.com/hashtag/crapdete...

reliable information online resources veracity

started by hednhart on 13 Oct 14 no follow-up yet
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
joenmori

OpenID Connect may usher in a new era of federated online identity - 1 views

www.techrepublic.com/...a-of-federated-online-identity

module2 mooc open privacy open access digital identity

shared by joenmori on 18 Sep 14 - No Cached
  • joenmori on 18 Sep 14
     
    In the world, there are many issues that people hate about privacy, because many organizations, government, etc. have access to personal information. It also exists a problem about creating accounts to use a service from a website, but there are different solutions, one of them to use OpenId Connect, that is a standard log in website through a third party entity that guarantees complete security in our personal information, with benefits like easier and faster access.
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