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judit309

Unhangout - 2 views

unhangout.media.mit.edu

unhangout learning technology education open access

shared by judit309 on 17 Sep 14 - No Cached
  • judit309 on 17 Sep 14
     
    Suggested in the Google+ community (Fabrizo & others), this is an excellent platform for open online collaboration and learning.
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  • Fabrizio Terzi on 17 Sep 14
     
    Thanks Judit.. Unhangout is an open source platform ( for running large scale online un-conferences. We use Google Hangouts to create as many small sessions as needed, and help users find others with shared interests.
  • judit309 on 18 Nov 14
     
    Suggested in the Google+ community (Fabrizo & others), this is an excellent platform for open online collaboration and learning.
  • veronicasoledad on 18 Nov 14
     
    Es cierto es una excelente plataforma que utilizo para informarme acerca de mi carrera y colaborar con colegas
Patricia Gomez de Nieto

Openness as Catalyst for an Educational Reformation - 0 views

www.educause.edu/...talyst-educational-reformation

module7 open

shared by Patricia Gomez de Nieto on 19 Oct 14 - No Cached
  • Patricia Gomez de Nieto on 19 Oct 14
     
    © 2010 David Wiley. The text of this article is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/). EDUCAUSE Review, vol. 45, no. 4 (July/August 2010): 14-20 David Wiley ( david.wiley@byu.edu) is an Associate Professor of Instructional Psychology and Technology in the David O. McKay School of Education at Brigham Young University.
  • veronicasoledad on 18 Nov 14
     
    En el repositorio utilizamos Creative Commons para proteger las obras de los autores de la facultad donde trabajo.
Kevin Stranack

Are universities teaching the skills needed in a knowledge-based economy? - 14 views

www.tonybates.ca/...d-in-a-knowledge-based-economy

module2 higher education knowledge skills

shared by Kevin Stranack on 29 Jun 14 - No Cached
  • Kevin Stranack on 29 Jun 14
     
    Provides a list of important skills and how those skills are embedded within the curriculum.
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  • Raúl Marcó del Pont on 09 Sep 14
     
    Encontré un post relacionado con las Alfabetizaciones digitales y competencias fundamentales en http://futurosdellibro.com/alfabetizaciones-digitales-y-competencias-fundamentales/ Tal vez interese: El pasado 5 de marzo los expertos de UNESCO dedicados a la alfabetización mediática y digital, en reunión preparatoria de la siguiente World Summit of Information Societies, rubricaron lo que es una evidencia ya incontrovertible: que la alfabetización mediática e informacional (MIL. Media and information literacy) ocupa un lugar central en el mapa escolar de competencias del siglo XXI. Esto no es nada esencialmente nuevo: Viviane Reding, la hoy Vicepresidenta de la Comisión Europea y ex-comisaria de Información entre los años 2004-2009, declaraba en el año 2006: "Hoy, la alfabetización mediática es tan central para el desarrollo de una ciudadanía plena y activa como la alfabetización tradicional lo fue al inicio del siglo XIX". Y añadía: "también es fundamental para entrar en el nuevo mundo de la banda ancha de contenidos, disponibles en todas partes y en cualquier momento". De acuerdo con el European Charter for Media Literacy podríamos distinguir siete áreas de competencias que, de una u otra forma, deberían pasar a formar parte de todo currículum orientado a su adquisición: Usar adecuadamente las tecnologías mediáticas para acceder, conservar, recuperar y compartir contenidos que satisfagan las necesidades e intereses individuales y colectivos. Tener competencias de acceso e información de la gran diversidad de alternativas respecto a los tipos de medios que existen, así como a los contenidos provenientes de distintas fuentes culturales e institucionales. Comprender cómo y porqué se producen los contenidos mediáticos. Analizar de forma crítica las técnicas, lenguajes y códigos empleados por los medios y los mensajes que transmiten. Usar los medios creativamente para expresar y comunicar ideas, información
  • Ad Huikeshoven on 09 Sep 14
     
    Thank you Kevin Stranack for sharing. Tony Bates ends with five questions: 1. Have I covered the main skills needed in a knowledge-based society? What have I missed? 2. Do you agree that these are important skills? If so, should universities explicitly try to develop them? 3. What are you or your university doing (if anything) to ensure such skills are taught, and taught well? 4. What roles if any do you think technology, and in particular online learning, can play in helping to develop such skills? 5. Any other comments on this topic - My answers: 1. Frustration tolerance and keeping a balance between work and private life is a necessary skill 2, The skill set mentioned is important, but more likely trained in college than in university 3. I do have a personal coach and a counseler, and I'm enrolled in #OKMOOC 4. The activities required in every module of #OKMOOC ask to reach out, connect, build relationships, Have you answered the feedback questions?
  • hreodbeorht on 13 Oct 14
     
    This question is really the elephant in the room in a lot of university programs, especially in the humanities. I myself was a doctoral student in the humanities before leaving because, as I eventually learned, there were essentially no employment opportunities and my skillset in today's economy was sorely lacking. But the old mantra that "we teach critical thinking" is become a worn excuse. Do we really need four years to teach people the skills to survive "out there"? How much of our specialized knowledge will really be useful outside of the academy? These are questions we just don't have the answer to, and I'm not sure there are many people willing to ask them. But more to the point, I didn't see anything in this link about the changing ways that millennials (I promise that I hate the term as much as anyone, but it's a useful one) are engaging with information, and how that is changing how they actually think. There have been arguments made that digital natives (again, a pretty terrible term) think about and process information in very different ways that have serious implications for contextualization and long-term research. I'm not saying that universities don't teach these things in their own ways, but it's an important issue that needs addressing. I know that the link talks about the important of knowledge management, but there's a huge difference between simply knowing how and when to access information and quite another to properly contextualize its place in a larger hierarchy (or web) of knowledge. I would argue *that* skill is the one that universities are best poised to provide, and maybe why we keep hearing talk about how undergraduate degrees are the new highschool diplomas.
Kevin Stranack

Two Bits: The Cultural Significance of Free Software - 1 views

twobits.net/Kelty-TwoBits.pdf

module6 module4 technology open source software

shared by Kevin Stranack on 18 Jun 14 - No Cached
  • Kevin Stranack on 18 Jun 14
     
    Christopher Kelty has written a book on the cultural importance of open source software and made it freely available under a CC license. It looks at free software from both a technical and social perspective, allowing for greater insights into its significance for today and for tomorrow.
  • Matt Tibble on 19 Nov 14
     
    This is a very interesting and thought provoking ebook. Not only does it provide a helpful historical view of how free software came to be, but it posits the impact of such a phenomenon on industry and culture. I particularity liked the view that the pervasiveness of free software - thanks to the Internet - is such that free software itself is instigating much change beyond its original perceived sphere of influence, being software applications. A good read if open source software, free software and impacts on culture interests you.
Kevin Stranack

Self-directed learning - a critique - 9 views

Great post to help us balance the conversation, Colin. As you probably noticed, I'm one of the those evangelists for self-determined learning, but I do respect the point. I'd argue that traditional...

Module2

started by Colin Hynson on 10 Sep 14 1 follow-up, last by Kevin Stranack on 10 Sep 14
danildintsis

The results of tramsformation educetion through technology - 0 views

http://www.eurodl.org/materials/contrib/2007/Adrian_Mee.htm

module11 oer

started by danildintsis on 20 Nov 14 no follow-up yet
Kim Baker

South Africa's internet penetration poor - 0 views

www.moneyweb.co.za/...ernet-penetration-poor--census

module11 digital divide

shared by Kim Baker on 19 Nov 14 - No Cached
  • Kim Baker on 19 Nov 14
     
    "The results further showed that 64.8% of households in South Africa had no access to the Internet. Of those households that had access to the Internet, 16.3% accessed it via cellphone, 8.6% from home, 5.6% from elsewhere and 4.7% from work."
  • ekw1993 on 19 Nov 14
     
    It's unfortunate that South Africa is still plagued by inequality. While it is good that some are accessing the web via mobile, ideally more efforts would be done to create infrastructure to serve entire communities.
c maggard

Bring developing companies on-board - 1 views

The overarching theme this week is getting developing countries on-board. The videos presented made a good argument, and rightly pointed out that the main consumers of MOOCs, and indeed to the tech...

open access knowledge module 11

started by c maggard on 11 Nov 14 no follow-up yet
rafopen

Ted Koppel on the Information Overload - Michael Lawrence Films/Krainin Productions - 3 views

www.youtube.com/watch

editing information overload evolution technology thinking

shared by rafopen on 07 Nov 14 - No Cached
  • rafopen on 07 Nov 14
     
    "The editing process is more important today than it has ever been in the history of the world" (Ted Koppel). This short video is part of a (1990) documentary on Memory and Imagination by Michael Lawrence. Ted Koppel's critique of available information is incisive and especially striking because it makes a clarion call that hasn't been heeded at all.
liyanl

Is Facebook Making Us Lonely? - 1 views

www.theatlantic.com/...308930

module2 technology digital identity

shared by liyanl on 03 Dec 14 - No Cached
  • liyanl on 03 Dec 14
     
    I found this article interesting to me as it is some how relevant to digital identity and social media. This is an article from magazine The Atlantic that being published on May 2012, by Stephen Marche. At the beginning of the article Marche represents that over-reliance on social networking has turned people isolated by telling a true story about the Playboy Playmate Vickers's mummified body was found a year after she died and in the months before her death, she had not made any calls to her friends or family but kept in touch with the fans from internet sites. Along with the article, Marche represents that social media such as Facebook have made people networked easier than ever, but at the same time it is also making more and more people lonely. Also, Marche has exemplified a social condition, anomie, which is described as a lack of social norms characterized by breakdown of social bonds. Thus this article has provided relevant resource about anomie which has become part of deterioration to interpersonal relationship with social networking.
adesimine

NSA Opens Up Data Automation Software For Public Use - 0 views

www.forbes.com/...mation-software-for-public-use

open access NSA

shared by adesimine on 03 Dec 14 - No Cached
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  • adesimine on 03 Dec 14
     
    The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) has worked with the National Security Agency (NSA) on the release of Niagarafiles (or Nifi, to the initiated) technology designed to "automate data flows" among multiple computer networks. The software is free and open source (so is available to the public) through the Apache Software Foundation.
Kelly Furey

The Definition Of Digital Literacy - 4 views

www.teachthought.com/...definition-of-digital-literacy

digital literacy communication media OKMOOC

shared by Kelly Furey on 03 Dec 14 - No Cached
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  • Kelly Furey on 03 Dec 14
     
    This article does a great job of defining digital literacy reflecting on the overlap between digital literacy and digital citizenship. "Digital literacy is the ability to interpret and design nuanced communication across fluid digital forms."
danstrat

Christensen Institute - 2 views

www.christenseninstitute.org/transform-education-in-vietnam

OER Open Education Resources education vietnam entrepreneurship

shared by danstrat on 01 Dec 14 - No Cached
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  • danstrat on 01 Dec 14
     
    My last week in Vietnam in Ho Chi Minh City was markedly different from my week in Hanoi in ways I did not expect. A spirit of entrepreneurship and optimism about the future of education in Vietnam has been palpable. I met with several entrepreneurs in Ho Chi Minh City.
  • danstrat on 01 Dec 14
     
    There is a lot of talk about education technology and open education resources having a big impact on learners in developing countries. This article offers a brief glimpse into education entrepreneurship in Vietnam. Vietnam Open Education Resources (VOER) has supposedly pushed Vietnam to have a more developed OER system than any other country other than the US. I would be curious to see how Thiem would measure this claim. Platforms built around OER have potential to lower costs of materials, but they rely heavily on an active base of creators and self-publishers. There may always be an incentive for creators of especially good content to offer it for a price. In addition, just as a movie benefits from the guidance of an experienced director, a textbook or etextbook or any other large-format education content benefits substantially from an experienced curator who could charge for his/her work. I don't see this going away any time soon.
belgm241268

Global Education Resources - 1 views

Here's a selection of resources on Global Education, Citizenship, Values, Racism, Human Rights, Citizenship, Beliefs, Intercultural Understanding, Multicultural Perspectives and Studies of Asia. Gl...

global education Intercultural Understanding Multicultural Perspectives Value Human Rights

started by belgm241268 on 07 Nov 14 no follow-up yet
mbittman

BBC News - YouTube Music Key subscription service is unveiled - 0 views

www.bbc.com/...technology-30022550

NewBusinessModel YouTube Music Subscription

shared by mbittman on 12 Nov 14 - No Cached
  • mbittman on 12 Nov 14
     
    YouTube launches a subscription service that lets users stream music videos without adverts and download them to smartphones and tablets.
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.
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
monde3297

Africa harnesses the power of the phone - video - 1 views

www.theguardian.com/...mobile-phone-development-video

Open Knowledge

shared by monde3297 on 10 Nov 14 - No Cached
  • monde3297 on 10 Nov 14
     
    Yousef Eldin explores the impact that new developments in mobile phone technology are having on life in some of Uganda's most isolated communities
selviwati

The Economics of Open | BCcampus - 1 views

bccampus.ca/...the-economics-of-open

open access open economic MOOC Publishing knowledge open

shared by selviwati on 03 Dec 14 - No Cached
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  • selviwati on 03 Dec 14
     
    Good article to start studying and understanding the economic behind open education. This article started by focusing at things like open source software economic models, the business share, and how high technology society and the Internet access affect supply and demand of open education.
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.
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