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jeanmichael

Brazil becomes the Open Knowledge Foundation's first Full Chapter in Latin America | Op... - 2 views

blog.okfn.org/...s-first-chapter-outside-europe

Module1 open access knowledge brazil

shared by jeanmichael on 08 Sep 14 - No Cached
  • jeanmichael on 08 Sep 14
     
    On my navigation searching for initiatives to see how Open Knowledge are making the difference on the Latin America society I found this... nowadays unfortunately on South America (and in other places as well) open knowledge initiative are not divulgated. Universities seem to be not interested about promoting these initiatives and few people know about them. I was amazed reading the text from Francisco J. García-Peñalvo (Open Knowledge. Challenges and Facts) and seeing that a lot of Universities on Europe and North America are promoting and working with open and free access to texts and online courses. It's incredible how people have the possibility of learning in a world that each day is more competitive. I really hope that this great news about Brazil helps more and more people to understand the impact and the changings on the educational process.
Kevin Stranack

Controlling Knowledge: Freedom of Information and Privacy Protection in a Networked World - 0 views

www.aupress.ca/...120196

shared by Kevin Stranack on 05 Aug 14 - No Cached
  • Kevin Stranack on 05 Aug 14
     
    "Intended to serve as a "citizen's guide," Controlling Knowledge is a vital resource for anyone seeking to understand how freedom of information and privacy protection are legally defined and how this legislation is shaping our individual rights as citizens of the information age."
  • Kevin Stranack on 05 Aug 14
     
    module1 privacy knowledge "public policy" "digital citizenship" ebook
mbchris

How to Read a Book - 7 views

pne.people.si.umich.edu/...howtoread.pdf

discover understand remember quickly reading for information gaining and using knowledge effectively published under cc Paul N. Edwards

shared by mbchris on 14 Oct 14 - Cached
  • mbchris on 14 Oct 14
     
    "When you're reading for information, you should ALWAYS jump ahead, skip around, and use every available strategy to discover, then to understand, and finally to remember what the writer has to say. This is how you'll get the most out of a book in the smallest amount of time." This has been a very useful article for me. After reading this the first time I found that every thing that I did when I was reading was the opposite of what I "should" be doing according to this article. I treated all the definitions, table, and sections that were highlighted as if they were advertisements and just ignored them. This was a very useful article in helping me get back on track when it came to learning how to study in an academic environment, and I was very happy to get new and better skills from it as well.
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  • anonymous on 14 Oct 14
     
    This is awesome stuff- thanks!
  • rebeccakah on 15 Oct 14
     
    This reading was suggested in a previous class, and it was foundational knowledge that some learners already have, but just reading and validating certain strategies while offering new strategies for thorough reading is so essential in the overload of content we are constantly sifting through.
  • Fernando Carraro on 18 Oct 14
     
    Muy útil para todos, gracias.
  • janetw_suiching on 26 Nov 14
     
    Thanks for sharing! Great refresher and reminder on how to read (esp. for a communications student where reading and writing is essential!)
eglemarija

Media Smarts: Kids Learn How to Navigate the Multimedia World - 3 views

www.edutopia.org/media-literacy-skills-video

literacy teaching learning media

shared by eglemarija on 22 Nov 14 - Cached
  • eglemarija on 22 Nov 14
     
    Teachers are discovering the value of imparting media-literacy skills, from critical analysis of news programs, commercials, and films to basic design and video-production techniques.
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  • erikitaymarijo on 25 Nov 14
     
    Y mediante el uso de las herramientas que nos da el acceso abierto a la información, enriquece la manera en que los docentes pueden acercar el conocimiento a sus estudiantes.
  • eglemarija on 30 Nov 14
     
    This is an excellent video summarizing all the skills and necessity of them in a participatory culture. Everyone is spending more and more time in the multimedia world these days, especially the youth, who can be considered the most vulnerable. An ability to perceive all the information we are getting through a critical lens is profound, as is an ability to dissect and understand the logic of multimedia. Learning the tricks of graphics, cinema, music studies (collectively called "communication studies"), young people learn to understand and create media, find new ways to express themselves efficiently in an ever-changing world and supplement the traditional ("written") curriculum, which is behind the needs of today's man. The point is illustrated nicely by George Lucas, founder of The George Lucas Educational Foundation (GLEF): "Everybody is affected by this, and it should be taught in school." I agree 100%.
  • petrae77 on 30 Nov 14
     
    Re-thinking communication skills is absolutely essential for all educators, since much of the communication students are faced with during a day comes in the shape of different kinds of media. But the result of this is also that we need to address the fact that not all educators are necessarily equipped to teach about media because it's rarely included in teacher's programs (especially if you were trained twenty or thirty years ago). So the video makes a lot of good points about media-literacy and hopefully our educational systems will make sure that educators are given the tools to include this in their classrooms.
Kevin Stranack

Seeking Impact and Visibility: Scholarly Communication in Southern Africa - 3 views

open.uct.ac.za/2310

module11 africa scholarly communication

shared by Kevin Stranack on 06 Nov 14 - No Cached
  • Kevin Stranack on 06 Nov 14
     
    "The Scholarly Communication in Africa Programme (SCAP) was a three-year research and implementation initiative that took place between March 2010 and August 2013. Hosted by the University of Cape Town, the programme engaged the Universities of Botswana, Namibia and Mauritius in a process aimed at better understanding the dynamics around scholarly communication in the Southern African higher education environment and advancing the open access agenda for the purpose of increasing the visibility of African research. This work was made possible by a grant from the Canadian International Development Research Center (IDRC). This report synthesizes research and findings from the four institutional case studies conducted at the Universities of Botswana, Cape Town, Mauritius and Namibia. It provides an overview the scholarly communication activity systems at work in these four Southern African universities."
  • victorialam on 13 Nov 14
     
    Thanks for this article. I think it gives a great overview of the current landscape of scholarly publishing in Africa, and concisely states the problems of visibilities (or the lack thereof).
gabrielromitelli

Knowledge as a global public good - 0 views

Joseph Stiglitz has a really important term for me to define and understand what knowledge is, economically and culturally. He defines it as a global public good, on the sense that it is non rival ...

knowledge global public good

started by gabrielromitelli on 04 Dec 14 no follow-up yet
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
Diane Vahab

for Education - 1 views

www.google.co.il/...level1.html

shared by Diane Vahab on 03 Nov 14 - No Cached
  • Diane Vahab on 03 Nov 14
     
    The Digital Literacy for Educators Basics lesson will prepare you with a fundamental understanding of Digital Literacy for Educators, its features and general benefits in the classroom. Review the first lesson, watch the training video from a Google Certified Teacher, and complete a self-check quiz to confirm your understanding.
Kevin Stranack

How Not to Encourage Open Sharing of Teaching Materials (UBC's Policy 81) | You're the ... - 6 views

blogs.ubc.ca/...how-not-open-sharing

module7 oer policy ubc

shared by Kevin Stranack on 15 Oct 14 - No Cached
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  • Kevin Stranack on 15 Oct 14
     
    Detailed description and analysis of UBC's Policy 81: Use of Teaching Materials in UBC Credit Courses. Helpful in understanding the challenges of encouraging open education within institutions.
c maggard

short video-intellectual property for business - 2 views

While it may not be univeristy-calibre, attached is a down-and-dirty video outlining and defining intellectual property. Again, it's very simplistic, but it gets the point across. There are things ...

open access module 5 publishing open knowledge mooc intellectual property

started by c maggard on 02 Oct 14 1 follow-up, last by c maggard on 02 Oct 14
Alefiyah Shikari

http://flosshub.org/system/files/lakhaniwolf.pdf - 1 views

Why Hackers Do What They Do: Understanding Motivation and Effort in Free/Open Source Software Projects1

module4 open source knowledge access

started by Alefiyah Shikari on 22 Sep 14 no follow-up yet
rogergsweden

Motivation to Pursue Dreams and Hopes: Understanding the Brain's Reward System - 1 views

www.youtube.com/watch

module4 mooc publishing open access

shared by rogergsweden on 28 Sep 14 - No Cached
  • rogergsweden on 28 Sep 14
     
    Why do people share and give away their stuff to strangers? Maybe the answer is in the function of the brain. I find this lecture on the reward system very interesting.
marcoestrada

The strategic partnership between the European Union, Latin America and the Caribbean:... - 0 views

eeas.europa.eu/...lima_en.pdf

strategic partnership the European Union Latin America Caribbean Commission Communities Andean Community Central Mercosur Mexico Chile Brazil

shared by marcoestrada on 03 Oct 14 - No Cached
  • marcoestrada on 03 Oct 14
     
    This book presents the background and recent developmentos about the partnership between the European Union, Latin America and the Caribbean, important topic to understand the global comunication.
Gerald Louw

Open Access explained - 0 views

The video explained the term open access in easy to understand terms. It is clear that digitization and the price increase played a major role in the open access movement. Open Access is just like ...

module 6 open access

started by Gerald Louw on 06 Oct 14 no follow-up yet
Maria Romanova-Hynes

Is There a Text on This Screen? Reading in an Era of Hypertextuality - 2 views

www.digitalhumanities.org/...view

module2 digital reading hypertextuality technological change

shared by Maria Romanova-Hynes on 19 Sep 14 - No Cached
  • Does a literary text retain the same status once it has become virtual? What is the status of any text in today's era of hypertexts and linked computers? What type of materiality are we dealing with? What forms of reading, what forms of knowledge?
  • The computer and the internet radically change our relationship with texts, the methods of their production, and our ways of reading. But do we know the real capabilities of the instrument we use with such increasing frequency? Do we really understand what we're dealing with? The computer is no longer simply a tool — it is a medium.
  • It is providing us with a set of new media forms and genres, just as printing, the cinema, radio, and television have done before
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  • One does not approach a literary text the same was as a news item. With the linked computer, these generic markers lose their relevance. Books and magazines, literary texts, and press releases share the same space, the window of a browser, and they are subject to the same initial reading strategies.
  • Maria Romanova-Hynes on 19 Sep 14
     
    Highly recommended to those interested in hypertextuality and the transformation of reading practices in the digital age.
Kaitie Warren

Global Database on the Right to Education - 0 views

www.unesco.org/...index.php

education policy UNESCO okmooc research

shared by Kaitie Warren on 30 Sep 14 - No Cached
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  • Kaitie Warren on 30 Sep 14
     
    A new UN database collecting documents on education in countries around the world. The information is limited to official, legalistic reports from the UN and from the countries. I found the lower parts of the country profiles very useful in giving an overview of a country's constitutional framework for education, which could offer an interesting angle for analyzing your own country and comparing it to others. This could be used as a great tool for understanding the overarching design of an education system, an important step for anyone looking to improve it. 
Gerald Louw

Intellectual Property - 1 views

Intellectual property is a brought term. Talking about intellectual property than it means that the terms like copyright, patent laws and trade laws are included. Each one of these terms has its ow...

module 5 intellectual property

started by Gerald Louw on 06 Oct 14 no follow-up yet
Kim Baker

Twitter sues US for right to disclose government requests - 0 views

rt.com/...-twitter-sues-fbi-transparency

privacy module1

shared by Kim Baker on 08 Oct 14 - No Cached
  • Kim Baker on 08 Oct 14
     
    Reuters / Eric Thayer Internet giant Twitter is suing the Department of Justice in hopes that the United States government will let the web company publish more details about requests made for user data. The complaint, filed in federal court on Tuesday this week, asks the Justice Dept.
  • anonymous on 08 Oct 14
     
    An interesting read. Freedom of speech is allowed as long it does not relate to the US government. One important thing to understand here is that the flow of information can never be stopped or banned (at least only temporarily.) There is no such thing as good or bad information - it all depends on who interprets the information and what point of views these people have.
anonymous

Ineffective lectures - 8 views

Even though it has now been proven that traditional lectures is one of the most ineffective ways of conveying knowledge, they will not be completely eliminated. This article concludes that being ta...

Module 2

started by anonymous on 10 Sep 14 4 follow-ups, last by anonymous on 08 Oct 14
salma1504

The Organization of Scientific Research in Open Collaborative Projects - 0 views

For the last century, scientific activity has been firmly placed in universities or other academic organizations, government laboratories, or in the R&D department of firms. Scholars in the sociolo...

module 6

started by salma1504 on 13 Oct 14 no follow-up yet
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