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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

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  • 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.
Kim Baker

Outernet aims to provide data to the net unconnected - 1 views

www.bbc.com/...technology-29593734

module11 digital divide

shared by Kim Baker on 18 Oct 14 - No Cached
  • victorialam on 18 Oct 14
     
    A timely article on the Outernet, a service that can broadcast e-books and culled information from the internet to less wealthy nations who do not have access to the internet. A few criticisms of the emerging technology do arise: addressing literacy in less developed locations, questioning whether the information broadcast is information that would be suited for that community, and finally whether there would be a prioritization of information with paid net-connected organizations.
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  • serrarouafae on 18 Oct 14
     
    This is good news for people living in regions of conflict and war-torn countries. have access to learning is the dream of many people
  • Kim Baker on 19 Nov 14
     
    "But what about for the many people in the world that lack internet connectivity? The answer is still yes - at least according to Syed Karim, who explained how at TEDGlobal. The entrepreneur had been invited to the human ingenuity-themed event in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to speak about his company, Outernet. The business aims to address the fact that about two-thirds of the world's population still has no internet access."
  • ekw1993 on 19 Nov 14
     
    Thank you for posting this article about Syed Karim's TED talk as I had not seen it before and found it very interesting. With the outernet, I believe people living in places where this is inadequate or no access to the internet will be able to accrue information. However, I still believe more efforts need to be done to expand the web so that all can partake.
Kim Baker

Digital Literacy, Information Literacy and Connectivism - 7 views

designerlibrarian.wordpress.com/...igital-vs-information-literacy

Module2 Digital Literacy Information Literacy Connectivism

shared by Kim Baker on 09 Sep 14 - No Cached
  • Kim Baker on 09 Sep 14
     
    "Have you ever wondered just what the difference is between digital and information literacy? Or how they are connected to each other? Those are important questions because for librarians, the conversation is almost always about information literacy, and digital literacy sometimes takes a backseat to that."
Jannicke Røgler

The Norwegian Electronic Health Library - information in English - English - Helsebiblioteket.no - 2 views

www.helsebiblioteket.no/english

norwegian health library information english module5

shared by Jannicke Røgler on 04 Oct 14 - No Cached
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  • Jannicke Røgler on 04 Oct 14
     
    "The Norwegian Electronic Health Library - information in English The Norwegian Electronic Health Library (Helsebiblioteket.no) is a publicly funded online knowledge service for healthcare professionals and students in Norway. 02/01/2014 | Hans Petter Fosseng Prof. Magne Nylenna MD is editor-in-chief for the Norwegian Electronic Health Library (Helsebiblioteket.no). Photo: Hans Petter Fosseng The Norwegian Electronic Health Library is accessed online through the website www.helsebiblioteket.no. The website provides free access to point-of-care tools, guidelines, systematic reviews, scientific journals, and a wide variety of other full-text resources for health-care professionals and students."
  • Jannicke Røgler on 04 Oct 14
     
    "The Norwegian Electronic Health Library - information in English The Norwegian Electronic Health Library (Helsebiblioteket.no) is a publicly funded online knowledge service for healthcare professionals and students in Norway. 02/01/2014 | Hans Petter Fosseng Prof. Magne Nylenna MD is editor-in-chief for the Norwegian Electronic Health Library (Helsebiblioteket.no). Photo: Hans Petter Fosseng The Norwegian Electronic Health Library is accessed online through the website www.helsebiblioteket.no. The website provides free access to point-of-care tools, guidelines, systematic reviews, scientific journals, and a wide variety of other full-text resources for health-care professionals and students."
Kim Baker

At Sea in a Deluge of Data - 1 views

chronicle.com/...147477

module10 information overload

shared by Kim Baker on 04 Nov 14 - No Cached
  • Kim Baker on 04 Nov 14
     
    "It turns out that students are poorly trained in college to effectively navigate the Internet's indiscriminate glut of information. Another Project Information Literacy study, involving more than 8,300 undergraduates at 25 American colleges, found that most make do with a very small compass. They rely on tried and true resources such as course readings, library databases, Google, and Wikipedia....The skills that students cultivate through traditional assignments-writing essays based on library research-are far different from those required to perform efficient, high-level, accurate research in the digital world. All of those types of research skills take practice under the eye of experts."
  • ilanab on 04 Nov 14
     
    This commentary emphasises the need for students to be taught within the curricula on how to be discerning when navigating the surfeit of information on the internet.
moonlove

http://learn.mindjet.com/ReinningInTheInformationDeluge - 4 views

This is a link from Mindjet, It describes, briefly and statistically, through using graphics, the meaning and the negative effect of information overload on our daily life. It is exotic to know tha...

information overload module10

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eclecctica

InformalScience - an online community and collection of Informal STEM Learning projects, evaluation, and research resources. - 0 views

www.informalscience.org

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  • eclecctica on 06 Nov 14
     
    InformalScience.org is the website and online community of The Center for the Advancement of Informal Science Education (CAISE). CAISE works in collaboration with the National Science Foundation (NSF) Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) Program to strengthen and advance the field of professional informal science education by providing resources for practitioners, researchers, evaluators and STEM-based professionals.
ibudule

Mindful Infotention: Dashboards, Radars, Filters - City Brights: Howard Rheingold - 2 views

blog.sfgate.com/...tion-dashboards-radars-filters

Module10 critical thinking infotention attention rheingold

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  • ibudule on 04 Nov 14
     
    Another interesting article by Howard Rheingold about skills necessary to "survive" online today.
  • v woolf on 05 Nov 14
     
    Great resource! I think this conceptualization meshes really nicely with the "IT'S NOT INFORMATION OVERLOAD. IT'S FILTER FAILURE" video, where Shirky discusses how we need to move beyond the idea of "information overload". I find that I, and many of the people around me, often set up deliberate practices to try and mediate the amount of information that we receive. The word "infotention" is new to me, and captures this practice nicely. For example, some of the practices that I use in my day to day life include: -- I always keep my phone on silent. *Always*. -- I use an RSS reader to stay on top of blogs and other information, including mailing lists which I have rerouted from my email inbox to my RSS reader (I use feedly). -- I use an email filter called "unrollme" which sends me a daily digest of email that isn't important but that I might want to see. Do you find that there are "infotention" practices you use in your day to day life? What about "mindful infotention", as the author describes?
ilanab

Research4Life - A short overview - 1 views

www.stm-assoc.org/Research4Life_Introduction.pdf

'Module11 Research4Life

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  • ilanab on 07 Nov 14
     
    This is a brief synopsis covering the main aspects of Research4Life, including information about the creators and stakeholders, criteria for access, its composition and training given. In 2001 Research4Life was initially started by WHO with HINARI (Health InterNetwork Access to Research Initiative) to enable developing countries to access free or greatly subsidized biomedical and health literature. From 2003-09 this type of access to the AGORA, OARE and ARDI databases of scientific journals and books became available to over 77 poorer developing countries by Cornell and Yale Universities, FAO, UNEP and WIPO with other publishers. Institutions are required to meet specific criteria and categories to be entitled to the right to use of Research4Life resources. A few case studies are described which clearly show the impact Research4Life has had so far. We are informed of the future plans for the project too. This article gives a clear insight into how first world organisations are giving researchers and the populace of less developed countries the opportunity to advance their own research and development by providing access to current information and data.
  • villamater on 11 Dec 14
     
    As a librarian, research4life boosts my morale. Truly, librarians can be the unsung heroes in scientific researches. Librarians happily serve researchers without expecting anything but ensuring that they get the information they need. Research4life values the role of the librarians in the field of research and I appreciate that. I wish to express my gratitude to resesarch4life organization for giving value to the contribution of librarians in research
c maggard

State of the Web: Reddit, the world's best anonymous social network - 1 views

www.digitaltrends.com/...-best-anonymous-social-network

internet privacy anonymity

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  • c maggard on 04 Sep 14
     
    Interesting reading in this Module, esp the article about having an additional anonymous online persona. It's interesting in that reddit not only allows users to register using obviously fake names, but also declines to require any authentication, but still offers it as an option. I participated in the reddit community for about a year, and in that time connected with numerous individuals, most of which I never learned 'who' they were. Personally, I was never harassed, bullied or otherwise hassled, save for one or two PMs from various mods when I had run afoul of their guidelines.
  • teresavh on 05 Sep 14
     
    You beat me to it, i was planning on posting about reddit! Yeah, it's anonymous, and it's against its rules to post personal information, but it gets leaked and some people managed to get someone's information by reading old posts and connecting dots. The information you post, as a whole, its your footprint and can be tracked.
  • writerkid on 05 Sep 14
     
    You beat me to it too! Reddit is a fascinating experiment. I actually mod a couple subreddits over there, and it's always interesting to read articles about it. In my two or so years on Reddit, I have: --Made friends (and lost touch with) with people from all over the world. --Been cyber-bullied and therefore witnessed exactly how good the moderators of certain subreddits can be. It was taken care of quickly and cleanly. I still love the community. --Seen people get "doxxed" (where their anonymity is broken, and often angry users track down the victim in a rather frightening way). --Seen the outrage the general community expresses at "doxxing", which was heartening. --Seen it used as an amazingly effective social networking and marketing tool. Posts and posters that come across and genuine, informed, and amicable are usually welcomed with open arms, even if they deal with a subject or product Redditors dislike. --Seen it completely backfire as a social networking and marketing tool, which happens when someone uses marketing "tricks" or comes across as anything less than genuine. --Gotten death threats for posting a picture of a squashed coin that made the front page. Reddit can be very weird. --Gotten beautiful, kind, completely random private messages for no reason at all on days where I really need them. Reddit can be very sweet. --Read articles in the Washington Post comparing Reddit to a democratic fiefdom. Sounds about right. --Been exposed to points of view I never would have seen before in my life, simply because of where I live and who I know. It's mind-blowing. The whole website just never ceases to amaze me. Honestly, it sort of reminds me of a MOOC: it's an ever-continuing event where people learn and argue and network.
Guaraciara Silva

New way to share information - 1 views

We live in a world where in a lots of parts there are many information being shared each second, anyway we need to learn and teach to change all these informations in Knowledge. This is my personal...

opendata blog skills learn teach information

started by Guaraciara Silva on 11 Sep 14 no follow-up yet
Amanda Hill

Watch "TEDxKC - Michael Wesch - From Knowledgeable to Knowledge-Able" Video at TEDxTalks - 3 views

tedxtalks.ted.com/...esch-From-Knowl;search%3Awesch

module1 knowledge learning

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  • Amanda Hill on 05 Sep 14
     
    As we move toward an era of openness, where information is instant and infinite, it is not enough to simply have the tools and skills to access information. We must make meaning, not only through analysis and critical thinking, but also by engaging directly with knowledge, by taking it apart, putting it together, by sharing it, and by creating it.
  • Abdul Naser Tamim on 07 Sep 14
     
    It is an amazing presentation. Changing people attitude toward the value of knowledge and make them more involved in creating it is coming.
kenlitt

Information Overload - 0 views

http://www.infogineering.net/understanding-information-overload.htm Good, general site describing the issue of information overload as it pertains to open knowlege.

knowledge Open open access information overload

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

Project MUSE - Helping People to Manage and Share Their Digital Information: A Role for Public Libraries - 1 views

muse.jhu.edu/...59.4.copeland.html

module10 information overload personal information management PIM libraries

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  • rebeccakah on 03 Nov 14
     
    This article is an interesting take on how public libraries can participate in empowering patrons to develop a personal information management strategy. This can in turn strengthen a sense of community in the digital realm and support the development of community repositories.
janetw_suiching

Deleting The Digital Divide One Computer at a Time | Indiegogo - 1 views

www.indiegogo.com/...-divide-one-computer-at-a-time

global MOOC digital divide computer time Module11

shared by janetw_suiching on 26 Nov 14 - No Cached
  • janetw_suiching on 26 Nov 14
     
    one solution to help inequality problem?
  • janetw_suiching on 27 Nov 14
     
    Good crowd-funding project that tries to help solve the digital divide problem by providing infrastructure to those who lack the money to purchase a computer. In addition to providing the physical infrastructure of the computer to allow those without one to catch up to society, perhaps another solution to conquer the digital divide is to educate those who have just received computers how to use the internet to look for information, consume, produce and distribute the information.
  • ben_weir_ on 28 Nov 14
     
    Honestly I think public libraries need WAY more computers.
christofhar

CRAP Detection - PRC SPCH 1311 1315 Jessen: Speech Communication and Public Speaking - LibGuides at Collin College - 3 views

collin.libguides.com/content.php

Collin college Library Module9

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  • christofhar on 27 Nov 14
     
    LibGuides. PRC SPCH 1311 1315 Jessen: Speech Communication and Public Speaking. CRAP Detection.
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  • kenlitt on 30 Nov 14
     
    Crap detection is so important, especially in these days of more open knowledge, where there are so, so many avenues to get information, but not many obvious ways to know what is "good" information and what "bad".
  • Ana Muñoz de Rivera on 30 Nov 14
     
    We are not aware of all the mistaken information that is online and that's why crap detection is so important.
  • vicdesotelle on 30 Nov 14
     
    I strongly disagree with their list of 'crap' detecting guidelines. "Credentials"? "Reputable"? Fact or Fiction"? You gotta be kidding me. Most credentialed people I know are lost in the sea of institutionalized learning, and with it comes their arrogance that they know better - they don't. Those known as reputable are not walking the bleeding edge of knowledge. And fact/fiction is turning inside out as we begin to see more and more historical fictional information is now shown to be based in fact. ... LOL! ... (Not that I have an emotional attachment to this issue.) ;) ;)
siyuwang

Evaluation on the resource I shared: Recovering from Information Overload - McKinsey & ... - 1 views

This article introduces the dark side and negative effect of information overload and its close cousin, attention fragmentation. It provides executives and their organizations tips to deal with inf...

started by siyuwang on 04 Dec 14 no follow-up yet
monde3297

Evaluating Information Sources - 1 views

mooctology.com/...evaluating-information-sources

Information Literacy

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  • monde3297 on 06 Nov 14
     
    This vídeo is one of the most clear, I have find, telling us the criterias to evaluating information. "Criteria to apply to evaluating both traditional and open web resources, including authority, timeliness, bias, and accuracy/credibility of content". Video make by: bbaker48 on creative commons licency. I will go on sharing content about openness.
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.
liyanl

Knowledge Should Not Be Trapped Behind A Paywall: Get Ready For Open Access Week - 5 views

www.eff.org/...all-get-ready-open-access-week

open access knowledge open Module 6

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  • Kim Baker on 04 Oct 14
     
    Open Access Week is less than a month away! Now in its eighth year, Open Access Week is an international event that celebrates the wide-ranging benefits of enabling open access to information and research-as well as the dangerous costs of keeping knowledge locked behind publisher paywalls.
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  • cvpido on 05 Oct 14
     
    Hi Kim Baker ...i've been involved in the past about OA week and ..what do you think of preparing something about OKMOOC (a poster, a declaration, whatever..) to be shared during that week? shall we talk about it on Googpe + group? Federico Monaco
  • v woolf on 05 Oct 14
     
    Hi Kim, Thanks for sharing! Until now, I'd never heard of Open Access Week. I'd love to hear how both you and Federico have been involved in the past and what your communities (both online and off, local and nonlocal) have done to highlight open access during this week. I did a bit of searching, and it turns out that my school has a whole series of events planned for OEW, including some super interesting sounding lecture and a few documentary screenings. I'm very excited! http://oaweek.open.ubc.ca/ Amanda
  • liyanl on 09 Oct 14
     
    Knowledge should be able to share with people, knowledge should not be trapped behind a paywall. For those who needs the information but couldn't get the information because they need to pay for it, this doesn't make any sense to me. So many paper and research by scientists are funding by government which the tax payers have contributed a lot on funding. Thus people should have access to those information.
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