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tlsohn

7 Apps To Help Filter Through The Growing Social Media Noise | Simply Zesty - 2 views

www.simplyzesty.com/...The-Growing-Social-Media-Noise

open access MOOC

shared by tlsohn on 01 Nov 14 - No Cached
  • tlsohn on 01 Nov 14
     
    Now that internet uses are finding themselves with several social networking profiles to manage, it is easy for all that content and information to become nothing more than noise; pointless chatter that takes up vital brain cells and gets in the way of important details.
koobredaer

The Public Domain, James Boyle - 1 views

www.thepublicdomain.org

public domain copyright textbooks

shared by koobredaer on 18 Nov 14 - Cached
  • koobredaer on 18 Nov 14
     
    interesting website that provides free access to several books and educational resources about the public domain, plus an interesting blog. [i can't remember if this was already a course reading, but I thought I should include it anyway...]
azhar_ka

The Culture of Open Source - 2 views

www.thoughtworks.com/...culture-open-source

module1

shared by azhar_ka on 18 Nov 14 - No Cached
  • azhar_ka on 18 Nov 14
     
    When you hear open source software, what do you think of?
Anna Kloc

Open access: six myths to put to rest - 7 views

www.theguardian.com/...cess-myths-peter-suber-harvard

module5 open access higher education

shared by Anna Kloc on 31 Jul 14 - No Cached
  • Kevin Stranack on 31 Jul 14
     
    "Open access to academic research has never been a hotter topic. But it's still held back by myths and misunderstandings repeated by people who should know better. The good news is that open access has been successful enough to attract comment from beyond its circle of pioneers and experts. The bad news is that a disappointing number of policy-makers, journalists and academics opine in public without doing their homework."
  • Anna Kloc on 04 Oct 14
     
    Open access is a hot topic in today's world. The article clarifies some misunderstandings about open access
  • rlamim on 29 Nov 14
     
    Okmooc was my first mooc experience, and quality is one of the main reason that can lead me to do it all again. So, open does not mean poor quality.
kristykim

7 things you should know about Citizen Journalism - 1 views

www.educause.edu/...-know-about-citizen-journalism

Module11

shared by kristykim on 15 Nov 14 - No Cached
  • kristykim on 15 Nov 14
     
    Citizen journalism refers to a wide range of activities in which everyday people contribute information or commentary about news events. People behind the citizen journalism can range from News Company to a normal citizen writing about anything they wish to share with the world. How they wish share it is up to them. They may use blogs, videos, among other social medias. The significance of citizen journalism is that they may share things that people may not know about or may share things that other "professional" sources are not willing to talk about. However, there are downsides to citizen journalism, such as reliability and validity. This site has everything you need to know about Citizen Journalism.
  • yitingwang on 16 Nov 14
     
    The resource is good. Citizen journalism is a resource that everyone can join and contribute to. However, not everyone can and is willing to join it. This is a pity of citizen journalism. on the other hand, like what is above, there are problems about reliability and validity
Diane Vahab

Open-Source Software for Libraries - 4 views

creativelibrarian.com/library-oss

Open access MOOC Publishing module11

shared by Diane Vahab on 23 Nov 14 - No Cached
  • Diane Vahab on 23 Nov 14
     
    Librarian site from New Zealand. It's still far from comprehensive but it can provide a good start if you're looking for stuff to try. FOSS4LIB is a much larger directory of library-specific open-source projects you might also look at.
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  • ibudule on 23 Nov 14
     
    Thank you for sharing.
  • Becky E on 24 Nov 14
     
    I've used Greenstone, Koha, and Wordpress, and while Wordpress is the easiest to use, I find it the least "library-esque" of the three. Koha is excellent once you get started, and has barcode-scanning built in, which can be very useful. Greenstone I've only just started to look at, but is fairly user-friendly once you get started and has a huge community of users that can help with any number of add-ons and tutorials. Great article!
  • noku2la on 25 Nov 14
     
    Thanks, great stuff. I created a blog using WordPress.
haileyhjw

The Open Education Infrastructure, and Why We Must Build It - 1 views

opencontent.org/...3410

open access knowledge open

shared by haileyhjw on 09 Sep 14 - No Cached
  • adm390 on 09 Sep 14
     
    An article that discusses the importance of infrastructure in building the case for a open model for competency based education.
  • haileyhjw on 27 Nov 14
     
    In this article, author talk about the importance of building infrastructure of open education. He gives the reasons, and the solutions. I think open education is progressing day by day, so we need to fix many fundamental problems.
  • Alexandra Finch on 28 Nov 14
     
    I agree with this post. Establishing an open framework that results in an open infrastructure will help to create a solid foundation for educators and innovators to further improve their cause to their needs and goals, thus improving the system.
Ignoramus OKMOOC

Four critiques of open data initiatives - 5 views

blogs.lse.ac.uk/...iques-of-open-data-initiatives

Module6 open data funding sustainibility politics empowerment usability marketisation

shared by Ignoramus OKMOOC on 17 Oct 14 - No Cached
  • Ignoramus OKMOOC on 17 Oct 14
     
    Open data initiatives may hold much promise and value, but more attention is needed on how these projects are developing as complex socio-technical systems. Rob Kitchin elaborates on four specific areas that have yet to be fully interrogated.
Olga Huertas

Who's Afraid of Peer Review? - 3 views

www.sciencemag.org/...60.full

module6 open access knowledge

shared by Olga Huertas on 10 Oct 14 - No Cached
  • Olga Huertas on 10 Oct 14
     
    Of the 255 papers that underwent the entire editing process to acceptance or rejection, about 60% of the final decisions occurred with no sign of peer review. For rejections, that's good news: It means that the journal's quality control was high enough that the editor examined the paper and declined it rather than send it out for review.
  • kamrannaim on 16 Nov 14
     
    This article is certainly controversial, and I believe in some way did a service to the Open Access community by highlighting the practice of predatory journals. However, the irony of Bohannon's article, being an example of the kind of "bad science" he describes in his own article is inescapable. First, there is no randomization of his "experimental group", and there is no control group; second, there was elimination of non-responders; third, there was no application of the intention to treat principle in the analysis; and finally there were no inferential statistics and no references! Using his own standard, there is nothing that can be concluded from his study. For the criticism regarding Bohannon's targeting of OA journals exclusively, it is important to note that this experiment has been done before with 'traditional' journals as well- and many of them failed the test of peer review. http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2014/02/27/how_nonsense_papers_ended_up_in_respected_scientific_journals.html
  • Ignoramus OKMOOC on 16 Nov 14
     
    I think Bohannens "study" should be considered more "investigative journalism" than scientific study. While it may have some flaws if held against the standards of a scientific study, as a journalistic piece it goes a long way to justify its central accusation that there are predatory open access journals. He does not claim that there are no or evwen less predatory journals in the tradional sector (although it seems reasonable to believe that it might seem easier to predatory publishers to dupe unsuspecting scientists rather than subscription paying librarians). It demonstrates that open access is not a cure for all the problems besetting acacemic publishing. I think more deeply about it, it shows that author fees for publication may create a buisiness model just as open to abouse as the traditional subscription system. One answer might be to make the peer-review process more transparent, i.e. name the reviewers But that of course has other drawbacks.
nivinsharawi

Open Knowledge Labs - 4 views

okfnlabs.org/blog

open access data

shared by nivinsharawi on 16 Nov 14 - No Cached
  • Dvora Marina Brodsky on 16 Nov 14
     
    Open Data, Members of the Labs have been building tools, visualizations, and even new data protocols.
  • nivinsharawi on 16 Nov 14
     
    I could not understand aim of site
  • Ignoramus OKMOOC on 30 Nov 14
     
    This the page maintained by a community within the Open Knowledge Foundation Network which anyone can join. The Tools you can find here might also be valuable for assignments in MOOCs and they help you deal with OPEN DATA and OPEN KNOWLEDGE. Some technical expertise is helpful to make use of much of it.
Ad Huikeshoven

Book: Information Literacy and Cultural Heritage - 4 views

kimbakercapetown.wordpress.com/literacy-and-cultural-heritage

GLAM

shared by Ad Huikeshoven on 23 Sep 14 - No Cached
  • Ad Huikeshoven on 23 Sep 14
     
    About the book: Information Literacy and Cultural Heritage: Developing a model for lifelong learning Kim Baker, Cape Town, South Africa - covers cultural heritage in the museums, archives and... Kim is our fellow co-student from Cape Town. She already created a digital project, her blog. She also has created an analog project: a book, you know, something printed on paper :) Kim is a GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums) expert. Her book covers anything digital and GLAM or cultural heritage, at least that is what the content section promises. So I'm very glad to have such an expert in her field in the class.
  • Kim Baker on 26 Sep 14
     
    Thank you very much. :) And I am so happy to be here and learn from so many experts around the world!
Philip Sidaway

A New Politics of Knowledge? Exploring the contested boundaries between science, knowledge and policy. - 2 views

blogs.lse.ac.uk/...itics-of-knowledge-book-series

science knowledge policy

shared by Philip Sidaway on 26 Sep 14 - No Cached
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  • Philip Sidaway on 26 Sep 14
     
    Kat Smith and Richard Freeman argue it's time to start bringing together the diverse and innovative thinking around the complex relationships between science, knowledge and policy.
  • danstrat on 15 Nov 14
     
    Although the main purpose of this article is to promote a book series that will explore the disconnect between evidence-based knowledge and public policy, a couple excerpts drive home the importance of open access in creating a more equitable world, a key theme in our course: "'Who gets what, when, how', in Lasswell's phrase, depends very much on who knows what, when and how." "To be knowledgeable is to be powerful."
kamrannaim

Salman Khan flips the classroom using technology - 7 views

Khan Academy has done some good work, but I certainly do not believe it is the solution to the nation's problems in education. A critique, by Karim Kai Ani, considers the videos to be poor, as well...

https:__www.youtube.com_watch?v=nTFEUsudhfs open access technology video

started by brianmihov on 10 Sep 14 3 follow-ups, last by kamrannaim on 16 Nov 14
Kevin Stranack

Publishing Is Not Dying - Greg Satell - Harvard Business Review - 6 views

blogs.hbr.org/...publishing-is-not-dying

module4 business models publishing

shared by Kevin Stranack on 21 Aug 14 - No Cached
  • Kevin Stranack on 21 Aug 14
     
    "In truth, publishing is flourishing, creating massive new fortunes for entrepreneurs and more choices for consumers. It's also attracting large investments by established companies and venture capitalists. Though not everyone prospers, there has never been a better time for publishers."
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  • Pris Laurente on 03 Sep 14
     
    Good source, this actually has been practice for several years, almost all the publishers are engaging into digitized open publishing type, wherein the resource materials they are selling is actually publish electronically, so that buyers or interested clients may view it online; no need to go to their shop to ask what they are looking for.
  • Raúl Marcó del Pont on 03 Sep 14
     
    Coincido con la reflexión de este artículo acerca de la necesidad de las casas editoras (publishers) de repensar sus modelos de negocios y de olvidarse (aferrase sería una palabra más precisa) del exclusivo modelo gutenberiano de producción editorial. Sin embargo, me parece que su enfoque adolece de varios problemas. El más notorio es que trata al mundo de las publicaciones como uno solo, cuando no hay forma de comparar las dinámicas, capitales (humanos, financieros y simbólicos) puestos en juego en la publicación académica (scholarly publishing) o en los libros de interés general (trade), guías turísticas, enciclopedias, libros religiosos, textos para niños, etc., para no mencionar la abismal distancia entre las revistas académicas (scholarly journals) y los libros o inclusivo las revistas generalistas (magazines). Concluir que las cosas van maravillosamente bien porque un montón de empresas, vinculadas a los medios masivos (un punto relevante en la argumentación, que se menciona como si fuera lo más normal del mundo) tienen emprendimientos exitosos es confundir peras con manzanas. También creo que usar el mantra de la época de la disruption (age of disruption) para todo aporta poco a la discusión (http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/06/23/the-disruption-machine?currentPage=all)
  • Raúl Marcó del Pont on 03 Sep 14
     
    I agree with the reflection of this article about the need for publishers to rethink their business models and forget the exclusive Gutenberian publishing model. However, I think his approach suffers from several limitations. The most notorious is treating the publishing world as one, when there is no way to compare the dynamics, capital (human, financial and symbolic) at stake in academic or scholarly publishing with books of general interest (trade), tour guides, encyclopedias, religious books, textbooks for children, etc., not to mention the abysmal gap between scholarly journals and books or inclusive commercial magazines. Conclude that things are going wonderfully well because a lot of companies, linked to the mass media (an important point in the argument, mentioned as if it were the most normal thing in the world) have successful ventures is to confuse the things. I also believe that using the mantra of the age of disruption for all contributes little to a seroius discussion (http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/06/23/the-disruption-machine?currentPage = all)
  • rafopen on 12 Nov 14
     
    Good overview with fundamental advice for publishers: innovate
  • selviwati on 13 Nov 14
     
    Good read, Kevin! :) I agree with this article that said "As long as people want to be informed, entertained, and inspired, there will be profitable opportunities in publishing." The main key to keep the business running is everyone must adapt. Traditional publishers need to moves to digital media in order to survive and meet the modern readers' needs.
victorialam

Confessions of an academic in the developing world | Higher Education Network | theguardian.com - 3 views

www.theguardian.com/...-academic-the-developing-world

module 11 scholarly publishing

shared by victorialam on 13 Nov 14 - No Cached
  • victorialam on 13 Nov 14
     
    An interesting opinion/confessional piece on one academic's experience of publishing in the developing world. The author points out cultural pressures and differences that could possible contribute to the expanding knowledge gap.
  • selviwati on 13 Nov 14
     
    It is very fascinating articles, thank you for posting this. I myself, most of the times, focus on the publisher issues rather than the author himself. However, after read this I realise how important it is to pay attention to the authors because their contribution can really affect the quality of researches that they involved in. Regardless how successful the authors are, they are still human beings who are also affected by the national cultures.
  • michielmoll on 13 Nov 14
     
    This is an interesting piece but raises the question - why is the institution placing the pressure? It says, tacitly, a lot about the culture of the academic institutions in the country as a whole - and this culture is often shaped by funding patterns from central government, or major funders. The institution then responds to these funding patterns by pressuring staff to produce what is funded. In South Africa this is very much the pattern, with central government funding articles published in selected journals (see the readings for the module 11). However, there has been a rethink and there is proposed changes in now supporting book publication to a much greater degree. So whereas the pressure was on to produce articles, now the universities are looking at book production to a greater extent. As has been said as a truism; "Follow the money" - and in this case we see how this affects what should be, in effect, academic freedom.
Olga Huertas

7 propuestas para mejorar el acceso abierto en América Latina - 3 views

blogs.iadb.org/...ceso-abierto-en-america-latina

modulo 9

shared by Olga Huertas on 04 Nov 14 - No Cached
  • Olga Huertas on 04 Nov 14
     
    América Latina avanza con paso firme hacia el Open Access pero todavía quedan desafíos importantes para que esta corriente se consolide. Los gobiernos ya parecen convencidos de que el acceso abierto es el futuro, y así lo demuestran las leyes de acceso abierto que se han aprobado en y .
  • Ignoramus OKMOOC on 16 Nov 14
     
    If Google Translate gets it right, the article suggests 7 ideas to promote open acces in Latin America: - Promote a culture of open access among the young - Invite the new generation of researchers to build a new set of rules governing scholarly communication.- - Manage national access strategies - Promote awareness of the potential of open access - Provide training to scientists regarding intellectual property - Improve and standardize the taxonomy of documents to increase their visibility - Help Open Access journals to gain prestige These will apply to all other regions of the world as well. It shoul be noted that much of it can be done by the indivdual researcher, while some will best be untertaken by universities or libraries or even the state.
anonymous

Opening up your research: a guide to self-archiving - 2 views

Making your research available on open access services increases citation and helps ensure greater impact

open access social science

started by anonymous on 16 Nov 14 1 follow-up, last by anonymous on 16 Nov 14
Fernando Carraro

¿El software libre es solo para países ricos o para momentos de bonanza económica y despilfarro? - 1 views

ramonramon.org/...onanza-economica-y-despilfarro

open access knowledge module6 openSource

shared by Fernando Carraro on 04 Oct 14 - No Cached
  • Fernando Carraro on 04 Oct 14
     
    En este post se trata sobre las críticas que existen sobre el software libre.
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