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the university presses in the United States were by and large founded specifically for the publication of scholarship; in this sense, as Thompson points out, "they were generally seen as an integra...

module5

started by salma1504 on 01 Oct 14 no follow-up yet

At United Arab Emirates they have published a fantastic Android application that might represent one aspect of the participatory culture. Any one can download it and be an active society member. Ci...

https:__www.abudhabi.ae_portal_public_en_citizens_safety_and_environment_safety_gen_info26?_adf.ctrl-state=apbduiblq_4&docName=ADEGP_DF_301998_EN&_afrLoop=5272260073076619

started by Abdul Naser Tamim on 21 Sep 14 no follow-up yet

The spectacular rise late last year in the price of bitcoin, the dominant virtual currency, has attracted much public attention as well as scholarly interest. This policy brief discusses how some f...

money medium of exchange liquidity speculative bubble

started by Fabrizio Terzi on 18 Sep 14 no follow-up yet

The public good they make possible is the world-wide electronic distribution of the peer-reviewed journal literature and completely free and unrestricted access to it by all scientists, scholars, t...

module 6

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

TED Talks have a lot of good videos o relevant topics. This one on privacy makes excellent argument for privacy that we don't hear very often. Glenn Greenwald was one of the first reporters to s...

started by ferejohn8888 on 11 Oct 14 no follow-up yet

The Growth of Intellectual Property: A History of the Ownership of Ideas in the United States

module5 intellectual property open access knowledge

started by Alefiyah Shikari on 05 Oct 14 no follow-up yet

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

This article describes an Android application called "Doctors On-Demand." This particular app is available in the United States, but I know of similar apps for Canada. The general idea is that inst...

module10

started by anonymous on 11 Nov 14 1 follow-up, last by anonymous on 11 Nov 14

Dear Julia and Dilrukshi, Thank you for getting back to me and for your encouragement. I know it's been a while and this is not entirely good practice, but I would appreciate your feedback on the d...

mooc Open Knowledge

started by lupogarcia on 13 Nov 14 3 follow-ups, last by lupogarcia on 01 Dec 14

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

I like this idea from the article: "Authors who are not willing to get engaged on social media are missing out on a significant opportunity,"

module3 knowledge social media

started by Raúl Marcó del Pont on 19 Sep 14 4 follow-ups, last by Leticia Lafuente López on 18 Oct 14

Between 3,000-50,000 deaths occur in the US each year that are attributed to this disease, but by monitoring the rate of particular Wikipedia article views on a daily basis, researchers calculated ...

Wikipedia module 8

started by cuptlib on 21 Oct 14 no follow-up yet