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koobredaer

Linux Command Line By William Shotts (free ebook, website) - 0 views

linuxcommand.org/tlcl.php

linux open source free software ebook cc

shared by koobredaer on 17 Nov 14 - No Cached
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  • koobredaer on 17 Nov 14
     
    Are you a new linux user? (and why not give a linux a try! There are many great, stable, simple to use distributions out there now! And you can try many of them out with out even installing via live cd) The GUI is great, but to "unlock the POWER" it is great to learn about a few more advanced commands. I don't bother memorizing the command, but you will be amazed at the things you can easily figure out how to do with Linux, making your computing life easier and more powerful... The website is very helpful, and the book version is free and CC.
  • c maggard on 17 Nov 14
     
    I LOVE linux. I have let my brain turn to iOS mush in recent years, but since it's open source, I was able to google --er search via duck duck go-- fixes for a wifi connection issue and that shellshock thingie. And in far less time than it ever took to fix a Microsoft or WIndows issue. There are guys you can find online who will ship you a machine pre-loaded with Linux or Ubuntu or Debian, if you can't or don't want to bother with wiping and doing it yourself. If an easily distracted and slightly airheaded person like me can handle it, imagine how a more 'normal' person can do! Great post. Thanks for sharing. In fact, all your shares are interesting.
koobredaer

Social Annotation Site Diigo.com Recovering After Domain Hijacking Nightmare - 2 views

techcrunch.com/...ter-domain-hijacking-nightmare

privacy risks

shared by koobredaer on 17 Sep 14 - No Cached
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  • koobredaer on 17 Sep 14
     
    this is an article from a few years ago that does a great job of telling the story of a major hack at Diigo--very interesting to see this as a narrative rather than just the headline, lets you understand the story more personally. I thought it was an interesting reflection considering the discussion of risks of a public course, public online life/profile. "Diigo, a social bookmarking and annotation site, is finally back online 50 hours after the domain was first hijacked. It's an incredible story that involves crisis management, blackmail, investigative research, payoffs, a clever thief, and points to potential problems with the domain name registry system that could affect anyone with a website."
  • c maggard on 17 Nov 14
     
    Reading now...
ibudule

"Publish, not Perish: Supporting Graduate Students as Aspiring Authors" by Barbara Alvarez, Jennifer L. Bonnet et al. - 0 views

jlsc-pub.org/7

Module12 student publishing scholarly communication

shared by ibudule on 17 Nov 14 - No Cached
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  • ibudule on 17 Nov 14
     
    A very good article on library role in encouraging and supporting the student publishing. It deals mainly with student scientific writing and not so much with student journals, but certainly writing scientific articles is a part of it. The article includes a real-life case study, which to my mind is added value of it. Including scholarly communication skills as part of library training program is a very good idea.
kamrannaim

eLife - 1 views

elifesciences.org

elife biomedical journal open access knowledge

shared by kamrannaim on 17 Nov 14 - No Cached
  • kamrannaim on 17 Nov 14
     
    eLife is a unique collaboration between funders and practitioners of research to communicate influential discoveries in the Life and biomedical sciences in the most effective way. eLife began following a workshop at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in 2010, where attending scientists concluded that there was a need for a model of academic publishing that better suited the needs of their community. In eLife a team of highly regarded, experienced and actively practicing scientists ensures fair, swift and transparent editorial decisions followed by rapid online publication. The editorial team are editorially independent of the funders. They rely on their scientific expertise and active research experience to identify the best papers, make scientifically based judgements and exercise leadership in steering these papers through peer review. The entire content of the journal is freely available for all to read and reproduce for unrestricted use.
  • embioptera on 18 Nov 14
     
    Very interesting project. I spent some time exploring some of the papers. They do seem to be opening up the peer review process slightly be publishing a "decision letter" and "author response" with each paper. I also appreciate the seeming attempt to include data publication in the publication of the paper. Though it does seem to me that some of the papers don't have enough data accompanying them, so I wonder what their data publication policy is.
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.
ilanab

Open Education's Publicity Problem - 1 views

chronicle.com/...55191

Module7 OER

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  • ilanab on 20 Nov 14
     
    The different approach needed to market traditional educational resources and OER
  • ibudule on 20 Nov 14
     
    Thank you for sharing. The article highlight a real-life problem. I am sure in my country many faculty members and librarians of higher educational establishment are not aware of OER and therefore they prefer safe and sure textbooks. Librarians should be first to explore, understand and market this type of resources. At the same time time may be needed in order to change educational policy and choice of textbooks.
Jamie F

Open Access Scholarly Journal Directory - 4 views

scholarlyoa.com/publishers

#openaccess #module9 #knowledge #dissemination #scholarlyjournals #journal @academic

shared by Jamie F on 11 Sep 14 - No Cached
  • bor_14 on 11 Sep 14
     
    This list is a helpful tool for authors who are publishing their work in Open Access Journals. It is also helpful for librarians who are acting as advisors for Open Access publishing. Beall's List: Potential, possible, or probable predatory scholarly open-access publishers. This is a list of questionable, scholarly open-access publishers. It is recommended recommend that scholars read the available reviews, assessments and descriptions provided here, and then decide for themselves whether they want to submit articles, serve as editors or on editorial boards.
  • ilanab on 31 Oct 14
     
    The long list of predatory publishers and journals by Beall is quite daunting. Is this another indication of how cynical a person has to be in every aspect of life - even scholary pursuit? Thankfully there's a record to alert stakeholders of potentially unscrupulous publishers and unvalidated journals.
  • Jamie F on 21 Nov 14
     
    As I was working on my final project I found myself only able to name 1 OA Journal: PLOS. I wanted to know if there were any other big players in the game, much like the top commercial journals. As a result, google came up with the above site, which works like an index or directory for OA Journals. It's good to see in light of the difficulties that closed access journals have been causing in countries that are digitally divided from affluent ones. Hopefully with the growth of open access titles we will see the digital divide and information gap close. Happy browsing! And please post any other open access titles you have come across! Lets popularize them in our network! One more: http://doaj.org/
Sophie Lafayette

Funzi - 'Skills to Build Your Dreams' - 3 views

Funzi is a learning app that is free to all to use. The content of app is written by experts in their field and will cover many topics including key business & life skills. The app will be availabl...

Module2 students education Knowledge

started by Sophie Lafayette on 13 Oct 14 no follow-up yet
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
liyanl

Technology leaves teens speechless - USATODAY.com - 1 views

usatoday30.usatoday.com/...2006-05-29-teen-texting_x.htm

module7 technology onlineeducation

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  • liyanl on 03 Dec 14
     
    In this article, Barker believes that technology has somehow become harmful to communicate in person among teenagers. Teens prefer to write to each other such as pick up their phones to ping each other, communicating by texting though instant messaging and social networking sites like Facebook, Twtter rather than talking to each other in person. Thus this has given out a general that is technology has become a problem in communication since cell phone has become widely used in society. Therefore, within the development in cell phone technology, smartphone was invented, which a mobile phone is built on a mobile computing platform that not only a communication tool to make phone call or text message but also allows people to go on internet or play game for their pastime. Hence this with the development for technology, people spends more time on their smartphones rather than having interaction between people which has become an issue in our life. By reading this article, it leads my thought to online education. Being honest, I enjoy the in person discussion rather than online written discussion however digital platform has provided a convenient way for people to share their ideas. However this article did raised a good question, technology makes everything easier for people but does it somehow hurt the communication among people?
eglemarija

Data sharing as an issue - Springer - 1 views

link.springer.com/...10.1007%2Fs10822-014-9796-1

open access open data open

shared by eglemarija on 27 Nov 14 - No Cached
  • eglemarija on 27 Nov 14
     
    Two of the articles might be considered as "position papers". Leah McEwen and Ye Li highlight opportunities for librarians as curators across the entire research life cycle, beyond ELNs and data sharing. Jeremy Frey and Colin Bird present a viewpoint on data sharing, addressing the reluctance of researchers to share information with their peers, and examining the processes of data exchange from the perspective of a trading environment.
monde3297

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

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

Open Knowledge

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  • 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
siyuwang

Evaluation on the resource I shared: The Future of the Library: How They Will Evolve fo... - 2 views

This article provides a in depth analysis of the future trend of library in the current digital age. According to the author, the rapid development of digital technologies and Internet has changed ...

started by siyuwang on 04 Dec 14 no follow-up yet
Abdul Naser Tamim

Peer Learning in Higher Education - 3 views

www.google.ae/books

Publishing Module12 Open access open

shared by Abdul Naser Tamim on 24 Nov 14 - No Cached
  • Abdul Naser Tamim on 24 Nov 14
     
    In everyday life we are learning continually from each other. Whatever the situation, most of us draw on the knowledge, skills and experience of our friends and colleagues. Within any educational setting learners naturally engage in informal peer learning to make sense of their course, test their ideas and share their concerns.
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  • erikitaymarijo on 25 Nov 14
     
    Esto viene a ser un aprendizaje colaborativo, que contribuye a la alfabetización de la informaciuón.
  • w_kwai on 03 Dec 14
     
    Peer learning is engaging, and researches say that people learns most effectively when they are interacting with each other. It creates this network of knowledge when you share and connect with people, it not only benefits the individual, but benefits everyone as a whole. It also relieves the pressure of University funding with teachers having to teach such a large class, which affects the quality of learning as well. With peer learning, students engage with one another, and will eventually find the correct answer. It is not independent learning, this is interdependent learning.
  • siyuwang on 04 Dec 14
     
    Thank you for your share. I think this is a great article that introduces the potential of peer learning in higher education from the teacher's perspective. I agree that connected learning does a great job in promoting student's interactivity, creativity, motivation and interest in learning a particular topic with peers. In addition, peer learning provides learners with opportunities to collaborate and learn a subject together, which might maximize the productivity if used in a correct way. Peers and collaborative learners can do their own research separately, and meet together to discuss and express different opinions on the issue, which can inspire student's deep thinking. However, peer learning and collaborative learning is not always superior to individual work, or contributing to the learning result of every individual. Sometimes it might decrease the learning productivity if the group members or peer partners over reply on others in the group without doing much themselves, or if they didn't communicate well. Thus it's important to practice students learning ability and teacher's facilitating ability in peer learning or collaborative learning.
tlsohn

As textbook prices soar, students find ways to fight the inflation - 1 views

national.deseretnews.com/...ys-to-fight-the-inflation.html

mooc open access open knowledge

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  • tlsohn on 15 Oct 14
     
    Relevant article on the cost of textbooks and the rise of open education Before entering the classroom of an intro-level economics course, students get a real-life experience with the subject - the required textbook costs $290 on Amazon. And that's just one book for one class. Textbook costs have surged 1,500 percent since 1970, according to the Economist magazine.
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