Open Humanities - 1 views
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hreodbeorht on 13 Oct 14Includes open versions of some of the most famous documents in the humanities: the complete works of Shakespeare, Milton's entire corpus, the Domesday Book, and more.
The Center for Open Science - 0 views
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COS is dedicated to improving the alignment between scientific values and scientific practices. As a non-profit technology start-up, our team moves quickly from problem to solution, and continuously evaluates and improves our solutions. We blend science and technology in support of open science - transparency and inclusivity.
Are universities teaching the skills needed in a knowledge-based economy? - 14 views
shared by Kevin Stranack on 29 Jun 14
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Provides a list of important skills and how those skills are embedded within the curriculum.
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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? -
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.
Open Educational Resources (OER): Resource Roundup | Edutopia - 0 views
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A great resource for open education lesson plans, textbooks, and blogs on the subject!
Copyright Toolkit - 2 views
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Libraries are the primary cultural and scientific institutions for providing information as a public good and preserving our cultural heritage. To fulfill their mission in the digital age, libraries need an updated system of copyright limitations and exceptions.
IFLA Copyright & Libraries - Ruth Okediji - 0 views
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Libraries advocate for copyright frameworks that balance the rights of users and creators. They play a vital role in the debate on international copyright. Stressing this point, Professor Ruth Okediji from the University of Minnesota Law School discussed in her presentation how to adjust the role and the functions of libraries in the digital environment.
The Perl Programming Language - www.perl.org - 3 views
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The Perl Programming Language at Perl.org. Links and other helpful resources for new and experienced Perl programmers.
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It is a very useful programming language that allows programmers to solve any problem by coding in a simple manner and adaptable to any platform or technology. Thank you very much for your contribution. -
use strict; use warnings; print "A los programadores que usan Perl les gusta esto\n";
Rise of the Rest: The Growing Impact of Non-Elite Journals - 0 views
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"In this paper, we examine the evolution of the impact of non-elite journals. We attempt to answer two questions. First, what fraction of the top-cited articles are published in non-elite journals and how has this changed over time. Second, what fraction of the total citations are to non-elite journals and how has this changed over time. "
Biohackers: The Politics of Open Science - 1 views
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"Biohackers: The Politics of Open Science" from SFU's Vancity Office of Community Engagement.
Internet4Classrooms - Helping Students, Teachers and Parents Use the Internet Effectively - 1 views
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Great resource for teachers and parents who use internet resources. Well- organized with thousands of resources.
images search - 0 views
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wall papers, photos, images for different themes
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However, if you go to Advanced Search, you can limit your searching to images with specific use rights, including for commercial/non-commercial uses, modify/not-modify, etc
Why Open Education Matters - YouTube - 0 views
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OER creates a global community of teachers and learners.
open educational resources - YouTube - 0 views
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"A quick introduction to copyright for faculty and staff who want to create Open Educational Resources."
Digital Medievalist - 2 views
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Medievalists are often considered, like their subject matter, a stodgy old-fashioned bunch who are the vanguard of old academia. But there are a few exceptions, like the Digital Medievalist site. Open to scholars and enthusiasts of varying skills and experience, it runs a long-standing open-access journal, a small wiki dealing mostly with aspects of the digital humanities, and a list of important news and upcoming conferences for professional scholars. Overall it's a great place for those interested in what's going on in the medieval academy. It's not perfect, though: the journal only publishes a handful of papers each year, and most of the rest of the content isn't very expansive. It feels like, and probably is, a side-project that a few scholars work on in their free time rather than the comprehensive resource it could be; and that makes it a cautionary tale. If we freely offer only the barest bones of what constitutes a journal (or any other scholarly resource), we run the risk of presenting open access as an inferior model that can only take readers so far. It's important to remember that open access takes real sustained effort to make it a viable alternative to traditional models of scholarly publishing.
Indigenous Knowledge, Peoples and Sustainable Practices - 1 views
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So I stumbled across this article while I was searching the internet regarding Indigenous Knowledge here in the Philippines. The article on this link provides further information regarding Indigenous Knowledge all over the world. It's a very interesting 12 page article which sheds light on various people under different tribes in different parts of the world.
Governance Of Science - 0 views
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This ground-breaking text offers a fresh perspective on the governance of science from the standpoint of social and political theory. Science has often been seen as the only institution that embodies the elusive democratic ideal of the 'open society'.
Biodiversity Data Sharing: Will Peer-Reviewed Data Papers Work? - 2 views
MOOCs' disruption is only beginning - Opinion - The Boston Globe - 3 views
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"Journalists, as 2013 ended, were busy declaring the death of MOOCs, more formally known as massive open online courses. Silicon Valley startup Udacity, one of the first to offer the free Web-based college classes, had just announced its pivot to vocational training - a sure sign to some that this much-hyped revolution in higher education had failed. The collective sigh of relief from more traditional colleges and universities was audible."
Conocimiento Abierto. Dr. Eduardo Aguado López #OKMOOC - 1 views
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Estudiantes de todo el mundo compartiendo ideas y conocimientos
Conocimiento abierto, ciencia abierta - 0 views
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