OKMOOC

A lot to absorb here.

Great online film magazin.

Fantastic online film magazine. It has an English summary. But it is primarily in Danish:-)

This volume in the New Media Consortium Series of reports (NMC Horizon Report: 2014 Higher Education Edition), examines emerging technologies for their potential impact on and use in teaching, learning, and creative inquiry within the environment of higher education.

it's about technologies and values as part of the discussions (Couros especially) is moving towards a critical perspective

Knowledge seeking and sharing within organisations. Doesn't deal with progress of this in a wider context.

Another good ppt on informal learning by Dr Alec Couros

Google inicia en Madrid una serie de reuniones públicas en las que debatirá con expertos y ciudadanos los pormenores del derecho al olvido. El pasado mayo, el Tribunal de Justicia de la Unión Europea (TJUE) dictaminó que los motores de búsqueda están obligados a retirar enlaces a información personal si esta perjudica la reputación de un usuario y ya no es relevante.

INTERNET Y APRENDIZAJE VAN REALMENTE DE LA MANO?

El Internet es algo complementario para el aprendizaje. Nos permite interactuar con gente de distintos lugares, aunque también existen barreras como lo puede ser el idioma y el tiempo que te enfoques en aprender.

here an interesting article about how our data is used and the current issues about privacy. It's from a prestiguous chilean university and is in spanish for those spanish-speaking students

"Showing "The World of Science", the map below portrays global research production as expressed through science journals' publishing in the early 2000s. It makes a dramatic point about the complexities of global inequalities in knowledge production and exchange. What would it take to redraw the knowledge production map to realise a vision of a more equitable and accurate world of knowledge?"

The research environment in the global South faces many pressing challenges given resource inequality. Technical and financial issues aside, Laura Czerniewicz asserts it is the values and practices shaped by the Northern research agenda which contribute just as much to the imbalance.

Un artículo muy interesante sobre la temática de las identidades virtuales y cómo aprovecharlas. Plantea el cuestionamiento de que no se trata de reproducir nuestra identidad cotidiana sino que se enfoca más a aspectos pragmáticos la construcción de una más dentro de nuestras múltiples identidades.

Perhaps a bit narrow, but relevant to me. The article touches upon some aspects of privacy and openness bothering librarians. On the one hand people themselves are sharing lots of information about their reading lists, reading habits and favorites. On the other hand, libraries are trying to preserve patrons' privacy and protect their privacy from unwanted eyes.

I enjoyed this reading very much, thanks! Not to spoil the end, but it is a good comment that in order to protect the patrons' privacy, they must do their part too. If they use machines that requires to log in to Amazon, for example (I don't own a Kindle so I don't know it that is true), well, libraries cannot protect their privacy on what they are reading. Which reinforce the idea of the role that libraries should play in educating people about online privacy. the example of combining books that were borrowed by the same person that allows to identify the patron is very powerful and shows how something that looks innocent like a list of borrowed books can be harmful.

I think this article really demonstrates how the meaning of libraries is constantly in flux, and in recent decades has been evolving quicker than it has in perhaps the past couple of centuries. But the library has always been evolving, first mostly accessible to academics and eventually democratizing its mission by bringing literacy to the masses with public libraries. Now we are evolving to decide how open and social the patron habits should be. I think there is a way that libraries can adapt to this change and incorporate ways for patron data to inform the collection and recommendations, but also give patrons the option of being completely private, perhaps similar to an "incognito" browser window. Ultimately, the library should take privacy seriously and give patrons options that do not deceive. Thanks for sharing!

"The 2014 Best Websites for Teaching & Learning foster the qualities of innovation, creativity, active participation, and collaboration. They are free, Web-based sites that are user friendly and encourage a community of learners to explore and discover. "

This is fantastic! I just shared this on twitter, and will forward the link to teacher colleagues. Teachers are always looking for ways to make learning fun and different, and they also like those resources to be free!

Awesome! This site definitely will help teachers to have different and productive classes.

This is old, but still relevant to the discussion of module2. Twitter made a big difference in tracking down the suspects of the Boston bombing.

I find this interesting. Using the mobile phone is now a daily activity for everyone as we can do many things with it such as sending mesagges, sharing information, pictures, documents, and most important LEARNING.

Vernacular resistance to data collection and analysis: A political theory of obfuscation Computer-enabled data collection, aggregation, and mining dramatically change the nature of contemporary surveillance. Refusal is not a practical option, as data collection is an inherent condition of many essential societal transactions.

This really long literature review by Giancarlo F. Frosio (University of Nottingham) discusses the disadvantages, advantages, problems and solutions, current trends, opportunities and barriers in open access publishing.

A brief article that looks at some of the research emerging from the massive amounts of student use data collected in MOOCs. Points toward directions for future improvements. Still a great deal of focus on the video lecture, as opposed to participant connections.

Texto sobre la privacidad y redes sociales, la tecnología como fuente de riesgos para los datos personales, la falta o escasa legislación en este tema y la previsión de estándares técnicos protectores de la privacidad.