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Kevin Stranack

A relationship cut short in B.C. with one fell swoop by Enbridge - 1 views

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module1 knowledge ways of knowing

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  • Kevin Stranack on 25 Jun 14
     
    "You might as well have come into our archives and burned our documents." An example of different ways of knowing between different cultures, and the opportunities for misunderstanding.
Kevin Stranack

How it works - Knowledge Unlatched - 5 views

www.knowledgeunlatched.org/...how-it-works

module4 economics open access libraries publishers

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  • Kevin Stranack on 25 Jun 14
     
    The Knowledge Unlatched model depends on many libraries from around the world sharing the payment of a single Title Fee to a publisher, in return for a book being made available on a Creative Commons licence via OAPEN and HathiTrust as a fully downloadable PDF.
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  • noveltynotion on 02 Nov 14
     
    This is a great slide show. Sums it all up. Thanks. I may pass this on to my collection development manager.
  • Matt Tibble on 19 Nov 14
     
    Great concept! This goes to show that Open Knowledge does not equate to free and giveaway. I love the blend of effectively using a crowd-funding model through libraries to ensure appropriate fees are paid to cover costs and compensate authors and publishers to enable open access under a CC license across a global library network. It would be interesting to see the follow up to this. I would think this approach would be useful for school libraries in a district or region to use this approach and effectively share the resources.
  • ekw1993 on 19 Nov 14
     
    Interesting take on what will happen to the future of libraries and how information will be published and sold. It's important to realize that nothing comes free and that we should promote a business model that benefits content-producers as well as consumers.
Kevin Stranack

Global Internet Report | Internet Society - 0 views

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module3 internet access

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  • Kevin Stranack on 25 Jun 14
     
    "This report focuses on the open and sustainable Internet - what we mean by that, what benefits it brings, and how to overcome threats that prevent those of us already online from enjoying the full benefits, and what keeps non-users from going online in the first place." Available in English, Spanish, French.
Kevin Stranack

Educators Connect Learning Through Citizen Science | Educator Innovator - 2 views

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module3 K12 citizen science

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  • Kevin Stranack on 25 Jun 14
     
    Using the citizen science model for science education.
  • Leticia Lafuente López on 03 Oct 14
     
    Good connection between citizen science and learning, that I did not find so evident in the course content. Thanks!
Kevin Stranack

You Don't Need a Ph.D. to Contribute to Scientific Research - 7 views

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module3 citizen science

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  • Kevin Stranack on 25 Jun 14
     
    "Thanks to the proliferation of mobile apps and advances in online crowdsourcing platforms, non-professionals are helping researchers identify new species, track comets, name proteins, project climate patterns and much more. Science-minded individuals have myriad opportunities to get their hands dirty and partner with professional scientists, conducting ground-breaking research together."
  • Leticia Lafuente López on 03 Oct 14
     
    Do you know any citizen science project dedicated to investigate rare diseases?
  • Anna Kloc on 04 Oct 14
     
    It's great to see that people can contribute to scientific exploration in so many ways! It's a good way to learn basic scientific skills and develop critical thinking.
Kevin Stranack

The Mentor and the MUSe: Engaging Faculty in Undergraduate Student P… - 1 views

www.slideshare.net/...cur-2014

module12 student publishing faculty

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  • Kevin Stranack on 25 Jun 14
     
    A poster providing an overview of why faculty should support undergraduate journals, including a list of recommendations.
Kevin Stranack

Academic self-publishing: a not-so-distant-future | Open Scholar C.I.C. - 7 views

www.openscholar.org.uk/ishing-a-not-so-distant-future

module13 publishing future

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  • Kevin Stranack on 26 Jun 14
     
    Proposes an alternative future where author self-publish their work for peer review outside of traditional journals.
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  • Leopoldo Basurto on 13 Oct 14
     
    Encuentro muy apropiado el artículo que propones en tu tag, en realidad creo que ha sido una constante del MOOC que hay que celebrar: la mesura, el diálogo, que evita la tendencia hacia una visión naive de los temas que discutimos.
  • Ad Huikeshoven on 13 Oct 14
  • zimbron21 on 25 Nov 14
     
    Si, porque también se menciona, como dice en su proposición, Harvie et al. (2014) hacen un magnífico trabajo que describe los hechos exasperantes de la actual académico panorama editorial. Todos sabemos cómo funciona el sistema y cómo se juega el juego. Lo que se quiere dar a conocer una realidad alternativa facilitada por la plataforma de revisión por pares abierto gratuito, libre y sugerir acciones concretas que ayuden al movimiento científico comunidad hacia un sistema de evaluación de conocimientos y el intercambio más abierto y eficiente que se divorcia de revisión por pares desde la publicación de revistas.
  • ibudule on 25 Nov 14
     
    The proposed alternative future is achievable, but not without resistance of traditional publishing, I think.
Kevin Stranack

Beating the Odds: Building a Publishing "Maker" Culture | American Libraries Magazine - 1 views

www.americanlibrariesmagazine.org/...lding-publishing-maker-culture

module3 makerspace public libraries ebooks

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  • Kevin Stranack on 26 Jun 14
     
    "With the emergence of new publishing tools, public libraries are able to be publishers for themselves. In essence, we can build a Maker culture for local publishing. "
  • Leticia Lafuente López on 04 Oct 14
     
    Thanks! I did not know about Amazon's Kindle Direct Publishing. Quite useful!
  • Matt Tibble on 19 Nov 14
     
    Two competing views on the future of publishing, and how shifts in consumer behavior to purchasing or consuming electronic content is causing such a shift in the literary world. I found it interesting to read that a number of open source software platforms were identified as the harbingers of today's self-publishing model online. I never knew Wattpad existed - watt an awesome site (pun intended). I agree with the articles viewpoint about the role that public libraries can play in this shifting landscape. A good read.
Kevin Stranack

5 Key Trends in Self-Publishing for 2014 | Mediashift | PBS - 2 views

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module3 self-publishing trends ebooks

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  • Kevin Stranack on 26 Jun 14
     
    Trends in the production and distribution of self-published ebooks.
  • jurado-navas on 05 Oct 14
     
    Very interesting. Let me share on twitter. Thank you.
Kevin Stranack

All Is Not Vanity | Literary Review of Canada - 0 views

reviewcanada.ca/...all-is-not-vanity

module3 self-publishing

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  • Kevin Stranack on 26 Jun 14
     
    "Self-publishing is at a stage analogous to the early days of Wikipedia, when users were reluctant to trust information contained in a communally written encyclopedia. It turns out that online democracy performs quite an effective self-regulating function. "
  • Leticia Lafuente López on 04 Oct 14
     
    Good points in the article: There are several good reasons a novelist chooses to self-publish: 1. Because of repeated rejection. 2. To get the book to market more quickly. 3. To have more control over the process. 4. To receive a larger share of the book's earnings. 5. To attract the attention of a major publisher.
  • natashasana on 05 Oct 14
     
    With digitization of publishing its now an option to self publicize especially for new writers who thing their work will never be acknowledged. But musicians are also using the self publicizing/promotion and later one it does pays on. I heard of Justin Bieber story of when the mother was busy posting you-tube videos.So its possible to go a "freenuim" way and start with e.g blogging and eventually build a fan/interest base
Kevin Stranack

Should Science Always be OPEN? - 1 views

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open science module6 ip data privacy

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  • Kevin Stranack on 27 Jun 14
     
    A poster that explores "the balance between benefits and concerns in relation to openness to knowledge and data. We will showcase the current impact potential of open science and open innovation, while considering intellectual property, the right for commercial exploitation of innovative concepts and the need for privacy legislation preventing misuse of personal data."
Kevin Stranack

Can Libraries Help Stop this Madness? | Peer to Peer Review - 0 views

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module9 university press libraries monographs

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  • Kevin Stranack on 27 Jun 14
     
    "Instead of calling for more money to prop up a traditional model that was never particularly viable in the first place, we need to embrace a variety of alternatives. Academic librarians are well positioned to lead the way here, both because of their long history of managing change and because they often hold the purse strings."
Kevin Stranack

5 Things Researchers Have Discovered About MOOCs - Wired Campus - Blogs - The Chronicle... - 4 views

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module7 mooc research student success

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  • Kevin Stranack on 27 Jun 14
     
    Some preliminary findings from the MOOC Research Initiative.
  • petrae77 on 29 Nov 14
     
    Interesting that most people who do well in MOOCs are generally people who have a "growth mindset" and are not necessarily the people in most need of learning. I think any research on MOOCs is interesting since it is such a new phenomenon and it's going to be interesting to see how they evolve.
  • kenlitt on 30 Nov 14
     
    Very interesting indeed that it is not necessarily those people who are most in need of learning who do well in MOOCs. The question is how MOOC's can, indeed, become more beneficial and attractive to those who need them the most. Access to internet in rural areas around the globe, and availability of cheap computers are both key.
nivinsharawi

Fragmented Publishing: The Implications of Self-Publishing - 2 views

www.niso.org/...fragmented

module3 self-publishing ebooks libraries

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  • Kevin Stranack on 27 Jun 14
     
    Unfortunately, the webinar itself is not free, but the slides are here. In particular, Mark Coker of Smashwords provides a good overview of the trends and future for self-publishing.
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  • nivinsharawi on 20 Nov 14
     
    it is useful powerpoint thanks
  • nivinsharawi on 20 Nov 14
     
    read presentation
Kevin Stranack

Smashwords: Indie Author Manifesto - 0 views

blog.smashwords.com/...indie-author-manifesto.html

module3 self-publishing ebooks

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    "Where once self publishing was viewed as the option of last resort - the option for failed writers and an option marked by stigma and shame - self publishing is increasingly viewed as the option of first choice for many writers. Over the next couple years I think we'll reach a point where more first-time writers aspire to indie-publish than traditionally publish. "
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

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  • 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.
Kevin Stranack

A Scalable and Sustainable Approach to Open Access Publishing and Archiving for Humanit... - 2 views

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module4 open access economics scholarly communication

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    A plan to convert traditional subscription publication formats, including society-published journals and books or monographs, to OA, based on an annual or multi-year payment made by every institution of higher education, no matter what its size or classification, and by any institution that benefits from the research that is generated by those within the academy.
Kevin Stranack

Monograph Publishing Pilot | Open Library of Humanities - 2 views

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scholarly communication monograph open access economics module9

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  • Kevin Stranack on 02 Jul 14
     
    "building a low cost, sustainable, Open Access future for the humanities."
Kevin Stranack

OLH Overlay Journals | Open Library of Humanities - 0 views

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scholarly communication journals open access module9 overlay

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  • Kevin Stranack on 02 Jul 14
     
    "An overlay journal performs all the activities of a scholarly journal and relies on structural links with one or more archives or repositories to perform its activities."
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