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Stephen Bright

The (Coming) Social Media Revolution in the Academy - Daniels and Feagin - Fast Capital... - 0 views

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    Article proposing that a revolution is coming to academia because of social media and web technologies. Possibly a rather optimistic view given the attitudes of some academics and institutions...
Nigel Robertson

Elsevier, FooBar and Content-mining - yet another Digital Land Grab - wake up academia ... - 1 views

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    How Elsevier wants to control text mining.
Nigel Robertson

managing the transition - academia in a post-scarcity knowledge economy - Followers of ... - 1 views

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    Kernohan - when knowledge is plenty, how do we act / work?
Nigel Robertson

Social Media and Academia - 2 views

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    Report on Social Media conference in Glasgow. Uses Storify to render the Twitter stream.
Nigel Robertson

Business as usual | Music for Deckchairs - 1 views

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    Moocs as capitalist ventures which will parasitically destroy academia and also produce poor returns for learners. This is an economic landgrab of huge proportions.
Nigel Robertson

3 Major Publishers Sue Open-Education Textbook Start-Up - Wired Campus - The Chronicle ... - 0 views

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    Publishers realise oer is a threat and try lawsuits to prevent. Seems like there might be some trolling in the comments from 'Disgusted of Academia' or possibly publishers employee!
Nigel Robertson

Turnitin: 10 types of unoriginal work #turnitin #edtech - eLearning Blog Dont Waste You... - 0 views

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    "How about this infographic from Turnitin to start the week? From a survey of nearly 900 educators (Plagiarism Today) Turnitin are trying to "understand what kinds of plagiarism were the most common in academia and, equally importantly, which were viewed as being the most problematic"."
Nigel Robertson

Advanced faculty wrangling techniques | Research Centered - 0 views

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    Why coercion is required within the gleaming spires of academia.
Derek White

academhack » Blog Archive » Twitter for Academia - 0 views

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    ways of using twitter for teaching and learning article
Nigel Robertson

The new academic context (Part 1) - 0 views

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    Martin Weller posits the current context for academia in light of the financial and funding hardships. A second post looks at the impact on educational technology.
Nigel Robertson

Social Media's Slow Slog Into the Ivory Towers of Academia - Josh Sternberg - Technolog... - 0 views

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    Atlantic article on SM in HE. Some good stuff about attitudes and the failure of the academy to maintain pedagogical control. Examples tho' seem to come from courses teaching 'about' SM, not 'through' SM.
Nigel Robertson

Inger Mewburn - Is There a New Digital Divide Brewing? | Networked Researcher - 0 views

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    The divide in academia - those who blog and engage in the online world, and those who don't. Very good post. Also ties in with the connected researcher sessions we've done for Fass.
Stephen Harlow

This Visible College (EDUCAUSE Quarterly) | EDUCAUSE - 2 views

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    "What does the future hold for higher education? How is American academia changing under the impact of continuous technological transformation?"
Nigel Robertson

LSE produces new Twitter guide for academics - 10 - 2011 - News archive - News - News a... - 0 views

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    A new Twitter guide published by the LSE Public Policy Group and the LSE Impact of Social Sciences blog  seeks to answer this question, and show academics and researchers how to get the most out of the micro-blogging site. The Guide is designed to lead the novice through the basics of Twitter but also provide tips on how it can aid the teaching and research of the more experienced academic tweeter.
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