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

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shared by Stephen Bright on 05 Jan 12 - No Cached
  • Stephen Bright on 05 Jan 12
     
    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...
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Elsevier, FooBar and Content-mining - yet another Digital Land Grab - wake up academia ... - 1 views

blogs.ch.cam.ac.uk/...nd-fight-or-surrender-for-ever education future academia text_mining
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  • Nigel Robertson on 11 Feb 12
     
    How Elsevier wants to control text mining.
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managing the transition - academia in a post-scarcity knowledge economy - Followers of ... - 1 views

followersoftheapocalyp.se/ansition-academia-in-a-post-sc managing transition academia economy
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  • Nigel Robertson on 25 Aug 11
     
    Kernohan - when knowledge is plenty, how do we act / work?
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Social Media and Academia - 2 views

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shared by Nigel Robertson on 05 Oct 11 - No Cached
  • Nigel Robertson on 05 Oct 11
     
    Report on Social Media conference in Glasgow. Uses Storify to render the Twitter stream.
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Business as usual | Music for Deckchairs - 1 views

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  • Nigel Robertson on 02 Jun 13
     
    Moocs as capitalist ventures which will parasitically destroy academia and also produce poor returns for learners. This is an economic landgrab of huge proportions.
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3 Major Publishers Sue Open-Education Textbook Start-Up - Wired Campus - The Chronicle ... - 0 views

chronicle.com/...35994 oer publishers copyright battle pearson
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  • Nigel Robertson on 06 Apr 12
     
    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!
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Turnitin: 10 types of unoriginal work #turnitin #edtech - eLearning Blog Dont Waste You... - 0 views

www.dontwasteyourtime.co.uk/...noriginal-work-turnitin-edtech plagiarism turnitin
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  • Nigel Robertson on 14 May 12
     
    "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"."
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Advanced faculty wrangling techniques | Research Centered - 0 views

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  • Nigel Robertson on 11 Aug 13
     
    Why coercion is required within the gleaming spires of academia.
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academhack » Blog Archive » Twitter for Academia - 0 views

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  • Derek White on 21 Nov 08
     
    ways of using twitter for teaching and learning article
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The new academic context (Part 1) - 0 views

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  • Nigel Robertson on 12 May 11
     
    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.
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Social Media's Slow Slog Into the Ivory Towers of Academia - Josh Sternberg - Technolog... - 0 views

www.theatlantic.com/...244483 social media education socialmedia higher education teaching
shared by Nigel Robertson on 03 Sep 11 - No Cached
  • Nigel Robertson on 03 Sep 11
     
    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.
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Inger Mewburn - Is There a New Digital Divide Brewing? | Networked Researcher - 0 views

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  • Nigel Robertson on 02 Sep 11
     
    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.
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This Visible College (EDUCAUSE Quarterly) | EDUCAUSE - 2 views

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  • Stephen Harlow on 05 Jul 11
     
    "What does the future hold for higher education? How is American academia changing under the impact of continuous technological transformation?"
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LSE produces new Twitter guide for academics - 10 - 2011 - News archive - News - News a... - 0 views

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  • Nigel Robertson on 16 Dec 11
     
    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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