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Nigel Robertson

On Two Metaphors for Learning and the Dangers of Choosing Just One - Sfard.pdf - 0 views

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    Participation versus acquisition - which one should we choose?
Nigel Robertson

European Journal of Open, Distance and E-Learning - 0 views

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    "Higher education institutions face a number of opportunities and challenges as the result of the digital revolution. The institutions perform a number of scholarship functions which can be affected by new technologies, and the desire is to retain these functions where appropriate, whilst the form they take may change. Much of the reaction to technological change comes from those with a vested interest in either wholesale change or maintaining the status quo. Taking the resilience metaphor from ecology, the authors propose a framework for analysing an institution's ability to adapt to digital challenges. This framework is examined at two institutions (the UK Open University and Canada's Athabasca University) using two current digital challenges, namely Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) and Open Access publishing."
Tracey Morgan

Copyright - a conceptual battle in a digital age - Lund University - 0 views

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    What is it about copyright that doesn't work in the digital society? Why do millions of people think it's OK to break the law when it comes to file sharing in particular? Sociology of law researcher Stefan Larsson from Lund University believes that legal metaphors and old-fashioned mindsets contribute to the confusion and widening gaps between legislation and the prevailing norms
Stephen Harlow

Relaxing in the Digital Garden: How to Thrive in the 21st Century | HASTAC - 1 views

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    "I use a version of the "garden method" in my classes at Duke, requiring each student to make at least two public contributions to knowledge, where they translate something they learned in the class to some online forum where others can make use of their learning and respond to it."
Nigel Robertson

Why returning to the lecture only model is a bad idea - The Ed Techie - 0 views

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    "Why returning to the lecture only model is a bad idea"
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