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24 juin 2019

Digg for EdBloggers / Do We Need to Get Our Act Together?

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Will Richardson[Edit][Delete]: Digg for EdBloggers / Do We Need to Get Our Act Together?, Weblogg-Ed [Edit][Delete]Weblogg-ed [Edit][Delete] June 16, 2006
Maybe it will work, though I have my doubts. Full marks, though, for the initiative. The idea being promoted is to create a Digg for edubloggers - the idea is that the edubloggers would recommend education stories from each other and the popular press. Why do I have doubts? Well, I have my doubts about these 'collective' sites in general. If edu-Digg makes sense, then why not UK-edu-Digg, to get away from the American dominance? But then, when Digging, where does one's loyalties lie. More...

24 juin 2019

In Whose Interest?

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. [Comment] [Edit] [Delete] [Spam]Scott Jaschik[Edit][Delete]: In Whose Interest?, Inside Higher Ed [Edit][Delete] June 15, 2006
I think this is a very good question. As the article notes, scholarly groups in the U.S. are lining up against legislation that would require open access to publicly funded research within six months of publication. Why this opposition? Open access, if it helps anyone, helps the reserachers these groups represent. So why are these groups opposed? My view echoes Peter Suber's. "[He] said that these criticisms showed that the anthropology association (and others like it) have a conflict of interest. More...

24 juin 2019

Classical Music Goes New-School on Web

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. T.J. Medrek[Edit][Delete]: Classical Music Goes New-School on Web, Boston Herald [Edit][Delete] June 15, 2006
Can educators learn from classicial musicians? "But savvy classical music marketers are discovering that if you want to attract young people, you've got to go where they are. Thus MySpace is becoming a valuable marketing tool for some of today's biggest classical stars - and is poised to be even more important as young musicians promote their own careers." Or can they learn from Hollywood movie producers. More...

24 juin 2019

Strategies for Developing Sustainable Open Access Scholarly Journals

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. David J. Solomon[Edit][Delete]: Strategies for Developing Sustainable Open Access Scholarly Journals, First Monday [Edit][Delete] June 15, 2006
The intent of this article is clear from the title, though you will have to read through the first third to get to it. The advice is sound though not really comprehensive - sure, enlisting volunteers and sympathetic librarians is a good idea, but there is more to launching an open access journal than that - isn't there? In the same issue of First Monday readers will also find an interesting analysis of 'gifting' in the academic publishing community, with a specific emphasis on the Public Library of Science. "While academics do still cite the most, the general public is playing a much larger role in PLoS Biology's success. The liberal policies forging a 'cutting edge' in journal publishing also are opening opportunities for classrooms and education throughout the world". More...

24 juin 2019

Web 2.0 Service Mark Controversy

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Web 2.0 Service Mark Controversy, June 15, 2006
Tim O'Reilly has responded to the many critics of the trademarking of 'Web 2.0' - in fact, he responded a couple weeks ago, but being on the road I only saw it today. As I note in my response, the fact that people are still commenting even today indicates that the response was not satisfactory. I certainly did not find it so. And - I might add - let's be clear that this isn't something O'Reilly invented; here's a usage of the term Web 2.0 from 1999 (thanks Dave). O'Reilly's and CMP's actions consist of nothing more than appropriation for personal gain from the public domain. More...

24 juin 2019

Digital kids, School Relevancy, Poverty, and School Reform

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Wesley Fryer[Edit][Delete]: Digital kids, School Relevancy, Poverty, and School Reform, Moving at the Speed of Creativity [Edit][Delete] June 15, 2006
When I go on speaking tours such as the one I have just completed I am often regarded as a radical theorist. But the theories and technologies I advocate are not simply made up; they are based in my best knowledge of how people think and learn. This article links to a number of resources from the Apple digital disconnect site, most of which I have read over the years. I think that what amazes me most of all is that this sort of thinking continues to be thought of as radical thinking. More...

24 juin 2019

A Wiki Situation

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Scott McLemee[Edit][Delete]: A Wiki Situation, Inside Higher Ed [Edit][Delete] June 14, 2006

Yet another academic writer wrestles ith the by now age-old question: whether to berate Wikipedia or to dive in and fix the thing. The presumption, of course, is that it's broken - a presumption not bolstered by the very interested commentary provided from Robert McHenry, the former editor-in-chief of Encyclopedia Britannica. More...

24 juin 2019

Wikipedia Founder Discourages Academic Use of His Creation

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Unattributed[Edit][Delete]: Wikipedia Founder Discourages Academic Use of His Creation, Chronicle of Higher Education [Edit][Delete] June 14, 2006
While technically true, this Chronicle headline is very misleading. Wales actually says, "For God sake, you're in college; don't cite the encyclopedia." Which of course could apply equally well to Britannica. And it calls to mind my own academic background, where (somewhere in grade 8, I think) I was told not to quote the encyclopedia, but to use it to find primary sources. Of course, my teachers were referring to World Book, one of my favorite reads at the time. So, yeah, don't cite the encyclopedia. More...

24 juin 2019

Three Stars and a Chili Pepper: Social Software, Folksonomy, and User Reviews in the College Context

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Joseph Ugoretz[Edit][Delete]: Three Stars and a Chili Pepper: Social Software, Folksonomy, and User Reviews in the College Context, Academic Commons [Edit][Delete] June 14, 2006
This is a good article. Although it begins as a review of tools that are familiar to most OLDaily readers, it moves effectively into the use of reader ratings and reviews, arguing (correctly) that these should not be viewed and understood in the same way as more 'objective' assessments. "If we try to use them without reflection, as being the same as other (objective, authoritative, traditional, edited, hierarchical, obsolete media, pick your own adjective) resources, we will be abusing them". More...

24 juin 2019

Reality CheckED

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Various authors[Edit][Delete]: Reality CheckED, June 14, 2006
The group Public Agenda has launched a blog titled Reality CheckED. The group is new to me, but I get the sense that they're popular, if the reference from the NSBA blog can be taken as a guide. For myself, I like the approach, and in particular the blog's use of strong, sharp and cutting logic. Like this: "If you were in the workplace and there was bad behavior all around you making it difficult to do your work, would it not be the responsibility of the company to ensure that basic workplace rules are enforced?". More...

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