By Carl Straumsheim. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation on Thursday unveiled Gates Open Research, an open-access publishing platform designed exclusively for the foundation's grant recipients. More...
Higher Ed Groups Launch Open-Access Initiative
By Carl Straumsheim. The Association of American Universities, the Association of Research Libraries and the Association of American University Presses will later this spring launch a joint initiative to support open-access monograph publishing. More...
Conférence Open Education Global 2017
L'Open Education Consortium organise chaque année une conférence mondiale. Cet événement réunit des administrateurs, des décideurs, des professeurs, des étudiants, des chercheurs et d'autres professionnels du monde entier intéressés par la façon dont l'Open Education peut façonner l'avenir de l'éducation. Voir l'article...Registration open for EUA Webinar on Open Science in Universities
The webinar will reflect on the major milestones of EUA’s Expert Group on Science 2.0/Open Science, such as the EUA Roadmap on Open Access to Research Publications, and its ongoing efforts for a smooth transition to Open Science. Participants will also discuss the integration of Open Science in doctoral programmes, with a special presentation from the University of Liege. Further insight into the practical aspects will be provided by a doctoral candidate. More...
University’s digital series tackles fake news, authoritarian rule
By Laura Ascione. Authoritarian rule and fake news are among the topics for the University of Michigan Teach-Out Series, a new open online opportunity for global learners. More...
Instance-Based Ontology Matching For Open and Distance Learning Materials
The present work describes an original associative model of pattern classification and its application to align different ontologies containing Learning Objects (LOs), which are in turn related to Open and Distance Learning (ODL) educative content. The problem of aligning ontologies is known as Ontology Matching Problem (OMP), whose solution is modeled in this paper as a binary pattern classification problem. More...
Editorial: Advances in Research in Social Networking for Open and Distributed Learning
The evolution of social networks has had a tremendous impact on the domain of open and distributed learning in the last decade. Different perspectives of the phenomenon include studies on specification of characteristics related to advanced learners’ profiling, development of active learning contexts with technology-enabled social interactions, integration of mobile applications, and the thorough analysis of relevant strategies. More...
IRRODL - Vol 18, No 1 (2017): Special Issue: Advances in Research on Social Networking in Open and Distributed Learning
Special Issue: Advances in Research on Social Networking in Open and Distributed Learning
Editorial
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Editorial - Volume 18, Issue 1
Miltiadis Lytras, Hassan Mathkour
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Research Articles
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Hagit Meishar-Tal, Efrat Pieterse
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Yasemin Gülbahar, Christian Rapp, Selcan Kilis, Anna Sitnikova
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Mariana de Lima, Marta Elena Zorrilla
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Wenke Wang, Yen Chun Jim Wu, Chih-Hung Yuan, Hongxia Xiong, Wan-Ju Liu
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Gürhan Durak
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Maria Macià, Iolanda García
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Miroslava Raspopovic, Svetlana Cvetanovic, Ivana Medan, Danijela Ljubojevic
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Andrés García-Floriano, Ángel Ferreira-Santiago, Cornelio Yáñez-Márquez, Oscar Camacho-Nieto, Mario Aldape-Pérez, Yenny Villuendas-Rey
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Sergio Cerón-Figueroa, Itzamá López-Yáñez, Yenny Villuendas-Rey, Oscar Camacho-Nieto, Mario Aldape-Pérez, Cornelio Yáñez-Márquez
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Wadee S. Alhalabi, Mobeen Alhalabi
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Chien-wen Shen, Chin-Jin Kuo, Pham Thi Minh Ly
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A Computational Method for Enabling Teaching-Learning Process in Huge Online Courses and Communities
Higinio Mora, Antonio Ferrández, David Gil, Jesús Peral
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Adolfo Ruiz-Calleja, Juan Ignacio Asensio-Pérez, Guillermo Vega-Gorgojo, Eduardo Gómez-Sánchez, Miguel Luis Bote-Lorenzo, Carlos Alario-Hoyos
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L'Université Paris Nanterre s'engage en faveur de l'Open Access !
Retour sur la journée d'inauguration du portail HAL du 08 décembre 2016.
L'Université Paris Nanterre favorise l'Open Access par le biais d'un portail HAL (Hyper Articles en Ligne), principale archive ouverte en France maintenue par le CNRS, qui rassemblent les publications des chercheurs affiliés à l'établissement.
D'autres initiatives de Paris Nanterre contribuent au développement du Libre Accès, comme la participation des Presses Universitaires au projet OpenEdition Books, la diffusion de plusieurs revues en Open Access sur Revues.org, l'ouverture de carnets de recherche sur la plateforme Hypothèses par des chercheurs ou encore le projet Open Data de l'université. Voir l'article...
The Shattered Mirror, Part Two: The Underwhelming Recommendation for Open Licensing at the CBC
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. The Shattered Mirror, Part Two: The Underwhelming Recommendation for Open Licensing at the CBC
Michael Geist, 2017/02/08
Michael Geist has authored a two-part review of The Shattered Mirror: News, Democracy and Trust in the Digital Age (108 page PDF), released by the Public Policy Forum in January (part one, part two). More...