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Digital scholarship debate

by Martin Weller

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For EdMedia 2011 I was part of the keynote debate, looking at recognition of digital scholarship

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Digital scholarship debate Webinar Transcript

This house believes that in the next decade, digital scholarship (in open journals, blogs, and social media) will achieve the same status in academic settings as traditional scholarship

The Digital Scholarship

“digital scholarship” = crappygraphs.com

Changes in all aspects of scholarly practice as a result of the application of digital, networked and open technologies and associated practices

Same status “same status” = be recognised by peers and officially http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeremybrooks/2175042537/

7 converging pressures http://www.flickr.com/photos/22658750@N02/4189466395/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/revdancatt/449142212/in/pool-363348@N21/ 1. Impact

OA articles cited 3 times as much as closed (MacCallum CJ, Parthasarathy H (2006) PLoS Biol 4(5) Blog views outweigh paper downloads Other media generates good eyeballs

2. Efficiency http://www.flickr.com/photos/brent_nashville/2523107225/

Open course production Writing Research networks

http://www.flickr.com/photos/essjay/5134563753/ 3. Efficacy

The power of a tweet Open development Public engagement

http://www.flickr.com/photos/n_corboy/4921290518/ 4. complementary

Journal downloads

Keynote invites

Social network boosts paper views Social networks lead to keynote invites http://www.flickr.com/photos/dnorman/2498889900/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/maistora/4567780709/ 5. Institutional benefit

Social networks for student recruitment A trusted voice in these communities Can you tweet about this event for us?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/your_teacher/193395287/ 6. Variety

A book is not just a book

The new conference archive

7. Human Factors http://www.flickr.com/photos/wwworks/4988712126/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/ravescuritiba/789517948/ http:// www.flickr.com/photos/alpha600/3503558349 / Competition Exclusion Cool

Creates top-down and bottom-up pressure

http://www.flickr.com/photos/pinksherbet/4155618337/ Creates a top-down & bottom-up pressure

Argument is rarely either/or – overall direction of travel that is important

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cogdog/5253726754/ Digital scholarship isn’t a

“ Then there's cyberbusiness. We're promised instant catalog shopping—just point and click for great deals. We'll order airline tickets over the network, make restaurant reservations and negotiate sales contracts. .. So how come my local mall does more business in an afternoon than the entire Internet handles in a month? the network is missing a most essential ingredient of capitalism: salespeople.”

( http://www.newsweek.com/1995/02/26/the-internet-bah.html )

But it’s more right than wrong…