A workshop I ran on the idea of Guerrilla research - that is no (low) cost research that relies on free tools, open data, etc and doesn't require permission
Emerging Practices in Open Online Learning EnvironmentsGeorge Veletsianos
In this talk, I describe a number of emerging practices associated with online learning, networked scholarship, and MOOCs. I bring together results from 3 upcoming studies to describe how online learning is an emerging practice, how the field is becoming more interdisciplinary, how learning analytics are becoming more pervasive, and how various experiences and practices (e.g., notetaking and the scheduling of online learning to fit adult life's realities) evade learning analytics methods.
Networked Scholars, or, Why on earth do academics use social media and why ...George Veletsianos
This workshop is divided in 2 parts. In the first part, I will discuss how/why academics use social media and online networks for scholarship, and explore the opportunities and tensions that exist in these spaces. In the second part of the workshop, I will facilitate small group and large group conversations on this topic based on participant interests. Potential topics of exploration may include but are not limited to: social media participation strategies; self-disclosures on social media; capturing and analyzing social media data; ethics of social media research; social media use for networked learning.
The exponential growth of social media and ubiquitous use of mobile technology has changed the way we communicate both socially and for many also professionally. It is therefore timely to consider how social media can be used to develop personal learning networks and through open sharing find opportunities to also develop our scholarly practice.
This presentation was given as a public lecture at the Open University of Catalonia Edul@b, Barcelona Growth Centre
@UOCuniversitat @edulab
A workshop I ran on the idea of Guerrilla research - that is no (low) cost research that relies on free tools, open data, etc and doesn't require permission
Emerging Practices in Open Online Learning EnvironmentsGeorge Veletsianos
In this talk, I describe a number of emerging practices associated with online learning, networked scholarship, and MOOCs. I bring together results from 3 upcoming studies to describe how online learning is an emerging practice, how the field is becoming more interdisciplinary, how learning analytics are becoming more pervasive, and how various experiences and practices (e.g., notetaking and the scheduling of online learning to fit adult life's realities) evade learning analytics methods.
Networked Scholars, or, Why on earth do academics use social media and why ...George Veletsianos
This workshop is divided in 2 parts. In the first part, I will discuss how/why academics use social media and online networks for scholarship, and explore the opportunities and tensions that exist in these spaces. In the second part of the workshop, I will facilitate small group and large group conversations on this topic based on participant interests. Potential topics of exploration may include but are not limited to: social media participation strategies; self-disclosures on social media; capturing and analyzing social media data; ethics of social media research; social media use for networked learning.
The exponential growth of social media and ubiquitous use of mobile technology has changed the way we communicate both socially and for many also professionally. It is therefore timely to consider how social media can be used to develop personal learning networks and through open sharing find opportunities to also develop our scholarly practice.
This presentation was given as a public lecture at the Open University of Catalonia Edul@b, Barcelona Growth Centre
@UOCuniversitat @edulab
Understanding Networked Scholars: Experiences and practices in online social ...George Veletsianos
Slides from an invited talk given to the The 4th International Conference on E-learning and Distance Education located in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: Online journals, online forums, and social media such as Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube are an integral part of open and digital scholarship, which is often seen as a major breakthrough in radically rethinking the ways in which knowledge is created and shared. In this presentation I situate networked practices in open/digital scholarship and explain what scholars and professors do online, and, why they do the things that the do. I conclude by describing 3 themes pervasive in scholarly networks: identify networks, networks of conflict, and networks of disclosure.
A presentation on open education and philosophy given at the biannual meeting of the American Association of Philosophy Teachers, College of St. Benedict and St. John's University, July-Aug. 2014.
In it I ask people to discuss just what "open education" might be, give some examples of it, and ask for discussion of potential benefits/drawbacks/obstacles to engaging in open educational activities.
OER16 - Skills not Silos - Open Data as OERLeo Havemann
Open Data is produced and used at various levels in research, governance, policy making and civil society. So far though, conversation around its value and significance has tended to occur within an Open Data silo, existing in parallel with other open discussions around Open Educational Resources and Open Access. In our presentation we explore practices which make use of Open Data as OER, with a focus on the the opportunities and challenges inherent in this approach.
For the OECD, “All citizens should have equal opportunities and multiple channels to access information, be consulted and participate. Every reasonable effort should be made to engage with as wide a variety of people as possible.” A central challenge in higher education is to develop skills useful not only at subject/professional level, but which also engage students with real-word problems. The skills needed to participate in democratic discussions can be understood as transversal skills, defined by UNESCO (2015) as “Critical and innovative thinking, inter-personal skills; intra personal skills, and global citizenship”. If one of our goals as educators is to develop these transversal skills in students, towards enabling them to function as citizens, to actively participate in the discourse and debates of society, then we propose that Open Data can play a key role.
Open Data has been understood as key to research, policy and governance development, and also heralded as a force for democratic discourse and participation, but in our view, this is not achieved by opening data alone. By using Open Data in research- and scenario- based learning activities, educators can enhance the information, digital, statistical and data analysis literacies that can empower students, and ultimately citizens and communities. Such pedagogic activities allow students to learn using the same raw materials researchers and policy- makers produce and use.
Drawing from a series of case studies of the use of Open Data as OER, we suggest educators consider the following elements
Focus: define the research problem and its relation to the environment students.
Practicality: match technical applications and practices to expected solutions.
Expectations: set realistic expectations for data analysis.
Directions: support in finding data portals which contain appropriate information.
Training: provide training materials for the software students will need to analyse the data.
Location: use global, local and scientific data which is as granular as possible.
Modelling: develop model solutions to guide students on the challenges and activities.
Collaboration: support students to work collaboratively and at multidisciplinary level.
Communication: support students in communicating their findings to local or wider communities.
This is an update of an earlier presentation so is part repeat, but reflects my own growing in understanding of open scholarship over the last year or so.
Social Media for Academic Profile and Networkingtbirdcymru
This presentation by Dr Paul Reilly and Terese Bird shows case studies of research done and disseminated using social media. Presented at University of Leicester Research Seminar 11 June 2014.
Finding the open in the in-between:changing culture and space in higher educa...Kathrine S. H. Jensen
Presentation at OER16: Open Culture, 19th & 20th April 2016, University of Edinburgh, UK.
The 7th Open Educational Resources Conference, OER16: Open Culture, will be held on the 19th-20th April 2016 at the University of Edinburgh. https://oer16.oerconf.org/sessions/finding-the-open-in-the-in-between-changing-culture-and-space-in-higher-education-1139/
A presentation given at Open UBC week at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Oct. 23, 2013. Much of the second half of the presentation was spent browsing the linked websites, so there isn't much on the slides for the second half!
Some resources for the Emerging Green Builders Speed Mentorship Event tonight, May 27 in Toronto at the awesome South Street Burger (where there are very lovely wait-staff):
Event details: http://www.cagbctoronto.org/news-events/event-listing/event/1266
Emerging Green Builders: http://www.cagbctoronto.org/membership/egb
Canada Green Building Council Toronto Chapter: http://www.cagbctoronto.org/
South Street Burger on King Street East, Toronto: http://www.southstburger.com/
F1: Summary: Future Technologies and Their Applicationslisbk
Slides for a 1-day workshop on "Future Technologies and Their Applications" facilitated by Brian Kelly and Tony Hirst at the ILI 2013 conference on Monday 14 October 2013.
See http://ukwebfocus.wordpress.com/events/ili-2013-workshop/
See http://ukwebfocus.wordpress.com/events/ili-2013-workshop/
Imagining and Enabling the Collaborative CommonsMark McGuire
Presentation delivered at the Internet Research 16 (#IR16) Conference, Phoenix Arizona, Oct. 21-24 2015 (http://aoir.org/ir16/). I discuss open practices in education and design, including collaboration, cooperation, crowdsourcing and dissemination. An audio recording of this presentation can be found on Soundcloud (https://goo.gl/G7U1tB). A post that integrates the slides and audio can be found on my blog (http://goo.gl/ps3pHr).
Building and maintaining your digital research profiletbirdcymru
Workshop shared with colleagues at School of Education Summer School, 27 June 2015. A digital research profile is what a researcher wants to share about herself and her work online, including some work which may be created online, and research which may be conducted online.
Wikipedia, Wikimedia UK and Higher Education: Developments in the UKlisbk
Slides for a talk on "Wikipedia, Wikimedia UK and Higher Education: Developments in the UK" given by Brian Kelly, Cetis at the Eduwiki 2014 conference in Belgrade, Serbia on 24 March 2014.
Note that due to the talk being limited to 15 minutes rather than the 45 minutes originally expected only a summary version of these slides was presented,
For further information see http://ukwebfocus.wordpress.com/events/eduwiki-serbia-2014/
A presentation given to the CTLT Institute (Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology) at the University of British Columbia in May, 2013. In it I introduce open education, MOOCs, xMOOCs vs cMOOCs, and discuss ETMOOC--a cMOOC I participated in in 2013--as an example of a cMOOC to better explain what (some) cMOOCs are like.
Understanding Networked Scholars: Experiences and practices in online social ...George Veletsianos
Slides from an invited talk given to the The 4th International Conference on E-learning and Distance Education located in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: Online journals, online forums, and social media such as Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube are an integral part of open and digital scholarship, which is often seen as a major breakthrough in radically rethinking the ways in which knowledge is created and shared. In this presentation I situate networked practices in open/digital scholarship and explain what scholars and professors do online, and, why they do the things that the do. I conclude by describing 3 themes pervasive in scholarly networks: identify networks, networks of conflict, and networks of disclosure.
A presentation on open education and philosophy given at the biannual meeting of the American Association of Philosophy Teachers, College of St. Benedict and St. John's University, July-Aug. 2014.
In it I ask people to discuss just what "open education" might be, give some examples of it, and ask for discussion of potential benefits/drawbacks/obstacles to engaging in open educational activities.
OER16 - Skills not Silos - Open Data as OERLeo Havemann
Open Data is produced and used at various levels in research, governance, policy making and civil society. So far though, conversation around its value and significance has tended to occur within an Open Data silo, existing in parallel with other open discussions around Open Educational Resources and Open Access. In our presentation we explore practices which make use of Open Data as OER, with a focus on the the opportunities and challenges inherent in this approach.
For the OECD, “All citizens should have equal opportunities and multiple channels to access information, be consulted and participate. Every reasonable effort should be made to engage with as wide a variety of people as possible.” A central challenge in higher education is to develop skills useful not only at subject/professional level, but which also engage students with real-word problems. The skills needed to participate in democratic discussions can be understood as transversal skills, defined by UNESCO (2015) as “Critical and innovative thinking, inter-personal skills; intra personal skills, and global citizenship”. If one of our goals as educators is to develop these transversal skills in students, towards enabling them to function as citizens, to actively participate in the discourse and debates of society, then we propose that Open Data can play a key role.
Open Data has been understood as key to research, policy and governance development, and also heralded as a force for democratic discourse and participation, but in our view, this is not achieved by opening data alone. By using Open Data in research- and scenario- based learning activities, educators can enhance the information, digital, statistical and data analysis literacies that can empower students, and ultimately citizens and communities. Such pedagogic activities allow students to learn using the same raw materials researchers and policy- makers produce and use.
Drawing from a series of case studies of the use of Open Data as OER, we suggest educators consider the following elements
Focus: define the research problem and its relation to the environment students.
Practicality: match technical applications and practices to expected solutions.
Expectations: set realistic expectations for data analysis.
Directions: support in finding data portals which contain appropriate information.
Training: provide training materials for the software students will need to analyse the data.
Location: use global, local and scientific data which is as granular as possible.
Modelling: develop model solutions to guide students on the challenges and activities.
Collaboration: support students to work collaboratively and at multidisciplinary level.
Communication: support students in communicating their findings to local or wider communities.
This is an update of an earlier presentation so is part repeat, but reflects my own growing in understanding of open scholarship over the last year or so.
Social Media for Academic Profile and Networkingtbirdcymru
This presentation by Dr Paul Reilly and Terese Bird shows case studies of research done and disseminated using social media. Presented at University of Leicester Research Seminar 11 June 2014.
Finding the open in the in-between:changing culture and space in higher educa...Kathrine S. H. Jensen
Presentation at OER16: Open Culture, 19th & 20th April 2016, University of Edinburgh, UK.
The 7th Open Educational Resources Conference, OER16: Open Culture, will be held on the 19th-20th April 2016 at the University of Edinburgh. https://oer16.oerconf.org/sessions/finding-the-open-in-the-in-between-changing-culture-and-space-in-higher-education-1139/
A presentation given at Open UBC week at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Oct. 23, 2013. Much of the second half of the presentation was spent browsing the linked websites, so there isn't much on the slides for the second half!
Some resources for the Emerging Green Builders Speed Mentorship Event tonight, May 27 in Toronto at the awesome South Street Burger (where there are very lovely wait-staff):
Event details: http://www.cagbctoronto.org/news-events/event-listing/event/1266
Emerging Green Builders: http://www.cagbctoronto.org/membership/egb
Canada Green Building Council Toronto Chapter: http://www.cagbctoronto.org/
South Street Burger on King Street East, Toronto: http://www.southstburger.com/
F1: Summary: Future Technologies and Their Applicationslisbk
Slides for a 1-day workshop on "Future Technologies and Their Applications" facilitated by Brian Kelly and Tony Hirst at the ILI 2013 conference on Monday 14 October 2013.
See http://ukwebfocus.wordpress.com/events/ili-2013-workshop/
See http://ukwebfocus.wordpress.com/events/ili-2013-workshop/
Imagining and Enabling the Collaborative CommonsMark McGuire
Presentation delivered at the Internet Research 16 (#IR16) Conference, Phoenix Arizona, Oct. 21-24 2015 (http://aoir.org/ir16/). I discuss open practices in education and design, including collaboration, cooperation, crowdsourcing and dissemination. An audio recording of this presentation can be found on Soundcloud (https://goo.gl/G7U1tB). A post that integrates the slides and audio can be found on my blog (http://goo.gl/ps3pHr).
Building and maintaining your digital research profiletbirdcymru
Workshop shared with colleagues at School of Education Summer School, 27 June 2015. A digital research profile is what a researcher wants to share about herself and her work online, including some work which may be created online, and research which may be conducted online.
Wikipedia, Wikimedia UK and Higher Education: Developments in the UKlisbk
Slides for a talk on "Wikipedia, Wikimedia UK and Higher Education: Developments in the UK" given by Brian Kelly, Cetis at the Eduwiki 2014 conference in Belgrade, Serbia on 24 March 2014.
Note that due to the talk being limited to 15 minutes rather than the 45 minutes originally expected only a summary version of these slides was presented,
For further information see http://ukwebfocus.wordpress.com/events/eduwiki-serbia-2014/
A presentation given to the CTLT Institute (Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology) at the University of British Columbia in May, 2013. In it I introduce open education, MOOCs, xMOOCs vs cMOOCs, and discuss ETMOOC--a cMOOC I participated in in 2013--as an example of a cMOOC to better explain what (some) cMOOCs are like.
Some tips for using the new social medias in the classroom along with an introduction on the life-cycle of social media and ideas for how to stay ahead of the curve.
Slides from the Making an Impact through Social Media Workshop at the University of Edinburgh Digital Humanities: What Does It Mean? information session, organised by Forum Journal, in Edinburgh.
This workshop will help administrators of the John E. Fogarty Internal Center's AIDS International Training and Research Program (AITRP) explore options for using social media to connect to program alumni. Farra Trompeter will provide an overview of ways organizations use online communications to keep audiences engaged around the world, and will discuss ways to connect with fellows to strengthen future research collaborations that address global health needs.
Best Practice for Social Media in Teaching & Learning Contexts, slides accompanying a presentation by Nicola Osborne, EDINA Digital Education Manager, for Abertay University (Dundee). The hashtag for this event was #AbTLEJan2017.
For an online Gasta session - the internet was designed to be robust in a crisis, and the pandemic crisis has revealed frailties in the education system. Distance education has many of the design features of the internet and offers a more resilient structure possibly
Using the work of the OER Research Hub at the Open University, different types of OER users are identified. The different strategies for reaching these audiences are considered
Explores the idea that the openness approach has broken through to mainstream practice, but that the battle around the direction open education will take is just beginning.
Macroeconomics- Movie Location
This will be used as part of your Personal Professional Portfolio once graded.
Objective:
Prepare a presentation or a paper using research, basic comparative analysis, data organization and application of economic information. You will make an informed assessment of an economic climate outside of the United States to accomplish an entertainment industry objective.
Normal Labour/ Stages of Labour/ Mechanism of LabourWasim Ak
Normal labor is also termed spontaneous labor, defined as the natural physiological process through which the fetus, placenta, and membranes are expelled from the uterus through the birth canal at term (37 to 42 weeks
This slide is special for master students (MIBS & MIFB) in UUM. Also useful for readers who are interested in the topic of contemporary Islamic banking.
Biological screening of herbal drugs: Introduction and Need for
Phyto-Pharmacological Screening, New Strategies for evaluating
Natural Products, In vitro evaluation techniques for Antioxidants, Antimicrobial and Anticancer drugs. In vivo evaluation techniques
for Anti-inflammatory, Antiulcer, Anticancer, Wound healing, Antidiabetic, Hepatoprotective, Cardio protective, Diuretics and
Antifertility, Toxicity studies as per OECD guidelines
Synthetic Fiber Construction in lab .pptxPavel ( NSTU)
Synthetic fiber production is a fascinating and complex field that blends chemistry, engineering, and environmental science. By understanding these aspects, students can gain a comprehensive view of synthetic fiber production, its impact on society and the environment, and the potential for future innovations. Synthetic fibers play a crucial role in modern society, impacting various aspects of daily life, industry, and the environment. ynthetic fibers are integral to modern life, offering a range of benefits from cost-effectiveness and versatility to innovative applications and performance characteristics. While they pose environmental challenges, ongoing research and development aim to create more sustainable and eco-friendly alternatives. Understanding the importance of synthetic fibers helps in appreciating their role in the economy, industry, and daily life, while also emphasizing the need for sustainable practices and innovation.
Operation “Blue Star” is the only event in the history of Independent India where the state went into war with its own people. Even after about 40 years it is not clear if it was culmination of states anger over people of the region, a political game of power or start of dictatorial chapter in the democratic setup.
The people of Punjab felt alienated from main stream due to denial of their just demands during a long democratic struggle since independence. As it happen all over the word, it led to militant struggle with great loss of lives of military, police and civilian personnel. Killing of Indira Gandhi and massacre of innocent Sikhs in Delhi and other India cities was also associated with this movement.
June 3, 2024 Anti-Semitism Letter Sent to MIT President Kornbluth and MIT Cor...Levi Shapiro
Letter from the Congress of the United States regarding Anti-Semitism sent June 3rd to MIT President Sally Kornbluth, MIT Corp Chair, Mark Gorenberg
Dear Dr. Kornbluth and Mr. Gorenberg,
The US House of Representatives is deeply concerned by ongoing and pervasive acts of antisemitic
harassment and intimidation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Failing to act decisively to ensure a safe learning environment for all students would be a grave dereliction of your responsibilities as President of MIT and Chair of the MIT Corporation.
This Congress will not stand idly by and allow an environment hostile to Jewish students to persist. The House believes that your institution is in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, and the inability or
unwillingness to rectify this violation through action requires accountability.
Postsecondary education is a unique opportunity for students to learn and have their ideas and beliefs challenged. However, universities receiving hundreds of millions of federal funds annually have denied
students that opportunity and have been hijacked to become venues for the promotion of terrorism, antisemitic harassment and intimidation, unlawful encampments, and in some cases, assaults and riots.
The House of Representatives will not countenance the use of federal funds to indoctrinate students into hateful, antisemitic, anti-American supporters of terrorism. Investigations into campus antisemitism by the Committee on Education and the Workforce and the Committee on Ways and Means have been expanded into a Congress-wide probe across all relevant jurisdictions to address this national crisis. The undersigned Committees will conduct oversight into the use of federal funds at MIT and its learning environment under authorities granted to each Committee.
• The Committee on Education and the Workforce has been investigating your institution since December 7, 2023. The Committee has broad jurisdiction over postsecondary education, including its compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, campus safety concerns over disruptions to the learning environment, and the awarding of federal student aid under the Higher Education Act.
• The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is investigating the sources of funding and other support flowing to groups espousing pro-Hamas propaganda and engaged in antisemitic harassment and intimidation of students. The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is the principal oversight committee of the US House of Representatives and has broad authority to investigate “any matter” at “any time” under House Rule X.
• The Committee on Ways and Means has been investigating several universities since November 15, 2023, when the Committee held a hearing entitled From Ivory Towers to Dark Corners: Investigating the Nexus Between Antisemitism, Tax-Exempt Universities, and Terror Financing. The Committee followed the hearing with letters to those institutions on January 10, 202
Read| The latest issue of The Challenger is here! We are thrilled to announce that our school paper has qualified for the NATIONAL SCHOOLS PRESS CONFERENCE (NSPC) 2024. Thank you for your unwavering support and trust. Dive into the stories that made us stand out!
Francesca Gottschalk - How can education support child empowerment.pptxEduSkills OECD
Francesca Gottschalk from the OECD’s Centre for Educational Research and Innovation presents at the Ask an Expert Webinar: How can education support child empowerment?
Francesca Gottschalk - How can education support child empowerment.pptx
Open scholarship, social media & libraries
1. Challenges and opportunities in
open scholarship
Martin Weller
By psd http://www.flickr.com/photos/psd/3717444865/
2. About me
• Prof at the Open
University
• Digital Scholarship book
bit.ly/digscholar
• OER Research Hub
oerresearchhub.org
• Blogger edtechie.net
• The Battle for Open
3. “A university is just a group of buildings
gathered around a library.”
(Shelby Foote)
4. This talk
• Hypothesis: openness is key to future
direction of libraries and universities
• Social media underlies openness
• Look at different aspects of openness
• Social media role for each
• Why has openness been successful
• Some issues & challenges
21. And yet…
• That’s not what I meant at all!
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIzA4ItynY
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22. But researchers aren’t keen
“frequent or intensive use is
rare, and some researchers
regard blogs, wikis and other
novel forms of
communication as a waste of
time or even dangerous”
(Proctor, Williams and Stewart (2010)
Carpenter et al describe researchers as
‘risk averse’ and ‘behind the curve in
using digital technology’
“The advice given to pre-tenure
scholars was consistent across all
fields: focus on publishing in the
right venues and avoid spending
too much time on public
engagement, committee work,
writing op-ed pieces, developing
websites, blogging, and other non-
traditional forms of electronic
dissemination”
23. Perils of Open scholarship
• Trolls
• Job perils
• Promotion
24. Challenges
• Open access is key, not always encouraged
• Takes investment to reach the pay-off
• “It’s not proper scholarship!”
• Not much of: stealing ideas, online abuse,
conflict with traditional role
http://www.flickr.com/photos/quinnanya/5893328472/
25. Tips
• Get started!
• Find your voice/tool
• Give a bit of you
• Be a good networker
• Use a mix
• Don’t overplan
• Be open
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kamranmeyer/9399451939/
26. Role of social media
MOOCs
Open Access
Open Scholarship
OERs
Social
media
29. The role of the networked librarian
• To be the best node in the network?
• To act as a useful filter
• Community building
• Bringing relevant material to debates
• Having an appreciation of openness & social
media are key
30. To discuss…
• Do you agree with the notion that open
education is significant direction?
• Has openness won?
• Does social media underlie openness?
• Thoughts on the networked librarian?
34. Innovation is the important element of
openness
• Open is not just ‘zero cost’
• Openness can allow:
– New business models
– New entrants
– Reputation enhancement
– Democratisation of learning
– Outreach
– Increased access
• Open allows experimentation