Comments for Scholarly Communication http://zsr.wfu.edu/scholarship Evolutions in Scholarship Thu, 09 May 2013 14:34:41 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Comment on My MOOC Experience by Molly Keener http://zsr.wfu.edu/scholarship/evolutions/my-mooc/#comment-276 Molly Keener Thu, 09 May 2013 14:34:41 +0000 http://zsr.wfu.edu/scholarship/?p=1754#comment-276 Interesting news from Coursera this morning about a collaboration with academic publishers to make e-textbooks available to MOOC students for the duration of their courses: http://online.wsj.com/article/PR-CO-20130508-910631.html. Interesting news from Coursera this morning about a collaboration with academic publishers to make e-textbooks available to MOOC students for the duration of their courses: http://online.wsj.com/article/PR-CO-20130508-910631.html.

]]> Comment on My MOOC Experience by Molly Keener http://zsr.wfu.edu/scholarship/evolutions/my-mooc/#comment-272 Molly Keener Tue, 07 May 2013 13:26:37 +0000 http://zsr.wfu.edu/scholarship/?p=1754#comment-272 Kyle, I really like your characterization of MOOCs as guided tours through subsets of knowledge! And your analogy definitely makes sense. Kyle, I really like your characterization of MOOCs as guided tours through subsets of knowledge! And your analogy definitely makes sense.

]]> Comment on My MOOC Experience by Kyle Denlinger http://zsr.wfu.edu/scholarship/evolutions/my-mooc/#comment-271 Kyle Denlinger Tue, 07 May 2013 00:56:29 +0000 http://zsr.wfu.edu/scholarship/?p=1754#comment-271 Excellent point, Molly. I see the two efforts (MOOCs and OA) as being in close philosophical alignment. If OA is aimed at increasing access to the world's knowledge, then MOOCs, really, are just free guided tours through small sections of the world's knowledge. Right now, unfortunately, the knowledge most MOOCers have access to forces MOOCs to only stop off at the Wall Drugs of the knowledge world, when OA would allow us to show them the Louvre. Does that horrible analogy make any sense? Excellent point, Molly. I see the two efforts (MOOCs and OA) as being in close philosophical alignment. If OA is aimed at increasing access to the world’s knowledge, then MOOCs, really, are just free guided tours through small sections of the world’s knowledge. Right now, unfortunately, the knowledge most MOOCers have access to forces MOOCs to only stop off at the Wall Drugs of the knowledge world, when OA would allow us to show them the Louvre. Does that horrible analogy make any sense?

]]> Comment on My MOOC Experience by Sarah http://zsr.wfu.edu/scholarship/evolutions/my-mooc/#comment-270 Sarah Mon, 06 May 2013 19:41:15 +0000 http://zsr.wfu.edu/scholarship/?p=1754#comment-270 Thanks for sharing! Thanks for sharing!

]]> Comment on My MOOC Experience by Lynn Sutton http://zsr.wfu.edu/scholarship/evolutions/my-mooc/#comment-269 Lynn Sutton Mon, 06 May 2013 18:56:42 +0000 http://zsr.wfu.edu/scholarship/?p=1754#comment-269 This is great, Molly. So glad you took the plunge. My most positive MOOC experiences came in courses where I had no desire for college credit, but just wanted exposure to the content. For that it worked great. The OA content question will come into play not only with MOOCs but other kinds of collaborative online learning that WFU and others are now entertaining. So much fun to figure out! This is great, Molly. So glad you took the plunge. My most positive MOOC experiences came in courses where I had no desire for college credit, but just wanted exposure to the content. For that it worked great. The OA content question will come into play not only with MOOCs but other kinds of collaborative online learning that WFU and others are now entertaining. So much fun to figure out!

]]> Comment on New code to help libraries exercise Fair Use by Molly http://zsr.wfu.edu/scholarship/evolutions/new-code-to-help-libraries-exercise-fair-use-2/#comment-23 Molly Wed, 29 Feb 2012 13:54:04 +0000 http://cloud.lib.wfu.edu/blog/pd/?p=1651#comment-23 Mary Beth, I'm not surprised there's been disgruntlement on the side of rightsholders, but as the exercise of fair use by default does not require the express permission of rightsholders, having them at the table during discussions might have arbitrarily limited uses. Plus, I don't think they were involved in the development of codes and best practices previously established by other communities of practice (although they may have been...). And if you get t-shirts made, I'll wear one! Mary Beth, I’m not surprised there’s been disgruntlement on the side of rightsholders, but as the exercise of fair use by default does not require the express permission of rightsholders, having them at the table during discussions might have arbitrarily limited uses. Plus, I don’t think they were involved in the development of codes and best practices previously established by other communities of practice (although they may have been…).

And if you get t-shirts made, I’ll wear one!

]]> Comment on New code to help libraries exercise Fair Use by Lynn http://zsr.wfu.edu/scholarship/evolutions/new-code-to-help-libraries-exercise-fair-use-2/#comment-22 Lynn Wed, 29 Feb 2012 01:16:39 +0000 http://cloud.lib.wfu.edu/blog/pd/?p=1651#comment-22 Outstanding summary, Molly. Favorite: "Please, God, yes!" Outstanding summary, Molly.

Favorite: “Please, God, yes!”

]]> Comment on New code to help libraries exercise Fair Use by Mary Beth http://zsr.wfu.edu/scholarship/evolutions/new-code-to-help-libraries-exercise-fair-use-2/#comment-21 Mary Beth Tue, 28 Feb 2012 22:30:07 +0000 http://cloud.lib.wfu.edu/blog/pd/?p=1651#comment-21 Good summation Molly. There is an ongoing debate on listservs about this new "Best Practices" document that indicates there is a great deal of anger on the part of the rightsholders that they were not included in the conversation at all. It will be interesting to see how this unfolds. I like the "Embrace ambiguity and risk management" statement. We need t-shirts! Good summation Molly. There is an ongoing debate on listservs about this new “Best Practices” document that indicates there is a great deal of anger on the part of the rightsholders that they were not included in the conversation at all. It will be interesting to see how this unfolds. I like the “Embrace ambiguity and risk management” statement. We need t-shirts!

]]> Comment on Blogging as Scholarship by Pramit Singh http://zsr.wfu.edu/scholarship/evolutions/blogging-as-scholarship/#comment-27 Pramit Singh Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:54:27 +0000 http://cloud.lib.wfu.edu/blog/thefutureof/?p=12#comment-27 The future of news is building an audience for yourself. This is no more limited to big new organizations. Blogging has helped individuals to make a mark for themselves and this is what any enterprising journalist must do. I curate the Bighow Online Journalism Guide Page http://bighow.com/journalism on Bighow, the social news sharing website. There, you will find links to all the useful tools, resources, guides that you would need to excel in the exciting field of Online Journalism. It also covers the latest trends in Online news. The future of news is building an audience for yourself. This is no more limited to big new organizations. Blogging has helped individuals to make a mark for themselves and this is what any enterprising journalist must do.

I curate the Bighow Online Journalism Guide Page http://bighow.com/journalism on Bighow, the social news sharing website.

There, you will find links to all the useful tools, resources, guides that you would need to excel in the exciting field of Online Journalism. It also covers the latest trends in Online news.

]]> Comment on Blogging as Scholarship by Molly Keener http://zsr.wfu.edu/scholarship/evolutions/blogging-as-scholarship/#comment-26 Molly Keener Tue, 24 Aug 2010 17:04:58 +0000 http://cloud.lib.wfu.edu/blog/thefutureof/?p=12#comment-26 James, you raise a valid point about the ease of entry into blogging contributing to the wide spectrum of authority and accuracy found in the blogosphere. However, I believe that is all the more reason why those academic blogs that do not seek to "sensationalize information" or "skew the boundaries" of traditional journalism, but rather serve to advance knowledge in their field and maintain a healthy, respectful discourse, should be recognized as scholarship. James, you raise a valid point about the ease of entry into blogging contributing to the wide spectrum of authority and accuracy found in the blogosphere. However, I believe that is all the more reason why those academic blogs that do not seek to “sensationalize information” or “skew the boundaries” of traditional journalism, but rather serve to advance knowledge in their field and maintain a healthy, respectful discourse, should be recognized as scholarship.

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