The digital scholar : : how technology is transforming scholarly practice / / Martin Weller.

• VerfasserIn: Weller, Martin,
• Place / Publishing House: London : : Bloomsbury Academic,, 2011.
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (200 pages) :; tables; digital file(s).
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

While industries such as music, newspapers, film and publishing have seen radical changes in their business models and practices as a direct result of new technologies, higher education has so far resisted the wholesale changes we have seen elsewhere. However, a gradual and fundamental shift in the practice of academics is taking place. Every aspect of scholarly practice is seeing changes effected by the adoption and possibilities of new technologies. This book will explore these changes, their implications for higher education, the possibilities for new forms of scholarly practice and what lessons can be drawn from other sectors.

Table of Contents

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Digital, Networked and Open; A tale of two books; What is digital scholarship?; Digital, networked and open; Fast, cheap and out of control; Technology determinism; The structure of this book; 2 Is the Revolution Justified?; The net generation; Context; Lack of relevance; Different attitudes; Overestimating skills; Seeing difference where there is none; People are learning in different ways; Meeting unmet needs of learners; Open education; Lessons from other sectors; Conclusions from the evidence; An appropriate response; Conclusion

3 Lessons from Other SectorsThe newspaper industry; The music industry; Ownership and identity; Boundary wars; A component analysis; Conclusion; 4 The Nature of Scholarship; Scholarship; Digital scholarship revisited; Discovery; The application of grid computing or crowdsourcing analysis; Unexpected applications; Data visualisation; Combination; Integration; Application; Teaching; Conclusion; 5 Researchers and New Technology; The current state; A networked research cycle; Themes; Granularity; Pushback from outlets; Crowdsourcing; Light connections and nodes; Rapid innovation; Conclusion

6 Interdisciplinarity and Permeable BoundariesInterdisciplinarity; The potential of technology; Twitter as interdisciplinary network; Conclusion; 7 Public Engagement as Collateral Damage; Public engagement; A long-tail content production system; Frictionless broadcasting; Conclusion; 8 A Pedagogy of Abundance; Economics of abundance and scarcity; Education and abundance; Possible pedagogies; Resource-based learning (RBL); Problem-based learning (PBL); Constructivism; Communities of practice; Connectivism; Conclusion; 9 Openness in Education; The changing nature of openness

Digital and networkedThe facilitation of openness; The effectiveness of openness; Open education as a ''movement''; Open educational resources; Status; Aggregation and adaptation; Models of sustainability; Affordances of OERs; Portals and sites; The role of context; Open courses; Conclusion; 10 Network Weather; Network weather; Remote participation; Backchannel; Amplified events; Socialisation; Changing formats; Case study - the Open University conference; Conclusion; 11 Reward and Tenure; The tenure process; The digital scholarship barriers; Recognising digital scholarship

Recreating the existing modelDigital equivalents; Digital scholarship guidelines; Metrics; Peer review; Micro-credit; Alternative methods; Conclusion; 12 Publishing; The academic publishing business; Open access publishing; The advantages of open access; Reimagining publishing; Conclusion; 13 The Medals of Our Defeats; Avoiding extremism; Superficiality; Quality; Brain damage; Forgetting and identity; Next-big-thingism; Property and ownership; Sustainability; Conclusion; 14 Digital Resilience; Techno-angst; A failure of ownership; Levels of engagement; Governmental and funding body level

Institutional level