The Digital Scholar: How Technology Is Transforming Scholarly Practice

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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. Cover Half-title Title Copyright 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 Sectors The 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 Boundaries Interdisciplinarity 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 networked The 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 model Digital 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 Discipline level Individual level Resilience Room for disruption Conclusion References Index A B C D G H I K L M N O P Q R S T W Y