Tag: information literacy
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Confessions of an Aca/Fan: What Is Learning in a Participatory Culture? (Part Two)
Our students are already appropriating information from the Web and turning it into new knowledge. They are already learning from each other and participating in the learning of their peers. They already connect, create, collaborate, and circulate information through new media. The goal for us, as educators, is to find new ways to harness and…
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A Fascinating but Sad Story from the Publishing Industry
The danger of drugs … and data | Ben Goldacre | Comment is free | The Guardian. Elsevier, a formerly reputable scientific and medical publisher has been outed in a law suit from Australia for publishing what purported to be medical journals, but were in reality marketing pieces paid for by Big Pharma. This kind…
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Liveblog of Berkman talk “From the Crowd to the Cloud: Social Media and the Obama Administration.”
Elizabeth Losh of UC Irvine is giving a Berkman lunchtime talk called “From the Crowd to the Cloud: Social Media and the Obama Administration.” She looks at “institutions as digital content creators.” via Joho the Blog » [berkman] Elizabeth Losh on Obama’s use of social media. This is Dave Winer’s blog and he adds a…
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The daily roundup: a second dose of link journalism from bloggers | BeatBlogging.Org
And it’s a very simple post that any journalist can do. It doesn’t take much time, can drive serious traffic and provides additional content and insight for readers. With sites/tools like Publish2, link journalism has become incredibly easy. Most journalists and bloggers eventually call it a day (except, it seems, for a few tech bloggers).…
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The Crisis of Credit Visualized – an instructive video
http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=3261363&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1The Crisis of Credit Visualized from Jonathan Jarvis on Vimeo.
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Where Journalism and Technology Collide
Where Journalism and Technology Collide. From Amy G. at E-Media Tidbits comes a link to this interesting site. I am glad to see this. What I’ve encountered when working with journalists who become teachers (the ones that are “digital immigrants” at least) is the attitude that adding tech to teaching is impossible because it would…
Barbara K Iverson 