Can You Digg It?: Using Web Applications in Teaching the Research Process Rochelle (Shelley) Rodrigo, Old Dominion University Abstract Admit it, when you first search for something you use Google or check Wikipedia: Of course! I don’t ask this question of my students; instead, I ask this question of my colleagues when I do workshops about teaching with technology (especially when teaching big end-of-semester term or research papers). Digg is the catchy title for thinking about using web applications in research. Critical engagement with the technologies they use is a powerful motivator for having students work with various web applications. Lankshear and Knobel (2007) claim that: If the Web 2.0 world is promoting these types of changes, researching in the Web 2.0 world might need to be considered a new literacy. This article argues that instructors teaching research methods, especially undergraduate writing courses that focus on researched arguments, should use various web-based interactive applications. Why Digg It? What are You Digging With?
#OAbooks in the HSS: Contexts, Conversations, Technologies and Communities of Practice | OPEN REFLECTIONS Last week I attended the first major conference entirely dedicated to Open Access books in the HSS, in the British Library, organised by OAPEN and JISC. The two-day conference had a fantastic line-up of keynote speakers, established and new experimental projects in open access book publishing, and practical strands on funding, publishing for scholars and the Open Access supply chain. The atmosphere was great, attendance high and everything looked very promising. Underneath my notes to some of what I thought were the highlights of the conference: the talks by Jean-Claude Guédon and Kathleen Fitzpatrick, and the showcases by the Open Library of the Humanities, the Hybrid Publishing Lab, and Mpublishing. But there were many other interesting talks, such as Cameron Neylon’s keynote, showcases by Open Book Publishers, OpenEdition, etc. etc. I also gave a talk at the conference: Find a reputable OA publisher – Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB). Context trumps content Dynamic Publishing
eBooks: Great Expectations - A W3C Workshop on Electronic Books and Open Web Platform - 11-12 February 2013 Summary of the Electronic Books and the Open Web Platform Workshop W3C, together with IDPF (International Digital Publishing Forum) and BISG (Book Industry Study Group), held a Workshop on Electronic Books and the Open Web Platform, under the title eBooks: Great Expectations for Web Standards, on the 11 and 12 February 2013 in New York, USA. The Workshop was co-located and hosted by O'Reilly Tools of Change for Publishing Conference. The Workshop's technical discussions focused on Open Web Platform technologies currently used in eBooks and the need for improvements of these technologies for future digital publications. Executive Summary Today’s eBook market is dynamic, fast-changing and strong. eBooks compete with printed versions, and there is a wide choice of hardware and software available for eBook readers. The International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF) has defined the EPUB standard (latest version 3.0) that largely builds on W3C’s Open Web Platform technologies. Production: Wrap-up
Mammoth. Outil de curation collaboratif Mammoth est un outil de curation qui permet de collecter et d’organiser tout type d’informations et d’éléments en mode collaboratif. Mammoth est un moyen très simple pour travailler à plusieurs pour créer des dossiers virtuels multimédias puis les partager avec d’autres.Ce service est d’une étonnante simplicité d’utilisation. Il offre toutes les options nécessaires pour collecter, assembler, éditer puis partager des ressources multimédias sous la forme de boards que vous pouvez partager ensuite ou non. Chaque tableau que vous allez créer sur Mammoth permet de rassembler des textes, des images, des vidéos et des fichiers de toute sorte. Mammoth conserve tout, des liens, des images, des vidéos et des fichiers quelque soit leur taille ou format. Mammoth se distingue aussi et surtout par ses fonctions de curation collaborative. L’ergonomie du service est bien pensée. Un outil à tester et dont on dit d’ores et déjà beaucoup de bien ici et là. Like Loading...
How to find an appropriate research data repository. As more and more funders and journals adopt data policies that require researchers to deposit underlying research data in a data repository, the question over where to store this data and how to choose a repository becomes more and more important. Heinz Pampel is one of the people behind re3data.org, an Open Science tool that helps researchers to easily identify a suitable repository for their data and thus comply to requirements set out in data policies. The debate on open access to research data is gaining relevance. Although scientists agree with the potential benefit of data sharing for the scientific progress, the majority is reserved when it comes to practical implementations. The current landscape of data repositories is heterogeneous. re3data.org – Registry of Research Data Repositories Launched in 2012, re3data.org provides an overview of existing research data repositories. Aspects of a Research Data Repository with the corresponding icons used in re3data.org. Next Steps
A Pocket Guide to Master Every Day’s Typographic Adventures Typo—what? Typography is the craft of arranging type with the goal to make language visible. We arrange type multiple times throughout the day; whether we are writing essays, summarizing meeting minutes or creating slides for a presentation. Unfortunately, we usually end up thinking more about what we write than how we write it. And, most importantly, how others will read it. 1. 2. This little guide is for everyone who comes across these typographic adventures or just want to do things right. While I try to outline guidelines for the most common challenges, I encourage you to trust your own judgement when it comes to final decisions. I run this site as an ongoing project, so please feel free to contribute on GitHub or give feedback via email or Twitter. Fonts vs. A common misconception is that typefaces and fonts are the same. “The physical embodiment of a collection of letters, numbers, symbols, etc. In other words, we choose and look at typefaces, just like we listen to songs. 1. 2.
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Home | CASRAI Modeler Accès aux données sur la recherche | Deuxième labo Cet article rend compte d’une enquête en trois volets que nous avons menée pour comprendre d’où venait le manque de visibilité et de lisibilité de la recherche française. À défaut d’avoir pu tout couvrir, l’enquête nous a menés sur la voie de l’open data, mais pas au sens où on l’entend traditionnellement en science : ce qui nous intéresse ici ce sont les données sur la recherche récoltées par les administrateurs, et non pas les données scientifiques produites par les chercheur/ses. Cette distinction, qui devrait sauter aux yeux dès notre premier article, est reconnue notamment du Ministère de l’enseignement supérieur et de la recherche. La recherche française, combien de divisions ? La formule de Staline se demandant quelle était la force de frappe du Vatican pourrait très bien s’appliquer aujourd’hui à la recherche française. Or ce n’est pas une fatalité. L’open data selon l’ANR Pendant ce temps, au Royaume-Uni… et ailleurs Tout ceci, on le trouve au Royaume-Uni.