Learning with 'e's

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

Many others now only publish their work in open access journals, and I intend to do the same. I'm also going to continue writing these blog posts for as long as people like you find them useful, and continue to come back for more. on my blog last year. Why the fluctuation in prices? Only the publishers can explain that one.

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Learning with 'e's

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

As a prelude to the event, the organisers have asked me to write a short blog post which takes the form of my responses to four questions: Q1. The big four publishers - Elsevier, Wiley, Taylor and Francis and Springer - are making huge profits worldwide from the goodwill of academics. I'm not the only one. We have the technology.

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Iterating Toward Openness

MAY 17, 2016

Cutting off access to research results – either the seminal (foundational) research or the very latest findings published earlier this morning – is a certain way to kill this kind of endeavor. The overwhelming majority of research on cancer is owned by publishers of academic journals like Elsevier and Springer.

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APRIL 28, 2012

Wikipedia is popular because it can be accessed from anywhere using a web enabled mobile phone. Blogging and open access journals are becoming the first choice of publishing for many academics and scholars. Blogging is not generally subject to editorial control, so individuals are at liberty to write what they choose.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 11, 2017

Via the Coursera blog : “What’s Next in Employee Learning: Virtual Reality.” ” The Chronicle of Higher Education on Elsevier “becoming a data company.” The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative ’s CTO, Brian Pinkerton , is leaving the company. The Business of Job Training. But With a Better Future? .”

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JUNE 23, 2017

Via Nature : “One of the world’s largest science publishers, Elsevier , won a default legal judgement on 21 June against websites that provide illicit access to tens of millions of research papers and books. Education in the Courts. ” More via The Chronicle of Higher Education. .”

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OCTOBER 6, 2017

Let’s not worry that there are many people who do not have access to electricity, let alone Internet, let alone digital devices.). Via the edX blog : “Higher Education Needs a Re-think to Train Tomorrow’s Workforce.” Accreditation and Certification. ” Related? .”

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NOVEMBER 30, 2018

She wrote a blog post on Medium. RELX is the former weapons dealer known as Reed Elsevier. ” Another remembrance via NPR : “‘Harold Believed In Me’: Remembering A College Access Advocate And NYC Schools Leader.” The Chronicle of Higher Education and Inside Higher Ed have picked up the story.

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MAY 5, 2017

” Via Infodocket : “ Louisiana State University is Suing Elsevier For Breach of Contract.” ” “Mitch Daniels Wants to Sell the Soul of Public Education: Purdue Faculty Must Stop Him,” the Academe blog argues. Here is the Microsoft blog post announcing its new products. Spoiler alert: no.).

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Inside Higher Ed has more details on the University of California Berkeley ’s announcement that they’ll remove free online content rather than comply with a Justice Department demand to make it accessible to those with disabilities. More via a Department of Ed blog post on what it’s doing to support these students.

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MAY 20, 2016

It’s not really an “exclusive” when you re-write a Google blog post , but oh well. In other news culled from the Google blog: “ Introducing Spaces , a tool for small group sharing.” Elsevier has acquired SSRN , an online open access repository. .” Upgrades and Downgrades.

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MAY 19, 2017

” “ Elsevier Wants $15 Million Piracy Damages From Sci-Hub and Libgen ,” says TorrentFreak. The open-access publisher PLOS has a new CEO : Alison Mudditt. From the WCET blog : “Using Artificial Intelligence for Personality Insights.” ” Education in the Courts. ” From the HR Department.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Via The San Jose Mercury News : “In a direct challenge to California ’s landmark law guaranteeing public access to beaches, Silicon Valley billionaire Vinod Khosla on Thursday filed an appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court, arguing that he should not be required to allow public access to Martins Beach in San Mateo County.”

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FEBRUARY 2, 2018

Via the Broadcast Law Blog : “Time for the FCC to Review Children’s Television Educational Programming Obligations of Broadcasters? Elsevier on “The Augmented Researcher: What Does 2018 Hold for AI in Publishing ?” . “ Trump’s 5G proposa l is destructive nonsense,” says The Verge.

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AUGUST 4, 2017

” Testing, Testing… From the Khan Academy blog : “ Khan Academy is the Official Practice Partner for AP.” The for-profit Charlotte School of Law says it might get its access to federal financial aid restored. Elsevier has acquired bepress. ” asks the WCET blog. ” ACT has invested $10.5

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JUNE 24, 2016

From the Coursera blog : “Coursera pilots a new course format.” The program will focus on nonprofits that help refugees, which will be able to apply for fee waivers to access the Coursera course catalog.” ” Grit ™ – a blog post about a trademarked grit product by Pearson , of course. “Can U.S.

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