Learning with 'e's

JULY 12, 2015

Increasing numbers of high profile academics (such as danah boyd and Martin Weller for example) are turning their backs on traditional methods of research dissemination, publishing their work exclusively on free-to-read open access platforms or on their blogs. They are the open scholars. Academics are beginning to stand up and speak out.

Elsevier 28

Elsevier Social Media Accessibility Outcomes 28

Learning with 'e's

APRIL 28, 2012

I emphasise here the power of participatory media to promote democracy and to a strengthening of the influence of the voice of the people. The current exponential adoption of social media has huge implications for the system of education, itself a key component of cultural hegemony. Governments can also be disrupted.

Social Media 75

Social Media Elsevier Facebook Mobility 75

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

Via the EFF : “Stupid Patent of the Month: Elsevier Patents Online Peer Review.” Shawn Graham responds to this patent on peer review by patenting Elsevier. Here’s a different example of ownership (and the surrender of ownership) of students’ stories via the Star Tribune : “Retired Minn.

Education 52

Education Coursera Elsevier MOOC 52