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Will 'Publish or Perish' Become 'Clicks or Canned'? The Rise of Academic Social Networks

Edsurge

But just like with Facebook or any other social network, we need to be aware of potential issues we might have with copyright or privacy.” Users can connect in private or public groups, comment on papers and keep track of the connections of other users that they follow via a Facebook-like newsfeed.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Microsoft first launched these in 1992 , but let’s all pretend like the learn-to-code alt-certification thing is brand new. ” Among its cargo: a Facebook / Internet.org satellite that was supposed to provide Internet access Facebook to African countries. Here’s the Top 100 list, for what it’s worth.

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(The Very Last) Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” “ University of California System is playing hardball with Elsevier in negotiations that could transform the way it pays to read and publish research,” says Inside Higher Ed. “ Can Online Learning Help Higher Ed Reverse Its Tuition Spiral? ” Via Inside Higher Ed : “Racist Rant Roils Columbia.”

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Cultural hegemony and disruption

Learning with 'e's

How long will it be before these media disrupt the hegemony the large publishing houses such as Elsevier, Springer and Wiley currently impose upon the academic world? Then learning happens as ideas are challenged, arguments ensue and synthesis is achieved. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's. Unported License.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” The New York Times on “ mastery based learning ” : “A New Kind of Classroom: No Grades, No Failing, No Hurry.” ISTE has hired Joseph South as its Chief Learning Officer. Via the Coursera blog : “What’s Next in Employee Learning: Virtual Reality.” ” Holy s**t.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

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. Via The 74 : “ Montessori Was the Original Personalized Learning. Education in the Courts.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Speaking of Peter Thiel, “ Mark Zuckerberg : Facebook fake news didn’t sway election,” USA Today reports from the Techonomy conference. ” From the press release : “ Jisc Collections and Elsevier Sign Landmark UK Agreement, Securing Access to Research Publications and Initiating Open Science Collaboration.”