Critical Perspectives on ‘Open-ness’ in the Digital University
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Openness and impacts in academia using social media
Jane Tinkler, London School of Economics
Academic communication is changing. Traditional dissemination methods are being supplemented by digital technologies that academics can use to share their research with each other and external stakeholders and thereby help their work to create impact. But what are the real benefits of using social media to share academic work? How does this openness lead to greater impact? And what are the potential problems with this form of short, immediate and frequent communication? This session draws on the findings of a three-year research project examining the ways that academic work can be better communicated in order to maximise its impact.
Is University Scholarship becoming more Open? Or just more Digital?
Open Educational Resources: salvation or subjectification?
Jeremy Knox, University of Edinburgh
This presentation will critique the implementation of Open Educational Resources in higher education. Open access has emerged as a prominent debate in the field of distance and digitally-mediated learning, in which technology is advanced as both the vehicle for widening participation and the solution to the perceived elitism of the traditional institution. OER have been in the forefront of this dialogue with claims of social transformation and global deliverance from poverty; however they remain significantly under-theorised. While OER literature often emphasises the removal of barriers to information, it fails to adequately address the consequences of open access in terms of education itself, tending to make assumptions about the capacity for individuals to act purely in an autonomous fashion as ‘self-directed’ learners. This paper will therefore problematise the ways in which the OER movement implies particular notions of freedom and independence in the advancement of their educational agenda.
This event is free for SRHE members and University of Edinburgh Staff
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Guest Price | £45.00 |
Member Price | £0.00 |
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