@JanetBenson77 @jar Would that be 'ink' flow? #mscidel
@physiart -Stanford and VC community inextricably intertwined and money becomes a driving force. #mscidel
Connectivism: Α learning theory for the digital age http://t.co/PVSPfBsz #mscidel
@bjohnnymac @jar For that period of time, probably YES!!! #mscidel
@jar @physiart -Agreed, but was 2300 students truly massive? Semantics? http://t.co/lsHnYEpS #mscidel
The Most Thorough Description (to date) of University Experience with MOOC |e-Literate http://t.co/hecL86cz #mscidel
MOOC.CA - a place to host MOOC news and information http://t.co/8Ogomn7N #mscidel
Last 15 places now available - register online and join the first international discovery summit, in London on 21-22 February. Jisc and the British Library are calling university librarians and archivists, library staff, museum curators and expert developers from across the globe to ask ‘how is open data transforming the world’s great collections at universities, galleries, libraries, archives and museums from being on the internet, to being of the internet?’
The aim is that by the end of the summit there will be an international action plan which will bring together collaborative next steps on the road to discovery. This two day summit is also open for online attendance so get the date in your diary now. There is no need for registration, simply visit the Jisc website to join in on the day.
Discovery of resources for research and education is an area of almost continual upheaval and this presents many challenges. Jisc and the British Library want to find out how open data can be used to make library, archive and museum collections easier for the public to find and use.
Effective resource discovery services are important for the student and research experience and for ensuring that valuable and unique collections are accessible as widely as possible. There are often barriers in place which prevent resources being openly discoverable, such as technical and licensing requirements. This summit, which will also be live streamed, invites attendees to share ideas and approaches to these challenges. It will compare and contrast endeavours that desire to meet the opportunities that open data presents. The summit will:
Andy McGregor, Jisc, programme manager says: “Jisc has been working on making library, museum and archive collections easier to find on the web for the last two years. The approach we have taken has been based around taking an open approach to metadata. One of the really exciting aspects of this work is how many other people around the world are pursuing similar strategies. Europeana, The Digital Public Library of America, the BBC and the British Library are all pursuing exciting new developments based on open metadata. The Discovery Summit has been designed to explore these similarities and allow us to work out how we can work together to address shared challenges.”
The two day programme includes presentations from:
Neil Wilson, British Library says: “The British Library is participating in several international initiatives building standards to be used in the next generation of resource discovery systems. We also work with partners in the wider community via our open metadata strategy to explore the possibilities of new resource discovery technologies such as linked open data. The common factor is collaboration since whatever the technologies, our users need interoperable solutions and we can no longer afford to use standalone approaches. Events like the Discovery Summit are therefore essential in enabling us to clearly identify the shared challenges libraries, galleries, archives and museums face together with the joint actions needed to address them.”
The hashtag for the event is #disc13
@JanetBenson77 gotta watch out for that flow - it's dangerous to screens. :-) #mscidel
@StephenWalker @KateMfD lol - it's a conspiracy. #mscidel
@JanetBenson77 yep, walk away!! #mscidel
George Siemens on Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs): http://t.co/HyfRP9RW via @youtube #mscidel
Hmmmm $ is the moving force. Who would expect it :-) #mscidel
RT @rdp_life: McFarland's Stanford OrgAnalysis MOOC attracts 40,000 participants & questions from GSE studnts https://t.co/0NoR2An4 #mscidel
@StephenWalker Totally agree on 9 day week. Could Choke a Horse. Ha ha A metaphor. #mscidel
@physiart @jar Deal inked in VC living room shortly thereafter. I know the VC #mscidel
@physiart @jar Neither. Stanford prof posted new curriculum online on a whim never discussed with anyone. VC smelled big $ #mscidel
@StephenWalker I went to kettlebells and threw some heavy weights around. Now I'm ready to blog! #mscidel
Three hours of #mscidel has fried my brain. I'm off to relax by killing stuff in Black Ops 2.
Just tried to use my highlighter pen on my laptop screen. Time for tea methinks. #mscidel
Is there a potential for agoraphobia in a MOOC environment? Could this be one of the reasons so many do not engage? #mscidel
Nom nom nom. Now for study time #mscidel http://t.co/8fZMQP0c
RT @JanetBenson77: "We are tired of trees" (Deleuze and Guattari). "I'm a little tired of roots" (Benson) #mscidel << :-)
Now, *this* is what I call a teaching space #mscidel http://t.co/VAL2Tkrc