Digital Futures :Expert Briefings on Digital Technologies for Education and Research

Publication subTitle :Expert Briefings on Digital Technologies for Education and Research

Author: Hall   Martin;Harrow   Martyn;Estelle   Lorraine  

Publisher: Elsevier Science‎

Publication year: 2015

E-ISBN: 9780081004005

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780081003848

Subject: G250.76 electronic library, digital library

Keyword: 信息与知识传播

Language: ENG

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Description

A co-branded book project with Jisc (formerly the Joint Information Systems Commitee), off the back of DigiFest 2014, a digital festival run by Jisc for the first time in 2014. The aim of the book is to bring cutting-edge discussion as heard at DigiFest to the information professional/academic librarian readership. Digital Futures will provide expert briefings to information professionals on the emerging trends in the digital technologies that are transforming teaching and research in higher education.

  • Written by subject experts working at the forefront in emerging trends and digital technologies
  • Encompasses issues that impact across the higher education institution: learning, research and network security
  • Aids strategic thinking and informs decision making

Chapter

Digital Futures

Copyright Page

Contents

About the Editors

About the Contributors

Introduction

MOOCs

Open Access

Managing Digital Risks

Open Data

The Digital Student Experience

International Collaboration

1 MOOCs

1.1 The Melting of the MOOC

1.2 From Education to Training

1.3 Fight or Flight

References

2 Open Access: The Costs and Opportunities

2.1 Introduction

2.2 The Costs of OA

2.2.1 APCs

2.2.2 The Total Cost of Ownership

2.2.3 Administration and Compliance

2.3 The Opportunities for OA

2.3.1 Collaboration

2.3.2 Metadata and Standards

2.3.3 Licensing

2.3.4 Workflows

2.4 Research Impact

3 Creating Opportunities Through Security

3.1 Understanding Security in Research and Education

3.2 New Ways of Being Secure

3.3 Designing Security for Research and Education

3.4 Creating Opportunities Through Safe Working

References

4 Open Data: Higher and Further Education Stepping up to the Challenge

4.1 Why It Matters

4.2 Where Is Further and Higher Education?

5 Enhancing the Digital Student Experience

5.1 What Is Changing?

5.2 Who Owns the Technology?

5.3 How Is Technology Enhancing the Curriculum?

5.4 How Is Technology Enhancing Assessment?

5.5 How Are Students Engaged in Developing the Digital Student Experience?

5.6 What Are the Challenges Facing Institutions?

5.7 Principles for Developing an Enhanced Digital Student Experience

References

6 International Collaboration and the Changing Digital World – Opportunities and Constraints

6.1 Introduction

6.2 Research E-infrastructure

6.3 Network E-infrastructure

6.4 Computational E-infrastructure

6.5 Data E-infrastructure

6.6 Virtual Research Environments

6.7 Virtual communication

6.8 Conclusion

References

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