Digital futures : expert briefings on digital technologies for education and research / edited by Martin Hall, Martyn Harrow, Lorraine Estelle.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hall, Martin, editor.

Harrow, Martyn, editor.

Estelle, Lorraine, editor.

Series:

Chandos information professional series.

Chandos information professional series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Digital libraries.

Electronic information resources.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 50 pages).

Edition:

1st edition

Other Title:

Expert briefings on digital technologies for education and research

Place of Publication:

Waltham, MA : Chandos Publishing, [2015]

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

A co-branded book project with Jisc (formerly the Joint Information Systems Committee), 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 technolo

Contents:

Front Cover; 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 Workflows2.4 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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed July 21, 2015).

ISBN:

9780081004005

0081004001

9780081003848

0081003846

OCLC:

913829111