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

ISBN-13: 9780081003848 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 68 str.

Hall, Martin Harrow, Martyn Estelle, Lorraine

Opis

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

Spis treści

Chapter 1. MOOcs - David Kernohan The melting of the MOOC From education to training Fight or flight

Chapter 2.Open Access: The Costs and Opportunities - Frank Manista Chapter 3.Creating Opportunities Through Security, Andrew Cormack Understanding security in research and education New ways of being secure Designing security for research and education Creating opportunities through safe working About the Author

Chapter 4.Open data: Higher and Further Education stepping up to the challenge - Rachel Bruce and Andy McGregor

Chapter 5. Enhancing the digital student experience - Sarah Knight

Chapter 6.International collaboration and the changing digital world - opportunities and constraints - Matthew Dovey