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Open Access to Research Is Inevitable, Libraries Are Told

Dwayne Harapnuik — October 18, 2009

“I now believe that having public access to most scholarly communications is inevitable,” said David Shulenburger, vice president for academic affairs at the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities. “Faculty are coming to understand, finally, that this has to happen if they’re going to have the most scholarly opportunities to get things done.”

Lets hope that this is more than just a statement in a panel discussion at the membership meeting of the Association of Research Libraries.

If we really want to see a radical change in education then Open Access and Open Education Resources are just to initiative that must be embraced.

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Facebook – New Student Commons?

Dwayne Harapnuik — September 28, 2009 — Leave a comment

http://chronicle.com/article/Facebook-The-New-Classroom/48575/

Facebook: The New Classroom Commons? – The Chronicle Review – The Chronicle of Higher Education via kwout

It is very unfortunate that Harriet L. Schwartz’s, assistant professor of professional leadership at Carlow University, post in the Chronicle of Higher Education is only accessible through a paid subscription because she makes a very well reasoned argument for using facebook in the learning environment. Its where your learners are–and most everyone else.

When my 60 something sister, my wifes 70 something parents and all just about everyone else I know is “friending” me in Facebook I guess I too will have to move from being a passive intermittent user of Facebook and meeting my social network where they are at.

Reminder to self — do not renew Chronicle of Higher Education subscription–this content should be free.