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[1] From: "Carolyn Kotlas" <kotlas_at_email.unc.edu> (157)
Subject: TL Infobits -- October 2006
[2] From: "Charles W. Bailey, Jr." <cbailey_at_uh.edu> (49)
Subject: Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography Changes
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Date: Sat, 04 Nov 2006 07:12:56 +0000
From: "Carolyn Kotlas" <kotlas_at_email.unc.edu>
Subject: TL Infobits -- October 2006
TL INFOBITS October 2006 No. 4 ISSN: Not Yet Assigned
About INFOBITS
INFOBITS is an electronic service of The University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill ITS Teaching and Learning division. Each month the
ITS-TL's Information Resources Consultant monitors and selects from a
number of information and instructional technology sources that come to
her attention and provides brief notes for electronic dissemination to
educators.
NOTE: You can read the Web version of this issue at
http://www.unc.edu/cit/infobits/bitoct06.php
You can read all back issues of Infobits at
http://its.unc.edu/tl/infobits/
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Open Source in Higher Education
Adaptive Hypermedia
How Faculty Search for Electronic Publications
What Do Video Games Teach?
New Journal on IT and Organizations
Halloween Link: IT Horror Stories
Recommended Reading
Infobits RSS Feed
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OPEN SOURCE IN HIGHER EDUCATION
The October/November 2006 issue (vol. 3, issue 1) of INNOVATE is
devoted to open source and the "potential of open source software and
related trends to transform educational practice." Papers include:
"Getting Open Source Software into Schools: Strategies and Challenges"
by Gary Hepburn and Jan Buley
"Looking Toward the Future: A Case Study of Open Source Software in the
Humanities" by Harvey Quamen
"Harnessing Open Technologies to Promote Open Educational Knowledge
Sharing" by Toru Iiyoshi, Cheryl Richardson, and Owen McGrath
The complete issue is available at http://www.innovateonline.info/.
Innovate [ISSN 1552-3233] is a bimonthly, peer-reviewed online
periodical published by the Fischler School of Education and Human
Services at Nova Southeastern University. The journal focuses on the
creative use of information technology (IT) to enhance educational
processes in academic, commercial, and government settings. Readers can
comment on articles, share material with colleagues and friends, and
participate in open forums. For more information, contact: James L.
Morrison, Editor-in-Chief, Innovate; email: innovate_at_nova.edu; Web:
http://www.innovateonline.info/.
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ADAPTIVE HYPERMEDIA
The JOURNAL OF DIGITAL INFORMATION (JoDI) has recently published a
special issue focusing on adaptive hypermedia. "Adaptive hypermedia
systems are those that build a profile of the user and then deliver
content that is appropriate for these needs, rather than the more
traditional 'one-size-fits-all' approach of the web." These systems
have the potential for tailoring online learning experiences to the
individual student.
The complete issue (vol. 7, no. 1, 2006) is available at
http://journals.tdl.org/jodi/issue/view/29.
The Journal of Digital Information (JoDI) [ISSN: 1368-7506] is a
peer-reviewed Web journal, supported by Texas A&M University Libraries.
Current and past issues are available at http://journals.tdl.org/jodi.
See also:
"Adaptive Hypermedia: A New Paradigm for Educational Software"
By H. Spallek
ADVANCES IN DENTAL RESEARCH, vol. 17, December 2003, pp. 38-42
http://adr.iadrjournals.org/cgi/reprint/17/1/38
[Note: online access available via a subscription by your institution.]
Although this paper discusses how adaptive hypermedia was used in
dental education courses, it's findings can be applied to other
disciplines.
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HOW FACULTY SEARCH FOR ELECTRONIC PUBLICATIONS
Is the increasing availability of documents diminishing our reliance on
colleagues for resource information? In 2004, Pertti Vakkari and Sanna
Talja surveyed 900 faculty members and PhD students in Finnish
universities to answer the question, "How are academic status and
discipline associated with the patterning of search methods used by
university scholars for finding materials for teaching, research, and
keeping up to date in their field?" They report their findings in
"Searching for Electronic Journal Articles to Support Academic Tasks. A
Case Study of the Use of the Finnish National Electronic Library
(FinELib)" (INFORMATION RESEARCH, vol. 12 no. 1, October 2006). One
interesting discovery was that, in contradiction to earlier studies,
colleagues were considered "unimportant sources for discovering needed
[electronic] materials." However, the authors believe that, while this
role for colleagues is diminishing, their role as "discussion partners
concerning matters of research is considerably more important than
their role as providers of information about literature."
The paper is available online at
http://informationr.net/ir/12-1/paper285.html.
Information Research [ISSN 1368-1613] is a freely available,
international, scholarly journal, dedicated to making accessible the
results of research across a wide range of information-related
disciplines. It is privately published by Professor T.D. Wilson,
Professor Emeritus of the University of Sheffield, with in-kind support
from the University and its Department of Information Studies. For more
information, contact: Tom Wilson, Department of Information Studies,
University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK; tel: +44
(0)114-222-2642; fax: +44 (0)114-278-0300; email:
t.d.wilson@shef.ac.uk; Web: http://informationr.net/ir/.
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WHAT DO VIDEO GAMES TEACH?
"The important thing to find out about video games isn't whether they
are teachers. The question is . . . what do they teach?" In "Are Video
Games Evil?" (THE WILSON QUARTERLY, Summer 2006), Chris Suellentrop
looks at the range of ideas and beliefs associated with video games and
those who play them. A prevailing opinion is that the games teach
violence and other anti-social behaviors. However, he points out that
even the U.S. military is "fashioning games that impart specific
skills, such as parachuting and critical thinking," as well as games
that teach traditional combat skills. Because of the inflexibility
built into the structure of video games, the more important lesson that
they teach players is "that the best course of action is always to
accept the system and work to succeed within it." In that respect,
Suellentrop writes that they may teach conforming to the rules than
practicing innovative behaviors.
The essay is available online at
http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=wq.essay&essay_id=193155.
The Wilson Quarterly [ISSN 0363-3276] is published by the Woodrow
Wilson International Center for Scholars. It covers "issues in politics
and policy, culture, religion, science, and other fields that bear upon
our public life." For more information, contact: Wilson Quarterly, One
Woodrow Wilson Plaza, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Washington, DC
20004-3027 USA; tel: 202-691-4200; email: wq_at_wilsoncenter.org; Web:
http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=wq.welcome.
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NEW JOURNAL ON IT AND ORGANIZATIONS
The purpose of the JOURNAL OF INFORMATION, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, AND
ORGANIZATIONS is "to encourage authors to develop and publish quality
papers that address in a balanced manner all three entities signified
in its title: information, information technology (IT), and the
organizational context." The online version [ISSN 1557-1327] is
available free of charge at http://www.jiito.org/.
The peer-reviewed journal is published by the Informing Science
Institute. For more information contact: Informing Science Institute,
131 Brookhill Court, Santa Rosa, California 95409 USA; tel:
707-531-4925; fax: 480-247-5724; Web: http://informingscience.org/.
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HALLOWEEN LINK: IT HORROR STORIES
"Not for the squeamish." This year's annual Halloween link revisits
some recent major IT catastrophes. They're more frightening than a
horror movie or a ghost story because they really happened.
"25 Terrifying Information Technology Horror Stories"
CIO Special Report, October 31, 2006
http://www.cio.com/specialreports/horror.html
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RECOMMENDED READING
"Recommended Reading" lists items that have been recommended to me or
that Infobits readers have found particularly interesting and/or
useful, including books, articles, and websites published by Infobits
subscribers. Send your recommendations to carolyn_kotlas_at_unc.edu for
possible inclusion in this column.
"Emerging Leadership Roles in Distance Education: Current State of
Affairs and Forecasting Future Trends"
By Lisa Marie Portugal
ACADEMIC LEADERSHIP, vol. 4, issue 3, Summer 2006
http://www.academicleadership.org/volume4/issue3/student_research/portugal_lisa_marie2/article.html
"This paper discusses the enormous impact distance learning has had on
traditional higher education and leadership roles within those
constructs. . . . [It focuses] on transformational leadership qualities
that are necessary for current and future successful distance education
programs."
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Date: Sat, 04 Nov 2006 07:17:35 +0000
From: "Charles W. Bailey, Jr." <cbailey_at_uh.edu>
Subject: Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography Changes
I have resigned my position as Assistant Dean for Digital
Library Planning and Development at the University of
Houston Libraries effective 1/31/07.
Effective immediately, there are several important changes
to the Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography (SEPB),
Scholarly Electronic Publishing Resources (SEPR), and
the Scholarly Electronic Publishing Weblog (SEPW) that users
should be aware of:
1. These publications have been moved to my domain:
http://www.digital-scholarship.com/
SEPB
http://www.digital-scholarship.com/sepb/sepb.html
SEPR
http://www.digital-scholarship.com/sepb/sepr.htm
SEPW
http://www.digital-scholarship.com/sepb/sepw.htm
2. While the UH Libraries will archive SEPB versions
up to version 64, no new versions will be published
on their Website. If you maintain a catalog record
for SEPB, I would ask that you update it with the
new address. Next Monday's SEPW will be published
at the new site.
3. A transition version of SEPB (65) has been published
at the new site. There are no content changes. This
version simply makes a number of HTML coding adjustments
needed for the new location. A Google Custom Search Engine
replaces the prior search capability. Once Google starts
indexing the new site, search results will be from that site.
4. The SEPW mailing list will be discontinued at the end work
today. You can continue to get an e-mail version from
FeedBurner. I'm sorry for the inconvenience of your
having to sign up again; all that is required is
your e-mail address.
http://www.feedburner.com/fb/a/emailverifySubmit?feedId=51756
5. The SEPW RSS feed remains the same:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/ScholarlyElectronicPublishingWeblogrss
6. You can continue to follow my digital publishing activities
at my domain and at DigitalKoans:
http://www.escholarlypub.com/digitalkoans/
Thanks for your patience during this transition.
-- Best Regards, Charles Charles W. Bailey, Jr. E-Mail: cwbailey_at_digital-scholarship.com Publications: http://www.digital-scholarship.com/ (Provides access to DigitalKoans, Open Access Bibliography, Open Access Webliography, Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography, Scholarly Electronic Publishing Weblog, and others.)Received on Sat Nov 04 2006 - 03:23:50 EST
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