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The digital scholar

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Overview

This course will be archived on January 5th, 2024. If you're in the midst of your learning journey, ensure to complete this course before this date. Thank you for being a part of Learn to code for data analysis. Digital scholarship is a shorthand for the intersection of three technology related developments: digital content, networked distribution and open practices. It is when digital, networked and open intersect that transformational practice occurs. In this free course, The digital scholar, you will explore the impact of digital technologies on scholarly practice.In the following video Martin Weller gives an overview of the course content. TranscriptThe digital scholar is a free course which lasts about 8 weeks, with approximately 3 hours' study time each week. You can work through the course at your own pace, so if you have more time one week there is no problem with pushing on to complete another week's study. You can also take as long as you want to complete it.Enrolling on the course will give you the opportunity to earn an Open University digital badge. Badges are not accredited by The Open University but they're a great way to demonstrate your interest in the subject and commitment to your career, and to provide evidence of continuing professional development.Once you're signed in, you can manage your digital badges online from My OpenLearn. In addition you can download and print your OpenLearn Statement of Participation which also displays your Open University badge.The Open University would really appreciate a few minutes of your time to tell us about yourself and your expectations for the course before you begin, in our optional start-of-course survey. Once you complete the course we would also value your feedback and suggestions for future improvement, in our optional end-of-course survey. Participation will be completely confidential and we will not pass on your details to others.This course is accredited by the CPD Standards Office. It can be used to provide evidence of continuing professional development and on successful completion of the course you will be awarded 24 CPD points. Evidence of your CPD achievement is provided on the free Statement of Participation awarded on completion.Anyone wishing to provide evidence of their enrolment on this course is able to do so by sharing their Activity Record on their OpenLearn Profile, which is available before completion of the course and earning of the Statement of Participation.

Syllabus

  • Introduction and guidance
  • Introduction and guidance
  • What is a badged course?
  • How to get a badge
  • Acknowledgements
  • Week1Week 1: Entering the digital world
  • Introduction
  • 1 Into the digital
  • 2 What is digital scholarship?
  • 3 How might digital scholarship look?
  • 4 The nature of digital scholarship
  • 5 This week’s quiz
  • 6 Summary
  • References
  • Acknowledgements
  • Week2Week 2: Discovery
  • Introduction
  • 1  Researchers and new technology
  • 1.1 The current state
  • 1.2 Publishing research
  • 1.3  Social networks
  • 1.4  Use of new technologies
  • 2 Changing research approaches
  • 2.1  The art of guerrilla research
  • 2.2  Different approaches
  • 3 This week’s quiz
  • 4 Summary
  • References
  • Acknowledgements
  • Week3Week 3: Integration and interdisciplinarity
  • Introduction
  • 1  Interdisciplinarity and permeable boundaries
  • 1.1 The potential of technology
  • 1.2 Blogs
  • 1.3  Interdisciplinarity
  • 1.4  Twitter as a social network
  • 1.5 Community norms
  • 1.6 Exploring Twitter
  • 1.7 Interdisciplinary networks
  • 1.8 Loose connections
  • 1.9 Interdisciplinary Twitter
  • 1.10  Making use of Twitter
  • 1.11  Possible issues
  • 2 Interdisciplinarity: on the rise or decline?
  • 3 This week’s quiz
  • 4 Summary
  • References
  • Acknowledgements
  • Week4Week 4:  Public engagement and digital scholarship
  • Introduction
  • 1 The long tail
  • 1.1 The tale of the tail
  • 1.2 Dissemination
  • 1.3  Shifting to the digital
  • 1.4  No/low cost penetration
  • 1.5  How the digital scholar contributes
  • 1.6  Creating digital content
  • 1.7  Creating the environment
  • 1.8  Hearing the new voices
  • 2 Engaged research
  • 3 This week’s quiz
  • 4 Summary
  • References
  • Acknowledgements
  • Week5Week 5:  Teaching and digital scholarship
  • Introduction
  • 1  Economics of abundance and scarcity
  • 1.1  Scarcity
  • 1.2 Eroding scarcity
  • 1.3 Free or for-fee
  • 1.4  Education and abundance
  • 1.5  Possible pedagogies
  • Resource-based learning (RBL)
  • Problem-based learning (PBL)
  • Constructivism
  • 1.6  Communities of practice
  • 1.7  Connectivism
  • 2  MOOCs
  • 2.1  Pedagogies for abundance
  • 3 This week’s quiz
  • 4  Summary
  • References
  • Acknowledgements
  • Week6Week 6:  Reward and tenure
  • Introduction
  • 1  Recognition and reward
  • 1.1  Recognising digital scholarship
  • Recreating the existing model
  • Digital equivalents
  • Digital scholarship guidelines
  • Metrics
  • Peer review
  • Micro-credit
  • Alternative methods
  • 2 Best of both worlds
  • 2.1 Recognition
  • 3 This week’s quiz
  • 4 Summary
  • References
  • Acknowledgements
  • Week7Week 7: The downside of digital scholarship
  • Introduction
  • 1 The medals of our defeats
  • 1.1 Avoiding extremism
  • 1.2 Superficiality
  • 1.3 Quality
  • 1.4 Brain damage
  • 1.5 Forgetting and identity
  • 2 Examples of ‘openness’
  • 3 Difficulties with identity
  • 4 This week’s quiz
  • 5 Summary
  • References
  • Acknowledgements
  • Week8Week 8: Changes
  • Introduction
  • 1 Adopting a digital scholarship approach
  • 2 Digital resilience
  • 2.1  Resilience
  • 2.2  Disturbance and change
  • 2.3  How ready are you?
  • 3 Reflection
  • 4 This week’s quiz
  • 5 Summary
  • End-of-course conclusion
  • Tell us what you think
  • References
  • Acknowledgements

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    This course gives me knowledge and it's very helpful. This let me be familiar on how to navigate all options and tabs in this tool. Really amazing tutorial and I am looking forward to learn more from your other courses.
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