Comments on: The University and the Future of Knowledge http://academhack.outsidethetext.com/home/2009/the-university-and-the-future-of-knowledge/ Thoughts on Emerging Media and Higher Education Tue, 04 Oct 2011 15:17:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: David Sweeney http://academhack.outsidethetext.com/home/2009/the-university-and-the-future-of-knowledge/comment-page-1/#comment-142058 David Sweeney Mon, 04 Jan 2010 23:03:48 +0000 http://academhack.outsidethetext.com/home/?p=374#comment-142058 Your presentation is EXTREMELY similar to one by Michael J. Jensen last year here at Texas A&M University. <a href="https://mediamatrix.tamu.edu/download_published_file.php?published_file_id=224130&title=The_Changing_of_Scholarly_Communication_in_the_Digital_Age%2C_Part_2" title="Scholarly Authority in the Age of Abundance: Retaining Algorithmic Relevance in the New Landscape" rel="nofollow">Scholarly Authority in the Age of Abundance: Retaining Algorithmic Relevance in the New Landscape</a> Your presentation is EXTREMELY similar to one by Michael J. Jensen last year here at Texas A&M University.

Scholarly Authority in the Age of Abundance: Retaining Algorithmic Relevance in the New Landscape

]]> By: Tim Kastelle http://academhack.outsidethetext.com/home/2009/the-university-and-the-future-of-knowledge/comment-page-1/#comment-127132 Tim Kastelle Thu, 01 Oct 2009 10:06:10 +0000 http://academhack.outsidethetext.com/home/?p=374#comment-127132 This is nice lecture David - thanks very much for sharing it. I've been doing some thinking along these lines myself. I'm not certain that we can fully pull knowledge out of all of the other functions of universities - everything else ends up being a fairly central part of the university business model. This will probably provide at least a little bit of buffer for universities to react to the networked world (whether this will actually help them respond in time is certainly still questionable). I'm still working through my thoughts on this though, so I'm not sure I can engage in too much more of a discussion about it right now... Also, I'm really glad to see that I'm not the only person who has picked up 'right' as a pause filler through watching Clay Shirky talks! This is nice lecture David – thanks very much for sharing it. I’ve been doing some thinking along these lines myself. I’m not certain that we can fully pull knowledge out of all of the other functions of universities – everything else ends up being a fairly central part of the university business model. This will probably provide at least a little bit of buffer for universities to react to the networked world (whether this will actually help them respond in time is certainly still questionable). I’m still working through my thoughts on this though, so I’m not sure I can engage in too much more of a discussion about it right now…

Also, I’m really glad to see that I’m not the only person who has picked up ‘right’ as a pause filler through watching Clay Shirky talks!

]]> By: paul martin http://academhack.outsidethetext.com/home/2009/the-university-and-the-future-of-knowledge/comment-page-1/#comment-126910 paul martin Mon, 28 Sep 2009 07:41:25 +0000 http://academhack.outsidethetext.com/home/?p=374#comment-126910 I do not work at a Uni but am a teacher. The best education is face to face, one to one combined with a cohort of same level learners; people will pay for this. Unis provide a framework for tutors to earn a living - $99 does not go far - maybe in future the quality of your degree certificate will depend on the teachers that you "pay" to autograph it. The internet is a (big) part of the solution but not the full answer. Finally Blackboard too has its place, if only to differentiate by giving authority to the content. I do not work at a Uni but am a teacher. The best education is face to face, one to one combined with a cohort of same level learners; people will pay for this. Unis provide a framework for tutors to earn a living – $99 does not go far – maybe in future the quality of your degree certificate will depend on the teachers that you “pay” to autograph it.

The internet is a (big) part of the solution but not the full answer. Finally Blackboard too has its place, if only to differentiate by giving authority to the content.

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