What is Creative in Creative Commons Licenses’ Ownership?

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Reserved Rights, “Some” against “All”                                  Vs.        Protecting peoples’ intellectual works is a growing concern in the digital world, especially, in regards to creating, accessing and sharing scholarly information. The Creative Commons (CC) licenses allow access to and use of other peoples’ works with “some rights reserved” whereas owner of … Continue reading What is Creative in Creative Commons Licenses’ Ownership?

ONL Week One: Digital Literacy “I too belong” – Finding my own niche in a Digital, Networked World.

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“Digital and Media Literacies are the current currencies in the Digital World” For those who missed my self introduction in my Google + community group, my name is Mboni Amiri Ruzegea, a librarian at Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam Tanzania. In this Sway, i thought i should talk a little … Continue reading ONL Week One: Digital Literacy “I too belong” – Finding my own niche in a Digital, Networked World.

Topic 1, Online participation & digital literacies – on the way to the top!

Posted on by Alexandra Wirth

The first 4 weeks with Getting Started, Connecting and the editing of Topic 1 Digital literacie and online participation are over. For my first reflection in my blog, I came up with several theories which might have been used as a basis. The five-stage model by Gilly Salmon would have been interesting, the problem-based learning … Weiterlesen Topic 1, Online participation & digital literacies – on the way to the top! →

Sharing and openness

Posted on by David Appel

What does the term ‘open scholar’ actually mean? It seems that the traditionally scholar has undergone a transformation with the rise of digital and networked technologies. These technologies have brought about opportunities for researching, collecting, categorizing and managing information as … Continue reading →

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Importance of Digital Literacy in the classroom. How important is it in nowadays?

Posted on by Sinako Mxabo Foundation

Gone are the days when learning was solely achieved using pens, paper, books, Slate, globes and chalkboards in South Africa. In today’s world, various forms of technology are routinely found in elementary, middle and high school classrooms, including interactive whiteboards, desktop computers, laptop computers, tablets and smartphones.  Source: Adapted from Belshaw. D (2014) accessed 08 … Continue reading Importance of Digital Literacy in the classroom. How important is it in nowadays?