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Digital Researcher 201220 February 2012

DR12 keynote resources

Digital Researcher 2012 - Keynote speaker

On the right, we have made Martin Weller's keynote presentation slides 'Ten digital scholarship lessons in ten videos' available for download now!

Professor Martin Weller, Professor of Educational Technology at the Open University

Prof Martin WellerMartin Weller is Professor of Educational Technology at the Open University. He chaired the OU's first major eLearning course in 1999 with over 15,000 students, and was the Director for the OU's VLE project. He has been a blogger for 7 years and his main interest is in the impact of technology on universities and academic practice. His new book, The Digital Scholar, looks at these issues and is published by Bloomsbury under a creative commons licence.

The Digital Scholar - Overview

The Digital Scholar

While industries such as music, newspapers, film and publishing have seen radical changes in their business models and practices as a direct result of new technologies, higher education has so far resisted the wholesale changes we have seen elsewhere. However, a gradual and fundamental shift in the practice of academics is taking place. Every aspect of scholarly practice is seeing changes effected by the adoption and possibilities of new technologies. This book will explore these changes, their implications for higher education, the possibilities for new forms of scholarly practice and what lessons can be drawn from other sectors.