http://www.edtags.org/ http://www.edtags.org/css/EdTags.jpghttp://www.edtags.org/bookmarks.php/katiebda/authorship Recent bookmarks posted to Edtags.org 60 http://www.slate.com/id/2204367 You know you're in a universe with a strange moral code when people start complaining that the stolen goods they're in turn stealing weren't stolen properly. katiebda Sat, 15 Nov 2008 04:58:49 +0000 november08 story authorship ethics trust http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/index.php?id=3160&utm_source=wc&utm_medium=en Academic cheating and dishonesty have long been a problem. But with YouTube students have discovered a new avenue for actually promoting such fraud. Liz Losh, a rhetorician at the University of California at Irvine, notes that there’s now a genre of videos that combine cheating advice with a “do-it-yourself aesthetic.” She flagged one of them Wednesday on her blog. It shows a student using a scanner and photo-editing software to make a cheat sheet on a Coke bottle. katiebda Mon, 14 Jul 2008 06:39:12 +0000 july08 authorship story youtube cheating http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/index.php?id=3136&utm_source=wc&utm_medium=en Publishers see Web sites like Textbook Torrents, which offer free downloads of textbooks without authorization, as part of a growing problem of piracy that could potentially threaten their industry. But the founder of Textbook Torrents calls his actions “civil disobedience” against “the monopolistic business practices” of textbook publishers. katiebda Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:45:02 +0000 july08 authorship story http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/index.php?id=2999&utm_source=wc&utm_medium=en Despite the worries of their parents (and professors), teenagers’ use of language online is surprisingly sophisticated. That’s the conclusion of two researchers from the University of Toronto, who looked at spoken and IM communications of 72 people ages 15 to 20. Instant messaging represented, they said, “an expansive new linguistic renaissance.” katiebda Thu, 15 May 2008 18:47:48 +0000 may08 youth authorship research http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/index.php?id=2945&utm_source=wc&utm_medium=en A professor at Case Western Reserve University School of Law has created a nifty blog for students to hash out a debate about a fictional copyright-infringement case. katiebda Wed, 30 Apr 2008 04:13:41 +0000 april08 authorship copyright http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/index.php?id=2534 One hallmark of the new site will be the ability of users to “remix” content posted to Pronetos by others (with everyone involved getting proper credit, one hopes), creating new, custom publications that Pronetos will then market, with all editors and authors sharing in any revenues. katiebda Sat, 10 Nov 2007 21:47:58 +0000 authorship ownership story social networking november07 http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/index.php?id=2497 Anyone can add to Wikipedia, the popular online encylopedia, but whether a submission survives is determined entirely by its global community of users — and apparently those users are tougher graders than college professors. katiebda Sat, 27 Oct 2007 23:41:01 +0000 october07 story wikipedia authorship http://www.ugcprinciples.com/index.html Leading commercial copyright owners (“Copyright Owners”) and services providing user-uploaded and user-generated audio and video content (“UGC Services”) have collaborated to establish these Principles to foster an online environment that promotes the promises and benefits of UGC Services and protects the rights of Copyright Owners. katiebda Sat, 20 Oct 2007 04:44:14 +0000 october07 ownership authorship news http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/index.php?id=2426 According to K.G. Schneider, a librarian, in CIO, Wikipedia’s “inclusionists” (who argue that the site should continue to encourage new entries) and its “deletionists” (who advocate cutting articles deemed fatuous or picayune) are now engaged in a pitched battle. katiebda Thu, 04 Oct 2007 04:38:29 +0000 wikipedia authorship quality october07 participation http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/16/AR2007091601699.html?nav=rss_email/components On Wikipedia, everyone can be an editor, and every day thousands of them are engaging in fierce battles over the life stories of the 2008 presidential candidates. Wikipedia's founding principle is that everyone has something to contribute. And in a way, the site represents both what's good (collective knowledge) and what's potentially dangerous (rampant anonymity). katiebda Wed, 19 Sep 2007 02:57:20 +0000 authorship collective intelligence story september07 participation wikipedia politics http://many.corante.com/archives/2007/06/27/knowledge_access_as_a_public_good.php The Internet - and Wikipedia - change the rules for distribution and production. It means that those with knowledge do not have to retreat to the ivory towers to share what they know. It means that individuals who know something can easily share it, even when they are not formally declared as experts. It means that those with editing skills can help the information become accessible, even if they only edit occasionally. katiebda Fri, 06 Jul 2007 23:00:15 +0000 june07 empowerment wikipedia authorship participation credibility http://select.nytimes.com/2007/06/27/opinion/27friedman.html? Seidman’s simple thesis is that in this transparent world “how” you live your life and “how” you conduct your business matters more than ever. “The persistence of memory in electronic form makes 2nd chances harder to come by,” writes Seidman. “In the information age, life has no chapters or closets; you can leave nothing behind & you have nowhere to hide your skeletons. Your past is your present. katiebda Wed, 27 Jun 2007 19:52:33 +0000 june07 commentary transparency privacy authorship participation http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/index.php?id=2156 In two posts on Britannica Blog, Mr. Gorman, fmr pred of American Library Association, has launched a broadside against all of “Web 2.0,” a term applied to a range of Web sites that encourage interaction and collaborative work. “The life of the mind in the age of Web 2.0 suffers,” he writes, “from an increase in credulity and an associated flight from expertise.” katiebda Tue, 26 Jun 2007 21:54:16 +0000 june07 commentary authorship http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/lanier06/lanier06_index.html Makes an argument against complete faith in collective intelligence by arguing that meta filters (e.g. Wiki) that aggregate many sources of info (many that are anonymous) obscure sources & decontextualize info, which undermines quality & credibility. He acknowledges that collective intelligence can be useful in some instances, but you need both collective & individual intelligence in a society. katiebda Tue, 26 Jun 2007 21:46:41 +0000 may06 commentary credibility authorship http://www.wired.com/entertainment/theweb/news/2007/06/youtubefest Indie filmmakers seeking success on YouTube are no longer content to bask in the validation of a few thousand viewers. Instead, these auteur-entrepreneurs are using software, crowd sourcing and "virtual studio" sites to broaden exposure for their work and make a few bucks while they're at it. katiebda Tue, 26 Jun 2007 00:21:00 +0000 june07 authorship story