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Digital Participation (Jisc: Developing students' digital literacy…

- - - - would complete the leveling of qualitative distinctions,
        distinctions of worthiness
      - Kierkegaard's motto for the press
        
        "Here men are demoralized in the shortest possible time on the largest possible scale, at the cheapest possible price
  - - - solely after the interesting
      - always seeking the latest
      - enjoys the sheer range of possiblities
      - the anonymous spectator takes no risks
        
        on the Internet, commitments are at best virtual commitments and losses only virtual losses
      - as a result of knowing and being everything possible, one is in contradiction with oneself
    - - in it, one has a stable identity and one is committed to involved action
      - the beginner must take up a perspective from which to distinguish what is relevant from what is irrelevant (make a claim)
      - resistance to the frightening acceptance of risk and responsibility can lead to stagnation
      - only those willing to take risks will become experts
      - where there is no risk and every commitment can be revoked without consequences, choice becomes arbitrary and meaningless. nothing really matters. (p. 644)
    - - making one, unconditional commitment
        
        the internet allows unconditional commitments,
        it does not support them.
        
        like a simulator, it manages to capture everything but the risk
- - - - protects original works of authorship
      - usually the author or
        creator is the copyright holder
        
        unless it is a
        "work for hire"
        
        copyright term is either 95 years from the date
        of publication or 120 years from the date of creation,
        whichever is shorter
      - works are protected automatically at the time of their creation
      - lasts until 70 years after the author's death
    - - the purpose and character of the use
      - the nature of the copyrighted work
      - the amount and substantiality
      - the effect on the market
  - - - relevant
      - current
      - free
    - - quality can be uneven
      - not all OER have a feeback mechanism
      - many are not kept current
      - many need to be adapted
      - some do not comply with accessibility requirements
      - faculty resistance to opening their resources
- - - - creators of online content
        do more sophisticated credibility testing
    - - Whois
      - Easywhois
      - alexa.com
      - Network-tools.com
      - Snopes.com
    - - determining credibility
        
        popularity of site
        
        reputation
        
        previous personal experience
        
        "neutral" affiliation
        
        tone of the writing
        
        elements of style
    - - info literacy is a practical answer to the growing info pollution
    - - "Skill at evaluating the quality of collective intelligence
        is essential to knowing how to take advantage of it." p. 69
    - - write the answer you want to get
      - add the words "critique" or "criticism"
        to find skeptical or contrary opinions
      - wikipedia is often a good place to begin an inquiry about a topic
      - too many people regard search engines
        as authoritative in themselves
    - - Learn media techniques
      - Keep asking questions
      - Open your mind
      - Exercise judgment
      - Be skeptical
  - - - "sheep that shit grass"
        
        e.g., Napster: when you seek, you share
      - social bookmarking
      - per Jenkins (p. 91)
        
        relatively low barriers to artistic expression and civic engagement
        
        strong support for creating and sharing creations with others
        
        some type of informal mentorship whereby what is known by the most experienced is passed along to novices
        
        members who believe that their contributions matter
        
        members who feel some degree of social connection with one another (at the least, they care what other people think about what they have created)
      - friendship-driven participation
        
        "hanging out"
      - interest-driven participation
        
        "messing around"
        
        "geeking out"
        
        "network entrepreneurs"
      - find your voice
        
        private voice
        
        self-expression
        
        commercial voice
        
        producing an effect (selling a product or entertaining an audience)
        
        public voice
        
        somewhere between the two, remains true to communicator's experience, while joining with others in public conversation
      - blogging
        
        bloggers as "intelligent filters"
        
        connective blogging
        
        build an expert network by following others in their blogrolls
        
        commenting
        
        "uncloaking yourself digitally"
        
        now a member of a network, possibly a community
        
        real-time curators
        
        1.) bundle, 2.) reorder, 3.) distribute bundles, 4.) editorialize
        5.) update, 6.) invite participation, 7.) track your public
        
        attributes of good curators
        
        1.) subject matter expertise, 2.) relevance, 3.) trust
        
        curatorial work-flow
        
        1.) identify niche, 2.) select, 3.) search framework, 4.) reach out, 5.) aggregate, 6.) filter, 7.) select stories, 8.) verify, 9.) edit,
        10.) contextualize, 11.) spin, 12.) title, 13.) credit, 14.) sequence,
        15.) organize, 16.) update, 17.) disclose, 18.) syndicate,
        19.) feedback replay, 20.) monitor, 21.) refine and improve
      - tagging
        
        fundamental building block of whole new way of
        aggregating and organizing knowledge
        
        ontology
        
        created by elites
        
        folksonomy
        
        democratic, broader, will contain noise and will be more inclusive
        
        "Entire populations will always be able to keep up with changing topics faster than panels of experts." (p. 106)
    - - persuasion
      - curation
        
        infotention-filtering
      - discussion
      - self-presentation
    - - aggregated by-products of digital
        participation add up to a marketable
        commodity
        
        subtle form of
        enslavement or
        exploitation
      - do people know how their labor
        (or play) is being used by others?
    - - a wealth of information
        creates a poverty of
        attention