Digital Futures: Expert Briefings on Digital Technologies for Education and Research

A co-branded book project with Jisc (formerly the Joint Information Systems Commitee), off the back of DigiFest 2014, a digital festival run by Jisc for the first time in 2014. The aim of the book is to bring cutting-edge discussion as heard at DigiFest to the information professional/academic librarian readership. Digital Futures will provide expert briefings to information professionals on the emerging trends in the digital technologies that are transforming teaching and research in higher education. Written by subject experts working at the forefront in emerging trends and digital technologiesEncompasses issues that impact across the higher education institution: learning, research and network securityAids strategic thinking and informs decision making INDICE: Introduction by the editors Chapter 1: Massive open online courses (MOOCs) - proposed author: David Kernhohan Chapter 2: Open access (OA) the costs and opportunities Proposed authors Frank Manista and Jo Lambert Chapter 3: Cybersecurity and digital risk management Proposed Author Andrew Cormack Chapter 4: Big data and big research: open data and the cloud - Proposed authors: Rachel Bruce and Andy MacGregor Chapter 5: What's new in the digital classroom (tbc) Chapter 6: International collaboration and the changing digital world - opportunities and constraints - Proposed Author: Matthew Dovey

• ISBN: 978-0-08-100384-8
• Editorial: Chandos Publishing
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 80
• Fecha Publicación: 15/07/2015
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés