We’ve just launched our shiny new R&D section of the Jisc website.
I wrote a post about it for the main Jisc blog.
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A new window on Jisc R&D
We’ve just launched our shiny new R&D section of the Jisc website.
I wrote a post about it for the main Jisc blog.
Let us know what you think.
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We’re working to ensure staff in universities and colleges are equipped for a changing digital environment.
Effective and appropriate use of technology by university and college staff is vital in providing an enhanced student experience and in realising a good return on investment in the digital environment.
What we’re doing
We’re working with stakeholders and sector bodies to:
Provide clear guidance on the digital skills and capabilities that are required for a range of staff roles
Equip leaders and staff with the tools and resources they need to improve digital capability at a local or institutional level
The underlying platform is obvious: the internet, worldwide web, 5G, unlimited data, and artificial intelligence (AI) are meshing together at speed to create unprecedented capacity for openness.
But there is a serious glitch in the technology, a persistent snag in the force, a cacophonous noise in the system.
Namely, the creators of openness are habituated to closedness.
They are tribal and insular creatures: they are us.
And we must be overcome.
Since the 17th century, many of those of a liberal persuasion had been persuaded that once the barriers to knowledge collapsed, the elites held to account, and access to wisdom became unfettered, then humanity would reach a democratic equilibrium.
To paraphrase Marx: once we reach true openness, society can inscribe on its banners from each according to their research, to each according to their development.
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Hydro-Lazer
The underlying platform is obvious: the internet, worldwide web, 5G, unlimited data, and artificial intelligence (AI) are meshing together at speed to create unprecedented capacity for openness. But there is a serious glitch in the technology, a persistent snag in the force, a cacophonous noise in the system. Namely, the creators of openness are habituated to closedness. They are tribal and insular creatures: they are us. And we must be overcome.
Since the 17th century, many of those of a liberal persuasion had been persuaded that once the barriers to knowledge collapsed, the elites held to account, and access to wisdom became unfettered, then humanity would reach a democratic equilibrium. To paraphrase Marx: once we reach true openness, society can inscribe on its banners from each according to their research, to each according to their development.
And yet, our true state is far from open. Globalised and democratised social media defenestrates logic and reason: the president of the United States megaphones tweets in an echo chamber while others join digital hands in exclusive mutually preening cliques, and here in the UK our negotiators need to work out how to develop an open knowledge economy with our continental neighbours.
Weber’s Golden Retrievers