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Valeria Graziano deposited Local Maximum: On Popular Technical Pedagogy in the group
Education and Pedagogy on Humanities Commons 3 years, 5 months agoOn the role of technical pedagogies in political struggles
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Sebastian Nordhoff replied to the topic Business Models for Open Access Books in the discussion
Open Access Books Network on Humanities Commons 3 years, 5 months agoI read the report. The Association of University Presses finds that University Presses are providing great value and that their average cost per book is 20,000$. Of these, 15,000$ are covered by subsidies and the rest via prints sales etc.
They report 50% of book costs are overhead and acquisition. Work directly related to the creation of a book…[Read more]
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Pramod Ranjan deposited एक सज़ायाफ्ता बौद्धिक के हक़ में एक अमेरिकी कॉलेज का प्रतिरोध in the group
Education and Pedagogy on Humanities Commons 3 years, 5 months agoमार्च, 2022 में एक अमेरिकी कॉलेज में 50 साल की सजा काट कर जेल से पेरोल पर छूटे ब्लैक पैंथर के सदस्य को भाषण देने के लिए बुलाया गया था। श्वेत-श्रेष्ठतावादियों ने कार्यक्रम का जोरदार विरोध किया, लेकिन कॉलेज ने कार्यक्रम रद्द करने से इंकार कर दिया। कालेज ने इस कार्यक्रम से कथित तौर अपनी भावनाएं आहत होने का आरोप लगाने वालों को मान…[Read more]
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Christina Drummond replied to the topic Job ads section for OA books in the discussion
Open Access Books Network on Humanities Commons 3 years, 5 months agoOPERAS is hiring a Community Manager to facilitate community consultation and engagement related to Open Access eBook Usage (OAeBU) data. https://www.operas-eu.org/calls-and-job-opportunities/community-manager-oa-ebook-usage-oaebu-data-trust/
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Stephanie Leite deposited ReMobilizing the Future—Mastery Project in the group
Education and Pedagogy on Humanities Commons 3 years, 5 months ago[COMPLETE OPEN-ACCESS CURRICULUM INCLUDED] ReMobilizing the Future is the third project in the ReImagining the Future series launched by Greenbacker Capital and Global Citizenship Experience Lab School. By asking “how can we design a sustainable future?,” the purpose of this project is to understand the systems and policies that facilitate and…[Read more]
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Stephanie Leite deposited ReDesigning the Future—Mastery Project in the group
Education and Pedagogy on Humanities Commons 3 years, 6 months ago[COMPLETE OPEN-ACCESS CURRICULUM INCLUDED] ReDesigning the Future is the second project in the ReImagining the Future series launched by Greenbacker Capital and Global Citizenship Experience Lab School. By asking “how can we design a sustainable future?,” the purpose of this project is to understand the grand challenges we must overcome to achieve…[Read more]
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Lucy Barnes replied to the topic Business Models for Open Access Books in the discussion
Open Access Books Network on Humanities Commons 3 years, 6 months agoA significant new report has come out from TOME: Report: The Cost to Publish TOME Monographs https://aupresses.org/news/report-the-cost-to-publish-tome-monographs/
I am looking forward to reading this closely and suspect it might generate some discussion! I’d be interested to hear any thoughts anybody has.
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Froilán Ramos R. deposited Review: Zoila Farfán y Andrés Medina. Al servicio de la Iglesia y la Educación Superior chilena. Crónica de la Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción. Concepción: Ediciones UCSC, 2021. in the group
Education and Pedagogy on Humanities Commons 3 years, 6 months agoLa formación del ser humano constituye una de las acciones más amplias y complejas, constituida como un acto multidimensional de maestros y discípulos que animan a una comunidad, en este caso, la universidad. Esta institución es un espacio de búsqueda del saber y el conocimiento. Su esencia de enseñanza y aprendizaje ha construido unive…[Read more]
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Tekla Babyak deposited Contemplation, Heroism, and Gender in Clara Schumann’s Piano Trio in G Minor, Op. 17, Third Movement (1846) in the group
Education and Pedagogy on Humanities Commons 3 years, 6 months agoI’m a disability activist and musicologist with multiple sclerosis (PhD, Musicology, Cornell, 2014). I’m unaffiliated due to discrimination against my disabilities. However, I often give guest lectures, both virtually and in person. My speaking engagements help to advance diversity and representation in academia: I offer students the opportunity…[Read more]
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Martins Uze E. Tugbokorowei deposited Culture and National Development in Nigeria: A Critical Appraisal in the group
Open Access Books Network on Humanities Commons 3 years, 6 months agoNigeria as a developing country is on the fast track to the attainment of development, or supposedly so. In this endeavour, priority is inevitably placed on science and technology as the only routes for the attainment of this dream. Such one track minded disposition is mouthed to the exclusion of other factors that contribute to the development of…[Read more]
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Martins Uze E. Tugbokorowei deposited Mangrove Forest Folklore and the Drama of J. P. Clark-Bekederemo in the group
Open Access Books Network on Humanities Commons 3 years, 6 months agoThe drama of the Niger Delta region has enjoyed robust scholarship. This essay interrogates J. P. Clark-Bekederemo’s drama against the cultural milieu of the region and tries to investigate the connections between the rich folklore of the area and the wealth of poetry and imagery contained in his drama. The essay investigates the terrain,…[Read more]
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Fernando Heredia-Sánchez deposited Una propuesta de WebQuest para la formación en competencias mediáticas e informacionales desde las bibliotecas universitarias in the group
Education and Pedagogy on Humanities Commons 3 years, 6 months agoInnovative university libraries need to create suitable environments to provide training in media and information skills. The WebQuest is a teaching resource adaptable to any educational level which has proven its usefulness in the university context. A WebQuest designed to facilitate knowledge and awareness of the importance of media and…[Read more]
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Lucy Barnes replied to the topic Job ads section for OA books in the discussion
Open Access Books Network on Humanities Commons 3 years, 6 months agoACLS is hiring a Project Manager, Higher Education Initiatives: Publishing Initiatives (2-year term) based in New York, to ‘focus on instigating changes in the book publishing ecosystem that would strengthen the goals of the mission-driven constituencies involved, while addressing the risk factors and constituents’ concerns that currently stand a…[Read more]
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Gary Hall deposited Defund Culture in the group
Open Access Books Network on Humanities Commons 3 years, 7 months agoThe spread of the Omicron variant this winter was met with renewed calls for the UK Government to fund the arts and culture through the Sars-CoV-2 pandemic and beyond. ‘We are in crisis mode’, Nicolas Hytner, former artistic director of the National Theatre, told the BBC’s Newsnight programme. ‘We need to see short-term finance, we need to see loa…[Read more]
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Froilán Ramos R. deposited Enseñar en Tiempos de Pandemia in the group
Education and Pedagogy on Humanities Commons 3 years, 8 months agoReflexión breve sobre la experiencia de enseñanza durante la Pandemia Covid-19.
“Enseñar en Tiempos de Pandemia”, Protagonistas en medio de una Pandemia. Concepción: Ediciones UCSC, 2021.
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Tom Mosterd replied to the topic Announcements in the discussion
Open Access Books Network on Humanities Commons 3 years, 9 months agoHi all,
Sharing on behalf of the IFLA Library Publishing Special Interest Group: The IFLA Library Publishing Special Interest Group is seeking proposals for 5-minute lightning talks to be presented at its Open Session at the IFLA World Library and Information Congress 2022 in Dublin, Ireland.
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Donald Guadagni deposited OPTIMIZING L2 CURRICULUM FOR CHINA STATE EDUCATION in the group
Education and Pedagogy on Humanities Commons 3 years, 9 months agoThis paper outlines and details historical L2 curriculum development for segments of China’s State education system over a ten-year period beginning with the start of the Sino – Foreign joint programs classes in 2011. A two-year post assessment from 2015~2017. Tracking students continuing test results for both the CET (College English Test) ser…[Read more]
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Tom Mosterd replied to the topic Job ads section for OA books in the discussion
Open Access Books Network on Humanities Commons 3 years, 9 months agoOpen Position: The OAPEN Foundation is looking for a Project Manager to help with promoting and supporting the transition to open access for academic books. Responsibilities include participation in project activities, supporting technical operations, services and assisting with financial administration of the foundation. Full-time…[Read more]
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Bonnie Russell replied to the topic Announcements in the discussion
Open Access Books Network on Humanities Commons 3 years, 9 months agoFantastic news!
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Lucy Barnes replied to the topic Announcements in the discussion
Open Access Books Network on Humanities Commons 3 years, 9 months agoHi all, Tom, Agata and I are pleased to announce that the OABN has become an OPERAS Special Interest Group (SIG), and as such it is now formally supported by OPERAS, the European Research Infrastructure supporting open scholarly communication in the social sciences and humanities (SSH) in the European Research Area.
The OABN will continue to…[Read more]
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