Week 18 Activity 1 : What is digital scholarship and why does it matter ?
by Activity :Read Chapter 1, ‘Digital, networked and open’ Martin Weller’s Book The Digital Scholar Weller summarises the key changes as: digitization of relevant content online social networks the range and variety of content via Twitter, blogs, news feeds and so on. Have your own practices, whether as a learner or as a digital scholar, changed as a result of the same three areas of impact of the internet? I would agree that my own practices as both a learner and what I now term myself to be an ‘open practitioner’ have definitely changed as a result of the impact of the internet. I would also suggest that my practices continue to evolve on a daily basis really as a result of the fast pace that different ways of using and engaging with the internet emerge. I wonder how much of this has to do with the fact that using social media can …
