CIT INFOBITS March 2006 No. 93 ISSN 1521-9275 About INFOBITS INFOBITS is an electronic service of The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ITS Teaching and Learning's Center for Instructional Technology. Each month the CIT's Information Resources Consultant monitors and selects from a number of information and instructional technology sources that come to her attention and provides brief notes for electronic dissemination to educators. You can read the Web version of this issue at http://its.unc.edu/tl/infobits/bitmar06.html. ...................................................................... New Campus Copyright Guide Accommodating Technologies in Learning Space Design Information Literacy for All Free Access to Some For-Fee Articles New Digital Humanities Journal Beyond E-Learning Recommended Reading ...................................................................... NEW CAMPUS COPYRIGHT GUIDE "Campus Copyright Rights and Responsibilities: A Basic Guide to Policy Considerations" is a new booklet on copyright written especially for higher education communities. The guide was developed by representatives of the Association of American Universities, Association of Research Libraries, Association of American University Presses, and the Association of American Publishers with the objective of producing a document that conveys these groups' "common understanding regarding the basic meaning and practical significance of copyright for the higher education community." The booklet is available online at http://www.aaupnet.org/aboutup/issues/Campus_Copyright.pdf. See also: "Faculty, Copyright Law and Online Course Materials" by Phyllis C. Sweeney ONLINE JOURNAL OF DISTANCE LEARNING ADMINISTRATION vol. IX, no. I, Spring 2006 http://www.westga.edu/%7Edistance/ojdla/spring91/sweeney91.htm ...................................................................... ACCOMMODATING TECHNOLOGIES IN LEARNING SPACE DESIGN We may teach and learn in virtual spaces, but, as physical beings, we can't escape real space. We can, however, improve upon it. That is the premise for "Designing Spaces for Effective Learning: A Guide to 21st Century Learning Space Design," a publication launched this month at the JISC Conference 2006. Using case studies and architects' floor plans, the publication explores "the relationship between learning technologies and innovative examples of physical space design." The guide is available on the Web at no cost at http://www.jisc.ac.uk/uploaded_documents/JISClearningspaces.pdf. The JISC conference is sponsored by the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC), a strategic advisory committee working on behalf of the funding bodies for further and higher education in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. For more information on JISC, see http://www.jisc.ac.uk/. ...................................................................... INFORMATION LITERACY FOR ALL "Information Literacy lies at the core of lifelong learning. It empowers people in all walks of life to seek, evaluate, use and create information effectively to achieve their personal, social, occupational and educational goals. It is a basic human right in a digital world and promotes social inclusion of all nations." "Information for All," the final report of the High-Level Colloquium on Information Literacy and Lifelong Learning, held November 6-9, 2005, in Alexandria, Egypt, was released this month. The report challenges organizations to move from the idea of "Information for All" to that of "Information Literacy for All" because information literacy is "crucial to issues of economic development, health, citizenship and quality of life." The complete report, which includes the Colloquium's planned next steps for implementing its recommendations, is available online at http://www.ifla.org/III/wsis/High-Level-Colloquium.pdf. The High-Level Colloquium on Information Literacy and Lifelong Learning was sponsored by: -- the United Nations Education, Scientific, and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) http://www.unesco.org/ -- National Forum on Information Literacy (NFIL) http://www.infolit.org/ -- International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) http://www.ifla.org/ ...................................................................... FREE ACCESS TO SOME FOR-FEE ARTICLES Congoo, a search engine launched this month and partnered with Google, gives registered users free online access to a selection of publications that normally required a subscription or a pay-per-view fee to read. After downloading the Congoo plug-in and registering, users can get access to "between four and 15 articles per month per publisher." Publications available include the Encyclopaedia Britannica Online, Financial Times, BusinessWire, Editor & Publisher, The New Republic, The Boston Globe, The Chicago Tribune, The Denver Post, The Philadelphia Inquirer and other major U.S. newspapers. Congoo is available at http://www.congoo.com/. Critics of Congoo note that many public libraries, such as the San Francisco Public Library (http://www.sfpl.org/sfplonline/dbcategories.htm), also offer free access to subscription databases. And your own college and university library may also have online subscriptions that you can access at no additional fee. See also: "Internet Technology--Going Beyond Google" by Tom Warger UNIVERSITY BUSINESS, August 2005 http://www.universitybusiness.com/page.cfm?p=906 ...................................................................... NEW DIGITAL HUMANITIES JOURNAL DIGITAL HUMANITIES QUARTERLY (DHQ) will begin publication this month. Published by the Alliance of Digital Humanities Organizations, DHQ is an open-access, peer-reviewed, digital journal covering all aspects of digital media in the humanities. Content will include scholarly articles, opinion pieces, reviews, and a blog with guest commentators. New materials will be added to the website as available, with quarterly announcements marking each new issue. The journal will be available at http://www.digitalhumanities.org/dhq/index.html. The Alliance of Digital Humanities Organizations (ADHO) is an umbrella organization made up of the Association for Literary and Linguistic Computing (ALLC) and the Association for Computers in the Humanities (ACH). For more information, see the ADHO website at http://www.digitalhumanities.org/. ...................................................................... BEYOND E-LEARNING "Just when we thought we had e-learning all figured out, it's changing again. After years of experimentation and the irrational exuberance that characterized the late 1990s, we find our views of e-learning more sober and realistic." In "What Lies Beyond E-Learning?" (LEARNING CIRCUITS, March 2006), Marc J. Rosenberg suggests that over the next few years we will see six transformations in the field of e-learning: 1. E-learning will become more than "e-training." 2. E-learning will move to the workplace. 3. Blended learning will be redefined. 4. E-learning will be less course-centric and more knowledge-centric. 5. E-learning will adapt differently to different levels of mastery. 6. Technology will become a secondary issue. This article, online at http://www.learningcircuits.org/2006/March/rosenberg.htm, is based on Rosenberg's book, BEYOND E-LEARNING: APPROACHES AND TECHNOLOGIES TO ENHANCE ORGANIZATIONAL KNOWLEDGE, LEARNING AND PERFORMANCE. (Pfeiffer, 2005; ISBN: 0787977578). For more information about the book and a sample chapter, go to http://www.pfeiffer.com/WileyCDA/PfeifferTitle/productCd-0787977578.html. ...................................................................... RECOMMENDED READING "Recommended Reading" lists items that have been recommended to me or that Infobits readers have found particularly interesting and/or useful, including books, articles, and websites published by Infobits subscribers. Send your recommendations to carolyn_kotlas@unc.edu for possible inclusion in this column. 21st Century Information Fluency Project Sponsored by the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy http://21cif.imsa.edu/tutorials/challenge Infobits reader Sam Eneman recommended this website, which he recently learned about at a conference. He reports that he found the exercises were very valuable in helping him hone his Internet search skills. ...................................................................... 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