[LINK] links re communication technology, education, copyright, culture

[Jan Whitaker]

from: Fwd: APO Weekly Briefing - 03 August 2009

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>CULTURAL DETERRITORIALISATION: COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY, PROVENANCE AND PLACE
>http://apo.org.au/research/cultural-deterritorialisation-communications-technology-provenance-and-place
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>Aleksandra Bida | PLATFORM: Journal of Media and Communication
>30 July, 2009 | This paper considers the ways in 
>which cultural deterritorialisation, or 
>uprooting from time and place, of culture 
>through communication technologies, continually permeates cultural experience.
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>SHOULD COPYRIGHT OF ACADEMIC WORKS BE ABOLISHED?
>http://apo.org.au/research/should-copyright-academic-works-be-abolished
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>Steven Shavell | Berkman Center for Internet and Society
>27 July, 2009 | The conventional rationale for 
>copyright of written works, that copyright is 
>needed to foster their creation, is seemingly of 
>limited applicability to the academic domain.
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>ART, GOD AND COPYRIGHT
>http://apo.org.au/research/art-god-and-copyright
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>David Bollier | On the Commons
>31 July, 2009 | Imagine if the Sermon on the 
>Mount had been protected by copyright law….or 
>if Moses had required advance permission before 
>anyone could copy the Ten Commandments. Would 
>they have spread very quickly and become the 
>religious icons that they have become?
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>THE WORLD OF E-PORTFOLIOS
>http://apo.org.au/research/world-e-portfolios
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>Allison Miller | Knowledge Tree, Australian Flexible Learning Framework
>30 July, 2009 | This article argues that as we 
>move deeper into a digital age, e-portfolios 
>will be a key method for demonstrating existing skills.
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>EDUCATING THE NET GENERATION
>http://apo.org.au/research/educating-net-generation
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>Gregor Kennedy |  Educating the Net Generation
>30 July, 2009 | This handbook investigates 
>students' and teachers' use of new technologies 
>and the development of eight case studies in 
>which emerging technologies were implemented in 
>learning settings across the three participating universities.


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