Digital Futures

A co-branded book project with Jisc (formerly the Joint Information Systems Commitee), off the back of DigiFest 2014, a digital festival run by Jisc for the first time in 2014. The aim of the book is to bring cutting-edge discussion as heard at DigiFest to the information professional/academic librarian readership. Digital Futures will provide expert briefings to information professionals on the emerging trends in the digital technologies that are transforming teaching and research in higher education.

• Written by subject experts working at the forefront in emerging trends and digital technologies
• Encompasses issues that impact across the higher education institution: learning, research and network security
• Aids strategic thinking and informs decision making

IT and Informational Professionals in Higher Education

• About the Editors
• About the Contributors
• Introduction
  • MOOCs
  • Open Access
  • Managing Digital Risks
  • Open Data
  • The Digital Student Experience
  • International Collaboration
• Chapter 1. MOOCs
  • 1.1 The Melting of the MOOC
  • 1.2 From Education to Training
  • 1.3 Fight or Flight
  • References
• Chapter 2. Open Access: The Costs and Opportunities
  • 2.1 Introduction
  • 2.2 The Costs of OA
  • 2.3 The Opportunities for OA
  • 2.4 Research Impact
• Chapter 3. Creating Opportunities Through Security
  • 3.1 Understanding Security in Research and Education
  • 3.2 New Ways of Being Secure
  • 3.3 Designing Security for Research and Education
  • 3.4 Creating Opportunities Through Safe Working
  • References
• Chapter 4. Open Data: Higher and Further Education Stepping up to the Challenge
  • 4.1 Why It Matters
  • 4.2 Where Is Further and Higher Education?
• Chapter 5. Enhancing the Digital Student Experience
  • 5.1 What Is Changing?
  • 5.2 Who Owns the Technology?
  • 5.3 How Is Technology Enhancing the Curriculum?
  • 5.4 How Is Technology Enhancing Assessment?
  • 5.5 How Are Students Engaged in Developing the Digital Student Experience?
  • 5.6 What Are the Challenges Facing Institutions?
  • 5.7 Principles for Developing an Enhanced Digital Student Experience
  • References
• Chapter 6. International Collaboration and the Changing Digital World – Opportunities and Constraints
  • 6.1 Introduction
  • 6.2 Research E-infrastructure
  • 6.3 Network E-infrastructure
  • 6.4 Computational E-infrastructure
  • 6.5 Data E-infrastructure
  • 6.6 Virtual Research Environments
  • 6.7 Virtual communication
  • 6.8 Conclusion
  • References