The Digital Scholar: How Technology is Transforming Scholarly Practice
Weller, M. (2011) The Digital Scholar: How technology is transforming academic practice, London, Bloomsbury Academic. Also available online at https://www.bloomsburycollections.com/book/the-digital-scholar-how-technology-is-transforming-scholarly-practice/.
This book looks at how technology has affected academia, and in particular how it has affected the work practices of university professors.
My reading notes
Ch. 1: Digital, networked, and open
Ch. 2: Is the revolution justified?
Ch. 3: Lessons from other sectors
Ch. 4: The nature of scholarship
Ch. 5: Researchers and new technology
Ch. 6: Interdisciplinarity and permeable boundaries
Ch. 7: Public engagement as collateral damage
Ch. 8: A pedagogy of abundance
Ch. 9: Openness in education
Ch. 11: Reward and tenure
Ch. 12: Publishing
Ch. 13: The medals of our defeats
Ch. 14: Digital resilience