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Open-Source Technologies for Maximizing the Creation, Deployment, and Use of Digital Resources and Information
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Author(s)/Editor(s): Shalin Hai-Jew (Hutchinson Community College, USA)
Copyright: ©2013
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-2205-0
ISBN13: 9781466622050
ISBN10: 1466622059
EISBN13: 9781466622067
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DescriptionOpen-source development has been around for decades, with software developers co-creating tools and information systems for widespread use. With the development of open-source software such as learning objects, interactive articles, and educational games, the open-source values and practices have slowly been adopted by those in education sectors. Open-Source Technologies for Maximizing the Creation, Deployment, and Use of Digital Resources and Information highlights the global importance of open-source technologies in higher and general education. Written for those working in education and professional training, this collection of research explores a variety of issues related to open-source in education, such as its practical underpinnings, requisite cultural competence in global open-source, strategies for employing open-source in online learning and research, the design of an open-source networking laboratory, and other endeavors. It aims to enhance workplace practices in harnessing open-source resources in a time of budgetary frugality.
Reviews and Testimonials
Contributors from information and computer sciences, of course, but also education and a few other fields examine the hierarchy of open source resources and information available, and the process of how such digital collections are collected and often curated for quality. The topics include geo-information technology as a case study of an open-source approach to contemporary research, creating a digital learning community for undergraduate minority science majors, building open-source resources for online learning in a higher education environment, measuring language learners' speaking proficiency in a second language using economic digital tools, creating open-source interactive articles for the wider publics, and opening up options for school leaders.
– Book News Inc. Portland, OR
Whether applying game theory models to select a publishing model, describing the challenges
of building open resources for higher education open learning, or listing the benefits
of creating open source interactive articles for users and developers, Hai-Jew’s
and her contributors’ chapters are highly useful for open source enthusiasts both
inside and outside academia.
– Stephanie Wical, University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire, Online Information Review, 38 (3)
Author's/Editor's Biography
Shalin Hai-Jew (Ed.)
Shalin Hai-Jew
works as a grant writer at Hutchinson Community College (HutchCC) in Hutchinson, Kansas. Just prior, she worked as an instructional designer at Kansas State University (K-State), where she worked for 17.5 years. She has taught at the university and college levels for many years (including four years in the People’s Republic of China) and was tenured at Shoreline Community College but left tenure to pursue instructional design work. She has Bachelor’s degrees in English and psychology, a Master’s degree in Creative Writing from the University of Washington (Hugh Paradise Scholar), and an Ed.D in Educational Leadership with a focus on public administration from Seattle University (where she was a Morford Scholar). She tested into the University of Washington at 14. She reviews for several publishers and publications. She has worked on a number of instructional design projects, including public health, biosecurity, one health, mental health, PTSD, grain science, turfgrass management, social justice, and others. She has authored and edited a number of books. Hai-Jew was born in Huntsville, Alabama, in the U.S. Currently, she is working on multiple projects.
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