KMDI at 13, Knowledge Media Design Institute Lecture Series in “Digital Media Research and Innovation at the University of Toronto”, Part III

Date: Thursday October 22, 2009

Time: 4:00pm – 6:00pm

Place: Claude T. Bissell Building, Room 728, 140 St. George Street, University of Toronto St. George Campus

Note: Refreshments will be served at 3:30pm.  Please join us in generating interesting discussion and networking with fellow researchers, students, and professionals in the field of digital media!

                                   

ENABLING OPEN SCHOLARSHIP

“The Institutionalization of Openness in Universities” by Gale Moore, KMDI

Abstract: A host of initiatives predicated on the notion of openness has flourished in recent years. From Open Source to Open Access, Open Educational Resources, Open Data or Open Innovation, the phenomenon of openness is transforming the nature of scholarly communication and practices. Increasingly, and to varying degrees in different disciplines, the impact of these activities is observable, yes awareness of these changing practices and the opportunities and consequences for the individual and the institution continue to be unevenly distributed across the institutional landscape. This talk will review recent developments and the opportunities and challenges ahead.

Brief Bio: Gale Moore is a member of the Scholarly Communications Group, UTL; a member of the Graduate Faculty, Dept. of Sociology, UofT; a Senior Fellow and former director of KMDI and a faculty member in OCAD’s graduate program in Strategic Foresight & Innovation. As a sociologist-designer, her primary interests for the past 15 years have been the social impacts of ICTs in everyday life, and on bringing an understanding of peoples’ experience and interaction with technology into the design of technical artefacts. This past year Gale has been on senior administrative leave and spent three months as a Visiting Professor at the graduate business school of Tecnológico de Monterrey in Mexico City. Her current research interests are in the area of openness – including open innovation; design research and design thinking, and innovation research. As a biologist, information scientist, and sociologist, she also has a longstanding interest in ‘interdisciplinarity’ as a practice and as a form of knowledge production that enhances creativity and fosters innovation.

“Changing Scholarly and Pedagogical Practices in an Open Knowledge Environment” by Professor Leslie Chan, UTSC

Abstract: Digital and networking technologies are rapidly transforming the ways in which knowledge is created, consumed, and shared. While innovative pedagogy and new forms of scholarship are made possible by open access to scholarly publications, there remains serious institutional, socioeconomic, and legal barriers to participation by members of the academic community. In addition, career pathways for scholarly advancement and evaluation are shifting as the digital landscape creates unfamiliar challenges for graduating students, academics and policy makers. So what are the real opportunities presented by Open Access? The goal of the presentation is to prompt debates and dialogues on how we could participate in the design of an open access knowledge environment and to identify elements of the system that need institutional and policy support.

Brief Bio: Leslie Chan is Program Supervisor for the Joint Program in New Media Studies and the International Studies program at the University of Toronto at Scarborough. Since 2000, he has served as the Associate Director of Bioline International, a non-profit international electronic publishing collaboration with the main objective of improving the visibility and impact of health and other scientific journals from developing countries.

“The Scholarly Impact of Open Access in Medicine and Biomedical Research” by Gunther Eysenbach, Health Policy, Management and Evaluation

Brief Bio: Gunther Eysenbach, MD MPH, studied medicine in Munich and Freiburg in German, and obtained a Master in Public Health from Harvard University. Gunther is recognized by many as one of the leading researchers in the field of eHealth and Internet & Medicine, and is currently Senior Scientist at the Centre for Global eHealth Innovation at the Toronto Research Institute/Toronto General Hospital and Division of Medical Decision Making and Health Care Research. He also holds an academic appointment as Associate Professor at the Department of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto.

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The talk will be webcast live & an archive will be available.  For instructions to view the webcast and further information, please visit: http://www.kmdiat13.utoronto.ca.