Digital Scholarship and the Tenure Process as an Indicator of Change in Universities
Citation:
Weller, M. (2012). “Digital Scholarship and the Tenure Process as an Indicator of Change in Universities”. In
Revista de Universidad y Sociedad del Conocimiento (RUSC), Dossier “Innovation and Good Practices in University Government and Management”, 9 (2). Barcelona: Universitat Oberta de Catalunya. Retrieved December 04, 2012 from http://rusc.uoc.edu/ojs/index.php/rusc/article/view/v9n2-weller/v9n2-weller-eng
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Type of work: Article (academic)
Categories:
Knowledge Management | Science Diffusion, Science Policy | Social Media & Social SoftwareTags:
e-researchAbstract:
In this paper, the author aims to demonstrate that a practical barometer of how universities are dealing with the changes wrought by a digital, networked world can be found in the manner in which their reward and tenure processes recognise digital scholarship. The use of new technologies by academics to perform research, construct knowledge, disseminate ideas, engage students in learning and conduct a wide range of scholarly activities generates a number of issues for established reward and tenure systems, which can be seen as a representative microcosm of the issues facing universities more generally.
