Impact of the Knowledge Society in the University and in Scientific Communication

Over the last two decades, as a result of the introduction and intensive use of technologies for information and general knowledge, especially from the internet, the university is living in a process of complete transformation that affects it´s academic and organizational structures as well as the c...

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Published inRevista electrónica de investigación y evaluación educativa Vol. 20; no. 2
Main Authors Duart, Josep M, Mengual-Andrés, Santiago
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Valencia Universidad de Granada, Revista RELIEVE 01.01.2014
RELIEVE. Revista Electrónica de Investigación y Evaluación Educativa
Asociación Interuniversitaria de Investigación Pedagógía
Subjects
acceso abierto
Access to information
accés obert
almetrics
altmetrics
ciencia abierta
ciència oberta
e-learning
educació superior
educación superior
Ensenyament virtual
Enseñanza virtual
Higher Education
Knowledge
Knowledge Society
Open Acces
open access
Open Science
sociedad del conocimiento
societat del coneixement
Web-based instruction
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ISSN1134-4032
1134-4032
DOI10.7203/relieve.20.2.4343

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Summary:Over the last two decades, as a result of the introduction and intensive use of technologies for information and general knowledge, especially from the internet, the university is living in a process of complete transformation that affects it´s academic and organizational structures as well as the conception of educational methodology. The ICTs have demonstrated a need to establish coherent institutional strategies in their use and application, along with the possibility to expand the sphere of institutional action, in regards to general access to higher education. All of this shows an existing change from a model of education based on the transmission of knowledge, that was rather limited and under restricted access, to another that should fundamentally facilitates the competence to learn from people that live in the world in constant change, with open access to information and general knowledge. In addition, all of this implies a transformation in the dynamics of communication and diffusion of scientific knowledge that is now converted into something open and accessible which is subject to an analysis of knowledge social networks
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ISSN:1134-4032
1134-4032
DOI:10.7203/relieve.20.2.4343