The coming of age of digital technologies make new ways of sharing resources possible for the benefits of learning, researching and teaching. In the article, Does Digital Scholarship Have a Future, President and Professor of University of Richmond Edward Ayers (2013) is disappointed with the lack of progress towards digital scholarship, saying that, “in the 1990s when the internet was a new technology, the opportunities were limitless in this “place where scholars might want and need to create something new for themselves.” Ayers (2013) defines digital scholarship as a “disciplined-based scholarship produced with digital tools and presented in digital form.”
The purpose of all scholarships is to enhance scholarly conversations and give the potential to revolutionize education if it can more fully take advantage of the digital tools at our disposal. In addition, it can incorporate vast scholarly literature into more useful forms, and it can significantly broaden our temporal or spatial comprehension.(2013)
Conversely, there are some challenges that digital scholarships have to face. One of the is that it is not popular, due to scholars not being eager to commit themselves and their careers to digital scholarship and has not kept pace with institutional opportunities.(2013)
The second challenge is that new formats aren’t being encouraged since printed works are more acknowledged and rewarded. Ayers explains that despite the advances we have made in technology, especially in information gathering and sharing, the format of scholarship remains vastly unchanged.(2013)
Despite some challenges that no doubt can be conquered, Ayers shares that by doing things that can’t be done on paper as well as taking full advantage of the digital medium will help cultivate digital scholarships.(2013)
References
Ayers, E. L. (2013, August 5). Does digital scholarship have a future? Retrieved September 18, 2014, from http://www.educause.edu/ero/article/does-digital-scholarship-have-future.
The purpose of all scholarships is to enhance scholarly conversations and give the potential to revolutionize education if it can more fully take advantage of the digital tools at our disposal. In addition, it can incorporate vast scholarly literature into more useful forms, and it can significantly broaden our temporal or spatial comprehension.(2013)
Conversely, there are some challenges that digital scholarships have to face. One of the is that it is not popular, due to scholars not being eager to commit themselves and their careers to digital scholarship and has not kept pace with institutional opportunities.(2013)
The second challenge is that new formats aren’t being encouraged since printed works are more acknowledged and rewarded. Ayers explains that despite the advances we have made in technology, especially in information gathering and sharing, the format of scholarship remains vastly unchanged.(2013)
Despite some challenges that no doubt can be conquered, Ayers shares that by doing things that can’t be done on paper as well as taking full advantage of the digital medium will help cultivate digital scholarships.(2013)
References
Ayers, E. L. (2013, August 5). Does digital scholarship have a future? Retrieved September 18, 2014, from http://www.educause.edu/ero/article/does-digital-scholarship-have-future.