Comments on: Are Professors “Scribes?” I think therefore I’m not… http://theprofessornotes.com/archives/617?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=are-professors-scribes-i-think-therefore-im-not Where my thoughts and your eyes (and now ears!) collide Mon, 14 May 2012 20:59:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Steve Swartz http://theprofessornotes.com/archives/617/comment-page-1#comment-10081 Steve Swartz Tue, 21 Apr 2009 17:53:55 +0000 http://theprofessornotes.com/?p=617#comment-10081 The domain "professors" includes a lot of "scribes;" but not all professors are scribes . . . It has to do with the definition of "Research." A. Collection and processing of existing knowledge B. Discovery/creation of new knowledge [Many would argue that A is not "research" at all; that things like advocacy, staff work, etc. fit "A" but do not actually generate any "new knowledge."] Research Definition A: Includes Scribery Research Definition B: Does Not Include Mere Scribery So, yes, a whole lot of professors (and not for nothin- what's your definition of "Professor?") are happily scribing away . . . Steve Swartz The domain “professors” includes a lot of “scribes;” but not all professors are scribes . . .

It has to do with the definition of “Research.”

A. Collection and processing of existing knowledge

B. Discovery/creation of new knowledge

[Many would argue that A is not "research" at all; that things like advocacy, staff work, etc. fit "A" but do not actually generate any "new knowledge."]

Research Definition A: Includes Scribery
Research Definition B: Does Not Include Mere Scribery

So, yes, a whole lot of professors (and not for nothin- what’s your definition of “Professor?”) are happily scribing away . . .

Steve Swartz

]]> By: Technology revolution or evolution? | Targuman http://theprofessornotes.com/archives/617/comment-page-1#comment-10076 Technology revolution or evolution? | Targuman Sun, 19 Apr 2009 03:49:23 +0000 http://theprofessornotes.com/?p=617#comment-10076 [...] My brother responded to some of Stevie’s comments that Professors are like the scribes replaced  by the printing press. I responded to Stevie’s post within the comments but I thought I would share some of my thoughts here as well. The suggestion that some were arguing that Web 2.0 is “not scholarship” is misguided. Web 2.0 is, of course not scholarship. It is a merely a tool, or really a set of tools. It/they can be used to create scholarship but it in and of itself is not research or academic study. [...] [...] My brother responded to some of Stevie’s comments that Professors are like the scribes replaced  by the printing press. I responded to Stevie’s post within the comments but I thought I would share some of my thoughts here as well. The suggestion that some were arguing that Web 2.0 is “not scholarship” is misguided. Web 2.0 is, of course not scholarship. It is a merely a tool, or really a set of tools. It/they can be used to create scholarship but it in and of itself is not research or academic study. [...]

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