Knowledge Production and Distribution in the Disintermediation Era. The iCS-OII 2011 Symposium, “A Decade in Internet Time”. Oxford Internet Institute. September 2011 • http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1920766 Cristobal Cobo • University of Oxford - Oxford Internet Institute Carlos Scolari • Universitat Pompeu Fabra Hugo Pardo Kuklinski • Universitat de Vic

1. Knowledge Production
and Distribution in
the Disintermediation Era
Oxford, UK • 09/2011
Cristóbal Cobo / OII
Carlos Scolari / UPF
Hugo Pardo Kuklinski / UVic-UB

2. New agents and technologies are
diversifying the traditional mechanisms
to produce and distribute knowledge.

3. Disintermediation can be defined
as ‘cutting out the middleman’ in the
production / distribution of knowledge.

4. Barnett & Blumner (1999). Outsourcing
practices • Jarvis (2009). Aggregated
university (a new learning ecosystem).

5. Theoretical references

6. a
Boyer (1990) • Categories
of scholarship : discovery,
teaching, application
& integration of knowledge.

7. b
Gibbons et al. (1994) •
Mode 1 > closed, objective,
restricted to scientific communities
and discipline-based.

8. Gibbons et al. (1994) •
Mode 2 > open, interconnected,
context dependent, not restricted
to scientific communities, networked.

9. Methodology
Leo Romero, por foxxyz. Flickr

10. Qualitative &
exploratory methodology
(‘purposeful sample’ of website).

11. a
Exploration of platforms that
addressed the Boyer’s dimensions.

13. b
‘Open’ or ‘closed’ platforms were
identified (Gibbons). 4 combinations
of O/C practices of production
and distribution of knowledge.

15. Conclusions
Leo Romero, por foxxyz. Flickr

16. 1
Disintermediation is a way to
conceptualize the current phase
of transition that higher education
institutions are facing in digital era.

17. 2
A transitions rather than a
dichotomy O/C. Information flows
across disciplines between experts
& non-experts communities.

18. 3
Knowledge broker negotiates
with an intermediary and facilitates
connections between info, people
and contexts. New profiles & skills.

19. 4
Design and exploit new channels
and strategies for knowledge
production/distribution. New
visibility/accessibility knowledge.

20. Creative Commons License • Flickr pics
1. Attention, por A*BOO
2. cestmondernierjourici, por renedepaula
3. Pentax Option S5n, por artífecs
4. Ahh, fun stuff in the examination room, por Tojosan
5. < exit, por seb joguet
Graphic Design: Hugo Pardo Kuklinski, CC License / September 2011
Knowledge Production and Distribution in the Disintermediation Era.
The iCS-OII 2011 Symposium, “A Decade in Internet Time”. Oxford Internet Institute. September
2011 • http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1920766
Cristobal Cobo • University of Oxford - Oxford Internet Institute
Carlos Scolari • Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Hugo Pardo Kuklinski • Universitat de Vic/LMI-UB

21. Knowledge Production
and Distribution in
the Disintermediation Era
Oxford, UK • 09/2011
Cristóbal Cobo / OII
Carlos Scolari / UPF
Hugo Pardo Kuklinski / UVic