Breaching the Paywall

2021 ◽  
pp. 222-241
Author(s):  
Samantha Tackett ◽  
Kelly M. Torres ◽  
Meagan C. Arrastia ◽  
S. Wade Bradt
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Open Educational Resources ◽  
Educational Resources ◽  
Instructional Media ◽  
Recent Developments

This chapter informs readers of recent developments with open educational resources (OERs) as well as the various advantages and challenges to the use of open access materials and repositories. This chapter explores examples of OER usage for instruction and research and discusses digital and instructional media relevant to open pedagogy and the technology-enabled democratization of learning. Finally, the chapter concludes with suggestions for advocacy of greater open access to benefit national and international dissemination of knowledge and the increase of societal use.

scholarly journals Open access repositories on open educational resources

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chew Bee Leng ◽  
Kamsiah Mohd Ali ◽  
Ch’ng Eng Hoo
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Digital Libraries ◽  
Open Educational Resources ◽  
Information And Communications Technology ◽  
Educational Resources ◽  
Data Repositories ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Knowledge Platform ◽  
Harvesting Method

Purpose Triggered by the advancement of information and communications technology, open access repositories (a variant of digital libraries) is one of the important changes impacting library services. In the context of openness to a wider community to access free resources, Wawasan Open University Library initiated a research project to build open access repositories on open educational resources. Open educational resources (OER) is an area of a multifaceted open movement in education. The purpose of this paper is to show how two web portal repositories on OER materials were developed adopting a Japanese open source software, called WEKO. Design/methodology/approach The design approach is based on a pull to push strategy whereby metadata of scholarly open access materials kept within the institution and network communities’ digital databases were harvested using the Open Archives Initiatives Protocol for Metadata Harvesting method into another open knowledge platform for discovery by other users. Findings Positive results emanating from the university open access repositories development showed how it strengthen the role of the librarian as manager of institutional assets and successfully making the content freely available from this open knowledge platform for reuse in learning and teaching. Research limitations/implications Developing further programmes to encourage, influence faculty members and prospective stakeholders to use and contribute content to the valuable repositories is indeed a challenging task. Originality/value This paper provides insight for academic libraries on how open access repositories development and metadata analysis can enhance new professional challenges for information professionals in the field of data management, data quality and intricacies of supporting data repositories and build new open models of collaboration across institutions and libraries. This paper also describes future collaboration work with institutions in sharing their open access resources.

scholarly journals Editorial: Wie gestalten wir die Zukunft mit Open Access und Open Educational Resources?

2013 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Ebner ◽  
Sandra Schön ◽  
Lambert Heller ◽  
Rudolf Mumenthaler
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Open Educational Resources ◽  
Educational Resources

scholarly journals Offen und vernetzt für alle

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Open Science ◽  
Open Educational Resources ◽  
Educational Resources ◽  
Predatory Publishing

Das Buch versammelt die Beiträge der ersten Open-Access-Roadshow Schleswig-Holstein, die vom 11. bis 14. November 2019 in Kiel, Flensburg und Lübeck stattgefunden hat. Auf der interdisziplinären Veranstaltung wurden zentrale Themen rund um Open Access und Open Science beleuchtet, angefangen bei den politischen Rahmenbedingungen und notwendigen Weichenstellungen im universitären Publikationsbetrieb über Erfolge und Herausforderungen bei der Open-Access-Transformation in Schleswig-Holstein, Hamburg und Brandenburg bis hin zu digitalen Angeboten im Bereich der Lehre und Bildung, die Open Educational Resources (OER). Was Open Access für Verlage bedeutet, wird ebenso berücksichtigt wie die Themen Predatory Publishing, DEAL, Plan S und vieles mehr. Die Beiträge geben einen Überblick über den aktuellen Stand von Open Access und zeigen auf, wie ein künftiger nachhaltiger Kulturwandel hin zu mehr Offenheit in Wissenschaft und Forschung gelingen könnte.

Exploring the Literature on Utilization of Open Educational Resources in Nigeria

2020 ◽  
pp. 24-39
Author(s):  
K. N. Igwe
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Open Educational Resources ◽  
Educational Resources ◽  
Empirical Literature ◽  
Learning Needs ◽  
Skills Acquisition ◽  
Open Access Journals ◽  
The Universe ◽  
And Training

This chapter looks at open educational resources (OER), the evolution and conceptualization, the empirical literature so far on utilization of OER in Nigeria, potential determinants of OER utilization, and the future pathways for OER as essential learning resources for functional education and training in the 21st century. The open access movement calls upon researchers and academics to provide open access to their research works by either publishing their findings in open access journals that provide open access to their contents online or by depositing their work into repositories that make their content freely available over the internet. Open educational resources (OER) are now at the forefront of education, knowledge, and skills acquisition across the universe. This implies that OER can be used in all learning environments for addressing learning needs of different classes of individuals in the society. There should be priority attention in developing ICT infrastructures at all levels of education in Nigeria, which is expected to facilitate unhindered exploitation of all kinds of existing OER across the universe.

Mobile Apps in Open Educational Resources

2020 ◽  
pp. 489-507
Author(s):  
Ying Xiu ◽  
Jose L. Fulgencio ◽  
Tutaleni I. Asino ◽  
Alesha D. Baker
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Digital Divide ◽  
Mobile Devices ◽  
Mobile Learning ◽  
Mobile Applications ◽  
Mobile Apps ◽  
Mobile App ◽  
Open Educational Resources ◽  
Educational Resources ◽  
Desktop Computers

Globally, those who have traditionally been adversely impacted by the digital divide due to lack of access to computing technologies such as desktop computers, are also the ones who have been shown to have high adoption of mobile devices. If open educational resources (OER) are to have the envisaged wide impact, it is necessary to look at the role mobile applications and mobile app markets play in the OER movement. In this chapter, we link mobile applications and OER and discuss the role mobile app markets play in facilitating open-access learning initiatives. This is done by exploring OER and mobile learning definitions, benefits, and barriers; and comparing and contrasting mobile apps across a set of variables including purpose and resource format.

scholarly journals The adoption of open educational resources by one community college math department

2013 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
John Levi Hilton III ◽  
Donna Gaudet ◽  
Phil Clark ◽  
Jared Robinson ◽  
David Wiley
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Community College ◽  
Open Access ◽  
Educational Outcomes ◽  
Open Educational Resources ◽  
Educational Resources ◽  
Fall Semester ◽  
Educational Benefits ◽  
Open Access Resources ◽  
Open Textbooks

<p>The high cost of textbooks is of concern not only to college students but also to society as a whole. Open textbooks promise the same educational benefits as traditional textbooks; however, their efficacy remains largely untested. We report on one community college’s adoption of a collection of open resources across five different mathematics classes. During the 2012 fall semester, 2,043 students in five different courses used these open access resources. We present a comparison between the previous two years in terms of the number of students who withdrew from the courses and the number that completed the courses with a C grade or better. Our analysis suggests that while there was likely no change in these educational outcomes, students who have access to open access materials collectively saved a significant amount of money. Students and faculty were surveyed as to their perceptions of these materials and the results were generally favorable.</p>

scholarly journals Open educational resources for validation of global high-resolution land cover maps

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Candan E Kilsedar ◽  
Gorica Bratic ◽  
Monia E Molinari ◽  
Marco Minghini ◽  
Maria A Brovelli
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
High Resolution ◽  
Open Access ◽  
Land Cover ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Open Educational Resources ◽  
Educational Resources ◽  
Validation Process ◽  
Land Cover Maps

Land cover (LC) maps are crucial to analyze and understand several phenomena, including urbanization, deforestation and climate change. This elevates the importance of their accuracy, which is assessed through a validation process. However, we observed that knowledge on the importance of LC maps and their validation is limited. Hence, a set of educational resources has been created to assist in the validation of LC maps. These resources, available under an open access license, focus on validation through open source and easy-to-use software. Moreover, addressing the lack of accurate and up-to-date reference LC data, an application has been developed that provides users a means to collect LC data.

scholarly journals Educational Policy and Open Resources in Brazil

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (5) ◽  
pp. 32-38
Author(s):  
Ana Sílvia Couto de Abreu
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Open Access ◽  
Educational Policy ◽  
Public Debate ◽  
Open Educational Resources ◽  
Educational Resources ◽  
Cultural Goods ◽  
Learning Materials ◽  
Methodological Foundation ◽  
Current Challenge

Discourse analysis is the French theoretical and methodological foundation of our research, in which we analyze the discursive operation of Open Educational Resources focusing on its potential destabilization effects in accessing cultural goods, educational assets and authoring processes. We understand that Open Educational Resources may become an educational policy, based on the principles of collaboration and openness, giving new meaning to the senses of authorship and learning materials. The current challenge is to intensify actions for a public debate on the relevance of open access. (Funded by São Paulo Research Foundation – FAPESP).

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