scholarly journals Open access in theory and practice

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 92-96
Author(s):  
Antti Rousi
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Theory And Practice

scholarly journals A double-loop evaluation process for MOOC design and its pilot application in the university domain

2017 ◽  
pp. 433-448
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Evaluation Process ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Massive Open Online Courses ◽  
Double Loop ◽  
Massive Open Online ◽  
Know How ◽  
The University ◽  
The Way

The diffusion of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) is significantly changing the way people learn and update their knowledge and competencies. Although the benefits characterizing MOOCs, which leverage on free and open access to know-how and digitized materials, there are some challenges which call for improving and enhancing the existing methods and approaches for MOOCs design. By combining theory and practice, this paper presents a process of MOOCs design based on a double-loop phase of evaluation. Specifically, the paper provides evidences on how to take advantage of the learners’ and teachers’ feedback to redesign or rethink the course’s architecture, and especially the storyboard and blueprint. A pilot application of the proposed approach has been made to design a course dealing with entrepreneurship domain, and in particular with crowdfunding. The results of the application are presented to validate the approach and provide teachers and course’s designers with some recommendations.

Localization Retrieval and Browse of a DSpace-Based Institutional Repository System

2011 ◽  
Vol 268-270 ◽  
pp. 1401-1406
Author(s):  
Cheng Yi ◽  
Chun Li
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Scientific Research ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Institutional Repository ◽  
Academic Institutions

The theory and practice of Institutional Repository in developed countries of Europe and America have clearly demonstrated that the construction of Open Access Institutional Repository aspects has the vital significance in promoting scientific research and improving academic institutions visibility. From Institutional Repository functions, in this article, the author analyzes localization retrieval and browse of a DSpace-based Institutional Repository system to provide reference for our country on the construction and development of the Institutional Repository.

scholarly journals Leadership Standpoints

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Don Waisanen
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Leadership Development ◽  
Open Access ◽  
Nonprofit Sector ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Next Generation ◽  
Informed Decisions ◽  
Leadership Framework ◽  
Community Trust

This project offers a new leadership framework for the next generation of nonprofit professionals. Based on five years of data collected from the New York Community Trust Leadership Fellowship - designed to address leadership development gaps in the nonprofit sector - it constructs three dimensions and eleven themes for the theory and practice of leadership standpoints. Leadership standpoints are a framework for practicing inclusion, building spaces for performance, and thinking and acting with range. Those using leadership standpoints continuously interact with diverse stakeholders, constantly verify others' views and interests, and remain keenly attentive to power distributions, material constraints, and hidden or unacknowledged voices that need surfaced, while expanding their personal and social outlooks to elevate performance and meet pressing demands best addressed through broadly informed decisions. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

scholarly journals The Authenticity of the Former Mining Landscapes of Kinta Valley, Malaysia

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (10) ◽  
pp. 142-151
Author(s):  
Suriati Ahmad ◽  
David Jones
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Cultural Landscape ◽  
18Th Century ◽  
Publishing House ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Physical Evidence ◽  
International Publishing ◽  
Vernacular Landscape ◽  
Open Access Article

Kinta Valley in Perak State is one of the richest valley arising from 18th century tin mining production in Malaysia. The physical evidence of this production that surrounds Kinta offers a cultural landscape narrative about this ‘tin rush’ era that occurred from 1884 to 1895. This paper investigates the heritage significance of Kinta Valley former mining landscape through the lens of cultural landscape theory and practice. Through a detailed case study, documentary research and site observation have been applied as qualitative methods for data collection to unravel and quantify the heritage values of the Kinta Valley former mining landscape. Keywords: Culture landscape; vernacular landscape; tin mining; Kinta Valley eISSN 2514-751X © 2018. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open-access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21834/aje-bs.v3i10.321  

scholarly journals Theory and Practice in OA-policies - How to implement Open Access: a funder perspective

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johannes Løvhaug ◽  
Rune Rambæk Schølberg
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Open Access ◽  
Financial Support ◽  
Research Council ◽  
Joint Venture ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Funding Agency ◽  
Research Institutions ◽  
Humanities And Social Sciences

See video of the presentation.Theory and Practice in OA-policies: The Research Council of Norway is currently revising its policy on Open Access. At the same time the Council is looking at ways to support Norwegian journals within  humanities and social sciences in order to promote OA-publishing. As a funding agency, the Research Council is looking at ways to implement OA-policies. The key question is: How to move from principle  declarations on Open Access to practical tools for achieving OA-goals? Schjølberg and Løvhaug will present a model for financial support to OA-journals within humanities and social sciences as a joint venture between the Research Council and research institutions in Norway.

scholarly journals Statement of Purpose

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 5
Author(s):  
Lynn Butler-Kisber
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Online Education ◽  
English Education ◽  
Visual Representations ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Multiple Perspectives ◽  
Resource Network ◽  
Education Journal

LEARNing LandscapesTM Journal is an open access, peer-reviewed, online education journal supported by LEARN (Leading English Education and Resource Network). Published in the spring and autumn of each year, it attempts to make links between theory and practice and is built upon the principles of partnership, collaboration, inclusion, and attention to multiple perspectives and voices. The material in each publication attempts to share and showcase leading educational ideas, research, and practices in Quebec, and beyond, by welcoming articles, interviews, visual representations, arts-informed work, and multimedia texts to inspire teachers, administrators, and other educators to reflect upon and develop innovative possibilities within their own practices.

scholarly journals “Let the community decide”? The vision and reality of soundness-only peer review in open-access mega-journals

2018 ◽  
Vol 74 (1) ◽  
pp. 137-161 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valerie Spezi ◽  
Simon Wakeling ◽  
Stephen Pinfield ◽  
Jenny Fry ◽  
Claire Creaser ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Peer Review ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Scholarly Communication ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Editorial Decisions ◽  
Review Criteria ◽  
Insight Into

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to better understand the theory and practice of peer review in open-access mega-journals (OAMJs). OAMJs typically operate a “soundness-only” review policy aiming to evaluate only the rigour of an article, not the novelty or significance of the research or its relevance to a particular community, with these elements being left for “the community to decide” post-publication. Design/methodology/approach The paper reports the results of interviews with 31 senior publishers and editors representing 16 different organisations, including 10 that publish an OAMJ. Thematic analysis was carried out on the data and an analytical model developed to explicate their significance. Findings Findings suggest that in reality criteria beyond technical or scientific soundness can and do influence editorial decisions. Deviations from the original OAMJ model are both publisher supported (in the form of requirements for an article to be “worthy” of publication) and practice driven (in the form of some reviewers and editors applying traditional peer review criteria to OAMJ submissions). Also publishers believe post-publication evaluation of novelty, significance and relevance remains problematic. Originality/value The study is based on unprecedented access to senior publishers and editors, allowing insight into their strategic and operational priorities. The paper is the first to report in-depth qualitative data relating specifically to soundness-only peer review for OAMJs, shedding new light on the OAMJ phenomenon and helping inform discussion on its future role in scholarly communication. The paper proposes a new model for understanding the OAMJ approach to quality assurance, and how it is different from traditional peer review.

scholarly journals The Story of Precision Nanomedicine

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-4 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lajos P Balogh
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Present State ◽  
Open Access Journal ◽  
Scholarly Publishing ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Legal Rights ◽  
Board Members ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Publishing Practices

The story of the journal "Precision Nanomedicine" started back in December 2015 when the contract of the Editor-in-chief of "Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology, and Medicine" was not renewed by Elsevier without any justification. While it was fully within the legal rights of the publisher to make that decision, they failed to consult with the NNBM editorial board. Elsevier also rejected a collective letter signed by 74 board members and editors requesting the reversal of the decision and served up the usual excuses. This was not the first instance of a publisher acting without the input of an editorial board or completely disregarding sicentists' opinion [1] [2], [3], and the reaction was also similar. In 2015, almost all associate editors and more than 60 editorial board members of the journal Lingua resigned in protest [3]. Similar to the mutiny by Lingua's editors, we also set out to launch our own open-access journal[2] to promote all progressive and rational aspects of nanomedicine including theory and practice while exercising good publishing practices (for a deeper analysis of the present state of scholarly publishing see the opinion paper in this issue).

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