Openness in Academic Publication: The Question of Trust, Authority and Reliability
John Houghton and Charles Oppenheim have rebuffed many of the claims made around the prevalent economic model(s) of academic publishing. They support the contention that there is much to be gained from a shift to open access dissemination of scholarly research. While the economic case seems clear, unfortunately this is not the whole picture; there are other costs and benefits related to the... more
Minerva's Owl. A Reponse to John Houghton and Charles Oppenheim's 'The Economic Implications of Alternative Publishing Models'
Houghton and Oppenheim?s cost?benefit analysis of different forms of scholarly publishing is a major contribution in considering the case for open access and for open institutional repositories as a standard resource in publicly-funded universities.In what follows, I will draw out some specific aspects of Houghton and Oppenheim?s cost?benefit analysis in order to explore these wider issues. more
Economic Implications of Alternative Publishing Models: Views from a Non-Economist
The Houghton and Oppenheim paper and the JISC report focus on three publishing models: subscription publishing; open access (OA) publishing (often called ?Gold OA?); and open access self-archiving. The author responds respond both as an academic who conducts research, writes about it and tries to get it published, and as a researcher interested in scholarly communication, publishing and open... more
Impact of Opencourseware on Paid Enrollment in Distance Learning Courses
Since MIT launched the first OpenCourseWare (OCW) initiative in 2002, responses from the academic community have ranged from exuberance to angst. Some institutions have been reluctant to adopt a program of open publishing because of concerns about long-term funding and possible adverse effects on paid enrollment. Money is an issue, forcing some organizations that initially created OCW... more
Open Educational Resources and Higher Education
This paper examines the concept of OER in more detail, offering a simple, clear definition, explaining the economic and educational potential behind that definition, introducing examples of OER practices around the world, exploring legal considerations, and highlighting some of the challenges to releasing the transformative potential of OER. more
Open Educational Resources: New Possibilities for Change and Sustainability
In an attempt to understand the potential of OER for change and sustainability, this paper presents the results of an informal survey of active and inactive collections of online educational resources, emphasizing data related to collection longevity and the project attributes associated with it. Through an analysis of the results of this survey, in combination with other surveys of OER... more
Models for Sustainable Open Educational Resources
This paper depicts the sustainability of Open Educational Resources (OERs) in terms of the three models: funding, technical, and content. Discussion and recommendations are focused on the sustainability of OERs and the requirement that we think of OERs as only part of a larger picture – one that includes volunteers and incentives, community and partnerships, co-production and sharing,... more
A Review of the Open Educational Resources (OER) Movement: Achievements, Challenges and New Opportunities. Report to the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
In 2002 the Education Program of the Hewlett Foundation introduced a major component into its strategic plan "Using Information Technology to Increase Access to High Quality Educational Content". This review of the Open Educational Resources Movement begins with this plan as a baseline. more
The Open University Open Content Initiative: Application to the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
This application for funding is a useful tool for other OER initiatives and also provides an overview of proposed rights licensing, institutional commitment and sustainability models. more
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