Enriching Scholarship
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Enriching Scholarship Brainstorming
Enriching Scholarship presentation slides (pdf)
[edit] big open projects or noteworthy items
- CC, Science Commons, ccLearn
- Harvard Open Access policy
- MIT OCW hits 1800 courses
- iCommons iSummit
- author's addendum
- Google book project
- Encyclopedia of life
- Nine Inch Nails and cc
- orphan works legislation
- students for free culture
- OCWC and OCW international presence
- open textbooks
How do you create content for the Open World?
Why do OER?
Michigan’s Goal
- For Michigan
- For international / developing country setting
Why it helps individuals in attendance.
- Increasing access to health education materials.
- Students can preview materials
- Supports faculty research
Current Models
- current projects in the open community
- Harvard
- Orphan Works
- cc learn
- current publication models in the OER community
Intellectual Property - Why it's such a big deal
- Copyright - it's a crazy world. it's hard, we're not the only ones doing this.
Our Model
- Utilizes Open Search
- Multiple Formats
- Open Licensing
- Marking/tagging
- Pursuing Fair use
Our Process
- Demonstrating the dScribe Publication Model
- Start with closed content → Open
- Talk about finding open sites, etc.
Need for Collaboration – Open.Michigan
- OCWC
- Funders
- ccLearn
- OpenLearn
- Deep Blue
- Blue Stream
People are getting involved, iterating toward Openness
Feedback: What can you do to get involved?
Statements for:
- Instructors:
- cite materials. Utilize open resources. Get on board. help us create resources to educate faculty, staff, administrators, others
- Librarians:
- Educate yourself about copyright and alternative licensing. help others learn about resources
- Technology Staff:
- Instructors:
Join the Discussion
- Add to the Blogging
- Add to the Wiki
- Give us a phone call
- Send us an email
- Start contributing to the mailing list.
Questions for audience members
- What remains unclear?
- What areas do you think need most attention by our community?
- specific questions, but not questions about whether this will "work"
- questions about how best to communicate, how best to sustain the initiative, how best to sustain the momentum.
