Open licensing and academic research - 9th april 2014

Open Research with Impact

Dr Viv Rolfe#vivienrolfevivrolfe.com

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University staff workshop exploring open education and changes to UK research policy.

9th April 2014University of the West of England

UK

Open access Open educational resources(JORUM, MERLOT)

Open badges(for your digital back pack)

Open courseware(OCW)

Open research

Open science

Open data

Open practices

Open publishing

Open courses

“Massive” open online courses MOOCS(Coursera, MITx, EDX, Futurelearn, DS106, Rhizomatic Learning, Lumen Learning, CCK08…..)

Open Licenses(GNU, Creative Commons)

Open University

Open source

GLOBAL OPEN

EDUCATION

Open text books

Nuggets of open education

Nearly 100,000 views on YouTube

http://creativecommons.org

Open access Open educational resources(JORUM, MERLOT)

Open badges(for your digital back pack)

Open courseware(OCW)

Open research

Open science

Open data

Open practices

Open publishing

Open courses

“Massive” open online courses MOOCS(Coursera, MITx, EDX, Futurelearn, DS106, Rhizomatic Learning, Lumen Learning, CCK08…..)

Open Licenses(GNU, Creative Commons)

Open University

Open source

GLOBAL OPEN

EDUCATION

Open text books

Open Access Publishing

• Open access journal vs subscription journal (Gold / Green routes)

• March 2014 – HEFCE Policy for Open Access in the Post-2014 REF.– All journal / conference

articles after 1 April 2016 must comply – CC BY-NC-ND

Open Data

• Dec 2013 – EU “Horizon 2020” pilot of open access research data.

• RCUK 2012 – Open Access to Research Outputs.– A journal is compliant with a CC

BY! – Papers must say how the

research materials – such as data, samples or models – can be accessed.

– ESRC, EPSRC, BBSRC etc must comply.

Open Notebooks

• Open science practice.• Tim Gowers –

crowdsourcing mathematic solutions.

• Researchers are working differently with crowd sourcing, to open science, and large-scale data-driven research and analytics. (BIG DATA). (Jeremy Frey 2014).

Workshop activity –No pain no gain!

1 - Open access publishingThe pain and gain of publishing

your work openly?

2 - Open dataThe pain and gain of sharing your

data openly?

3 - Open notebooksThe pain and gain of sharing your

research notes openly?

Policy and Support – Open Access

• HEFCE Open Access REF Policy – http://www.hefce.ac.uk/whatwedo/rsrch/rinfrastruct/oa/policy/

• Jisc Gold and Green Open Access Publishing – • http://www.jisc.ac.uk/guides/gold-and-green-open-access

• Jisc Open Mirror - http://www.jisc.ac.uk/blog/what-could-you-do-with-an-open-mirror-22-oct-2013

• SHARE – shared access research ecosystem - http://www.arl.org/focus-areas/public-access-policies/shared-access-research-ecosystem-share

Policy and Support – Open Data

• EU 2013 Open Access to Research Data - • http://www.openaire.eu/en/component/content/article/9-news-eve

nts/510-open-access-a-requirement-for-horizon-2020

• RCUK 2013 Open Access Policy - • http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/RCUK-prod/assets/documents/documents/

RCUKOpenAccessPolicy.pdf

• BBSRC Policy May 2013 –http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/organisation/policies/position/policy/access-research-outputs.aspx

Support – Open Notebooks

• Jeremy Frey 2014 - Open Lab Notebooks from Jisc Digifest – http://www.slideshare.net/JISC/the-future-of-research-are-you-ready-jeremy-frey-jisc-digital-festival-2014

• Open Notebook Science Network - http://onsnetwork.org

• Lab Trove (Southampton)• http://www.labtrove.org

Copyright and Open Licenses

• Creative Commons Organisation – http://creativecommons.org/licenses/

• Web 2 Rights Project - http://www.web2rights.org.uk/index.html

Further discussions

The NEW Faculty PIG!• 7th May, 1pm Glenside – Open Educational

Resources by Viv Rolfe.(Caroline Foyle emails)

• 29th April, UWE L&T Conference.Coventry Phonar Group Matt Johnston.