Free
Book Description
Affordable education. Transparent science. Accessible scholarship.
These ideals are slowly becoming a reality thanks to the open education, open science, and open access movements. Running separate—if parallel—courses, they all share a philosophy of equity, progress, and justice. This book shares the stories, motives, insights, and practical tips from global leaders in the open movement.
Print edition available for purchase via Ubiquity Press.
Table of Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Contributors
- Introduction
- Introduction to Open (Robert Biswas-Diener and Rajiv S. Jhangiani)
- A Brief History of Open Educational Resources (T. J. Bliss and M. Smith)
- Open Licensing and Open Education Licensing Policy (Cable Green)
- Openness and the Transformation of Education and Schooling (William G. Huitt and David M. Monetti)
- What Can OER Do for Me? Evaluating the Claims for OER (Martin Weller, Beatriz de los Arcos, Rob Farrow, Rebecca Pitt and Patrick McAndrew)
- Are OE Resources High Quality? (Regan A. R. Gurung)
- Open Practices
- Opening Science (Brian A. Nosek)
- Open Course Development at the OERu (Wayne Mackintosh)
- From OER to Open Pedagogy: Harnessing the Power of Open (Robin DeRosa and Scott Robison)
- Opening Up Higher Education with Screencasts (David B. Miller and Addison Zhao)
- Librarians in the Pursuit of Open Practices (Quill West)
- A Library Viewpoint: Exploring Open Educational Practices (Anita Walz)
- How to Open an Academic Department (Farhad Dastur)
- Case Studies
- The International Journal of Wellbeing: An Open Access Success Story (Dan Weijers and Aaron Jarden)
- Iterating Toward Openness: Lessons Learned on a Personal Journey (David Wiley)
- Open-Source for Educational Materials Making Textbooks Cheaper and Better (Ed Diener, Carol Diener and Robert Biswas-Diener)
- Free is Not Enough (Richard Baraniuk, Nicole Finkbeiner, David Harris, Dani Nicholson and Daniel Williamson)
- The BC Open Textbook Project (Mary Burgess)
- TeachPsychScience.org: Sharing to Improve the Teaching of Research Methods (David B. Strohmetz, Natalie J. Ciarocco and Gary W. Lewandowski, Jr.)
- DIY Open Pedagogy: Freely Sharing Teaching Resources in Psychology (Jessica Hartnett)
- Conclusion
- You Can’t Sell Free, and Other OER Problems (Robert Biswas-Diener)
- Open as Default: The Future of Education and Scholarship (Rajiv S. Jhangiani)
Also Available On
Categories
Curated Lists
Free Machine Learning Books
11 Books
- Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning (Information Science and Statistics)
- by Christopher M. Bishop
- Data mining
- by I. H. Witten
- The Elements of Statistical Learning: Data Mining, Inference, and Prediction
- by Various
Free Chemistry Textbooks
9 Books
- CK-12 Chemistry
- by Various
- Concept Development Studies in Chemistry
- by John Hutchinson
- An Introduction to Chemistry - Atoms First
- by Mark Bishop
Free Mathematics Textbooks
21 Books
- Microsoft Word - How to Use Advanced Algebra II.doc
- by Jonathan Emmons
- Advanced Algebra II: Activities and Homework
- by Kenny Felder
- de2de
- by
Free Children Books
38 Books
- The Sun Who Lost His Way
- by
- Tania is a Detective
- by Kanika G
- Firenze_s-Light
- by
Free Java Books
10 Books
- Java 3D Programming
- by Daniel Selman
- The Java EE 6 Tutorial
- by Oracle Corporation
- JavaKid811
- by
- Jamaica Primary Social Studies 2nd Edition Student's Book 4
- by Eulie Mantock, Trineta Fendall, Clare Eastland
- Reggae Readers Student's Book 1
- by Louis Fidge
- Reggae Readers Student's Book 2
- by Louis Fidge
