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Setting the Default to Open Access: An Academic’s Point of View

Setting the Default to Open Access: An Academic’s Point of View. Birgit Loch Mathematics Swinburne University of Technology bloch@swin.edu.au. What does open a ccess mean for academics?. Educational resources vs research resources Consumption vs production.

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Setting the Default to Open Access: An Academic’s Point of View

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  1. Setting the Default to Open Access: An Academic’s Point of View Birgit Loch Mathematics Swinburne University of Technology bloch@swin.edu.au

  2. What does open access mean for academics? • Educational resources vs research resources • Consumption vs production

  3. Open resources for research • Researchers are judged by • Number of publications • Ranking of outlets • Number of citations • Would I send my papers to open access journals? • Open access => citations • Open access => best journal??? • Publication charges?

  4. Open resources for research (2) • Accessing journal papers • Pressure to publish – a lot! • Waiting time for paper delivery too long • Either subscription, or open resource, or no citation. Preferably online!

  5. Open resources for education It’s all free… • Can I do with it what I like? • How do I find what I need? • How do my students find what they need? • How do I know it’s correct? • How do I know it’s pitched at the right level for my students? • What if they stop coming to class?

  6. Open resources for education (2) Creating open resources … • It’ll be out there forever. What if I get something wrong? • Critical comments on the web can be devastating. Why share and risk this? • What if they stop coming to class? • Why produce for others?

  7. MathsCasts and StatsCasts • OERs • Produced in international/interstate collaborations • Short screen videos of mathematical or statistical explanation • Handwritten on a tablet PC • Can be played back on phones, tablets, computers. Online or offline. MP4 format. • iTunes U, YouTube, mathscasts.org, statscasts.org

  8. MathsCasts – local success • Stats from the Maths and Stats Help Centre Blackboard site after 10 weeks in S2

  9. External recognition New Media Consortium Horizon Report 2012 Higher Ed Edition “… identify and describe emerging technologies likely to have an impact on learning, teaching and creative inquiry in higher education.“ http://www.nmc.org/publications/horizon-report-2012-higher-ed-edition http://www.nmc.org/publications/2012-technology-outlook-au

  10. Stats from iTunes U (early 2012) 140+ MathsCasts online A big thank you to Anton Proppe for providing these stats!

  11. Finally A big thank you to the Swinburne Library staff who make MathsCasts and StatsCasts available on iTunes U and YouTube, and for the design of the MathsCasts and StatsCasts logos!

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