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Making materials freely available online?

photo credit: opensourceway via photopin cc Being a student, the #1 assignment we have is to do research. This is needed to have a deeper understanding of what the topic is about. Moreover, there’s so much in the Internet, our lecturers and learning materials can never cover as much. Just look at how much data is generated in ONE minute!  However, from my experience, it seems like e-books, research journals and papers are often behind paywalls. Continue reading →

Open Access – Access to Knowledge

Hi lovelies, today’s post will be slightly changed in style. I will be presenting my topic via Prezi! This is my first time using it too! Hope you enjoy it :) It’s just a click away!: http://prezi.com/q9rqjehnegmt/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy&rc=ex0share References: Open Access | PLOS. 2014. Open Access | PLOS. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.plos.org/open-access/. [Accessed 09 December 2014]. Advantages and Disadvantages of Open Access | Edanz. 2013. Continue reading →

Open Access to Online Material- Good or Bad?

Open Access saves lives (and, closed access means people die) – Peter Murry-Rust, 2011 What is open access? Open Access is free, immediate, online availability of research articles, coupled with the rights to use these articles fully in the digital environment. (Shockey & Eisen, 2012) Open access covers a wide scope of materials such as videos, pictures, research articles or even academic tools such as past year practice questions. Continue reading →

5.0 Utopian Dream or Unstoppable Force?

(Photo Credit: Forbes) It is well-known that the Internet has opened many possibilities to share information as well as opinions online. It t is a superb channel for the free distribution of information in thepublic domain- Open Access. In today’s topic, we will primarily focus on Education sector because I presume different industry has significantly different advantages and disadvantages. Now.. Continue reading →

Topic 5: Open Online Content

Open access or free content are good, people can access to free, immediate, availability on the public Internet of those works which scholars give to the world without expectation of payment.[1] Sounds too good to be true, right? Especially like business people get cutting edge research findings to stimulate some new products like sports drinks. When other researchers access to as many as possible journals to get to Nobel Prize. Continue reading →

If I were to ask you….

Credits: Image Source If I were to ask you: “What is the Internet for?”, what would you say? I would say something like this – “Well, the internet is a platform for people to share ideas and experiences about the topics that interests them.”. That is essentially what the internet is for isn’t it? To share. However, because of copyright laws, sharing is often in conflict with the unrestricted access and reuse of information online (a.k.a Open Access). Continue reading →

Open Access | Paywall

Check Out My Video/ Slide Show :) The Internet has become an indispensable tool for communication and coordination, yet the debate of Open Access (OA), free for all and holding back innovation is ever rife. While the purposes OA is to allow one to read a publication over the Internet, print it and further develop and/or distrbute the findings without any restrictions (Björk, 2004). Continue reading →

Open access, yay/nay?

I am sure most of us out there use the Internet for learning and research purposes, be it for school or work. Ever since the birth of Internet, our lives have been made easier. Before dwelling deeper into today’s topic, do check out the short clip that I created as an overview of what I am about to discuss. What is open access? It is “the free, immediate, availability on the public Internet of those works which scholars give to the world without expectation of payment . Continue reading →