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I have never thought I have taken open access to online materials for granted before reading the advantages and disadvantages of this topic. Nicole’s post mentioned that copyrights issues is one huge issue that deters content producer from providing free content. The lack of initial payment as well as the risk of plagiarism, misrepresentation, misuse, and misquoting demotivates authors to provide free content. Continue reading →

“Where is this mindset that everything online should be free coming from?” – Clinton Cheong After reading my classmates’ posts, I realise that in this society, people are very lucky to be able to have Open Access resources online. A frequent online researcher like me would wonder why publishers expect users to purchase their articles just to read them. Continue reading →

[Source: Google]  Honestly speaking, as each topic comes by, it is getting tougher and challenging – This subject on ”Open Access Model” have really challenged me to a certain extent and have aroused me to conduct a real in-depth research about it. However, after all the extensive research and reading, I’m sure I have gained substantial amount of knowledge about it. Continue reading →

Living in a digital era whereby information is readily available online gives rise to a plethora of content producers competing on disseminating their publications to a wide audience, in an attempt to gain the most exposure and recognition for their research. After all, who wants their knowledge to go unrecognised? Therefore, this gives rise to open access publication. Continue reading →

Source: http://blog.okfn.org/category/open-access/ Different people have different views about the open access to online materials. So at the end of the day, is it best to allow public to allow free access to online materials or not? Firstly, after reading Mabel‘s blogpost, it made me realised that the reason why publishers only allow paid access is because they have to cover up for all the expenses they spent in order to come out with the articles. Continue reading →

Source: Giphy.com . . . – The last – After reading Patrick‘s post, what intrigued me was informal learning. I agree with him to a certain extent that Open Access(OA) has enhanced the effectiveness of an individual’s informal learning process. Being able to access information online via websites like Youtube or Google to help in their learning. According to Jay cross’ model, it has stated that 80% of workplace learning is informal while 20% is formal. Continue reading →

Photo Credit: Quotes Gram via Google The argument between paid and free content is inevitable. “If you have knowledge, let others light their candles at it.” (Margaret Fuller) This further strengthen my belief in the implementation of open access which will results in connectivity and the stimulation of engagement among individuals. In reference to Clinton post, I was captivated by his viewpoint of advertising through Google and Facebook. Continue reading →

It is interesting and enlightening how my colleagues have explained open access in different contexts. I feel as if my knowledge on open access have widened a great deal! A handful of my classmates has utilized YouTube as an example which quite clearly explains the concept of open access, it’s advantages and disadvantages.  And I did not know that some videos have to be paid to be viewed! (via Chloe’s blog) I’ve always thought everything was free on YouTube. Continue reading →

Cruising through WordPress, I enjoyed reading about some friends who support open-access, while others argued from the stand of protecting the interests of the producer. What really resonated with me were the points beneath: While I did explore the pros and cons of open-access to content producers, a point I failed to consider was plagiarism, which Andrea  thoughtfully touched on. Continue reading →

Having read many posts by my classmates and especially Junwai’s Comment on my previous post, I’ve come to a conclusion that the justification of free online content should be contextualised based on creators’ intentions. As Education and Arts Industry are hot subjects for this topic, I’ll share my research and thoughts on them. As Yixin shared in her post, students like us generally have low disposable incomes. Continue reading →