“Advanced Studies” with MIT OpenCourseWare
Study group of medical students in Turkey uses free resources to pursue a PhD-level research agenda By Duyen Nguyen About two years ago, a group of medical students at Ege…
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Bridging the Digital Divide
Duyen Nguyen | MIT Open Learning Myanmar’s education landscape is changing, thanks in large part to the efforts of the Tekkatho Foundation, a not-for-profit organization that uses digital technologies to…
Continue readingThe Commons Rejoices: 375,000 New Images From the Met
It’s a great day for art and the Commons! Today, the Metropolitan Museum of Art unveiled a new Open Access policy for 375,000 images from their permanent collection – spanning 5,000…
Continue readingA Faculty Perspective on OCW and MOOCs
Professor Shigueru Miyagawa is one of OCW’s most prolific participants, and a long-standing member and recent chair of the OCW Faculty Advisory Committee. As he’s told us: “To be able…
Continue readingOCW is Always Open, Here When You Need It Most.
OCW launches our Spring Fundraising Campaign today. Here’s why you should support it. Dear Friend of OCW, OCW is always open. Here when you need it most. Please support OCW. Whether…
Continue readingOpen Access Textbooks: Libraries Test a Model for Setting Monographs Free (Chronicle of Higher Ed)
Free online textbooks are among the most popular and highest impact open educational resources. (The overwhelming response to this list of OCW’s online textbooks has made that clear to us!) …
Continue readingInnovation, Access, and Open Education: The Business & Policy Case for OER
Cable Green, Director of Global Learning at Creative Commons, is the best in the business at making the policy case for Open Educational Resources. Here he is in action (via…
Continue readingTech Expert Predicts 2014 Will Be a Good Year for Openness
In a Chronicle of Higher Education article out today, University of Hawaii interim president and former chief information officer David Lassner predicts 2014 will be a big year for openness…
Continue readingThe State of Open Access (Open Science Collaboration Blog)
The State of Open Access by Shauna Gordon-McKeon To celebrate Open Access Week last month, we asked people four questions about the state of open access and how its changing….
Continue readingOpen Access Week, October 21-27, 2013: Get Involved
Open Access Week, a global event now entering its sixth year, is an opportunity for the academic and research community to continue to learn about the potential benefits of Open…
Continue readingMind the Gap: 2013 Wiley Survey Reveals Generational Differences in Authors’ Open Access Views and Experience (Wiley.com)
Mind the gap: 2013 Wiley survey reveals generational differences in authors’ open access views and experience Verity Warne Divisional Marketing Manager, Open Access We have just announced the results of…
Continue readingOpen Access to Scientific Knowledge Has Reached its Tipping Point (opensource.com)
Posted 7 Oct 2013 by Devon Hanel A recent study funded by the European Commission and undertaken by analysts at Science-Metrix, a Montreal-based company that assesses science and technology organizations,…
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