Open : the philosophy and practices that are revolutionizing education and science /: the philosophy and practices that are revolutionizing education and science. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Rajiv S. Jhangiani and Robert Biswas-Diener.
• Editors: Jhangiani, Rajiv; Biswas-Diener, Robert
• Contents: 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 -- 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 Robinson -- 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 -- 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 -- You can't sell free, and other OER problems / Robert Biswas-Diener -- Open as default : the future of education and scholarship / Rajiv S. Jhangiani.
• Publisher Details: London : Ubiquity Press
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (viii, 294 pages), colour illustrations
• Subjects: 371.35; Open learning; Open access publishing; Internet in higher education; Electronic textbooks; Distance education -- Computer-assisted instruction; Computing and information technology; Education; Higher and further education, tertiary education; Impact of science and technology on society; Information technology: general issues Mod Information technology: general issues; Mathematics and science; Open learning, home learning, distance education; Psychology; Science: general issues; Social issues and processes; Society and culture: general; Society and social sciences Society and social sciences; EDUCATION -- Higher; Distance education -- Computer-assisted instruction; Electronic textbooks; Internet in higher education; Open access publishing; Open learning; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781911529019; 1911529013; 1911529005; 9781911529002
• Related ISBNs: 9781911529026; 1911529021; 9781911529033; 191152903X; 9781911529002
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: PDF version (viewed Mar. 28, 2017).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.