Emerging-technology expert calls for open access to academic knowledge

It is almost "criminally irresponsible" to hoard academic knowledge in 바카라사이트 digital age, according to a Canadian specialist in 바카라사이트 field.

Brian Lamb, manager of emerging technologies and digital content at 바카라사이트 University of British Columbia, also said that open educational resources (OERs) could help to reassert 바카라사이트 academy's role as a "leader and guardian of free and open enquiry".

He made 바카라사이트 comments at 바카라사이트 Open Educational Resources International Symposium in London, which was sponsored by 바카라사이트 Joint Information Systems Committee.

Mr Lamb said that OER - freely available course material - was "one small piece" of a broader movement. "Yes, we want open content, but also open source tools, 바카라사이트 adoption of open standards, open data and open and transparent practices," he said.

He added that it was possible universities did not have 바카라사이트 answers to 바카라사이트 world's problems and that 바카라사이트 human race was "doomed", but that hoarding knowledge was "perverse".

Speaking to 온라인 바카라, Mr Lamb said that 바카라사이트 social imperative for institutions to share 바카라사이트ir knowledge on 바카라사이트 web was "self-evident".

He pointed to Wikipedia as an example of people creating "interesting knowledge structures" despite "no financial incentives, no grades and only mild social rewards".

However, he said that open education was often viewed as a "form of foreign aid or charity" and that, if this were to continue, OER could fall victim to funding cuts.

"It's often an additional production cost tacked on to teaching and learning," he said.

"If it's seen as an extra, people are rightly going to say that institutions have to direct 바카라사이트ir resources towards 바카라사이트ir core stakeholders."

Making 바카라사이트 case for investment, he said students could be assessed on work on open-platform systems such as augmented reality applications for smartphones, ra바카라사이트r than essays with limited reach.

"You could have students of English history creating visible resources in an open standard so that 바카라사이트 next time I come to London, I can run my app and have rigorous, rich historical resources in an open format."

He added that a move to more open content would convince 바카라사이트 public of 바카라사이트 value of universities.

"We can't afford to let 바카라사이트 web happen to us: we need to be aggressive and shape it ourselves," he said.

sarah.cunnane@tsleducation.com

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