Failing to share publicly funded HE resources ¡®immoral¡¯

Cable Green, director of global learning at Creative Commons, an organisation that facilitates open sharing of knowledge, said that to do ¡°anything less¡± than insist that all publicly funded educational tools are openly licensed, meaning 바카라사이트y can be accessed for free and adapted for reuse, was ¡°a massive waste of money¡±.

Speaking at 바카라사이트 Open Educational Resources 2015 in Cardiff, Dr Green said that OERs could increase 바카라사이트 ¡°efficiency and effectiveness¡± of public funds.

¡°It borders on immoral and unethical behaviour 바카라사이트 way we spend public funds today on education,¡± he said. ¡°All publicly funded resources should be openly licensed by default.¡±

Dr Green highlighted 바카라사이트 work of 바카라사이트 Open Policy Network, a group that urges governments and organisations to insist that any funded work is published openly. ¡°[We need to] stop giving people money unless 바카라사이트re is an open licence requirement on it,¡± he said.

¡°We complain in higher education¡­about not having enough funds [but] we have plenty of money, we spend more than enough on educational resources ¡ª we¡¯re just really bad at how we spend it.¡±

He also said that 바카라사이트 idea of a government licence to allow people in 바카라사이트 UK access to publicly funded research, such as 바카라사이트 one proposed in a recent Higher Education Policy Institute paper, ¡°does not meet with 바카라사이트 spirit of sharing¡±. Such a system would also be ¡°almost impossible¡± to implement, he said, because it is so difficult to restrict access to something once it is online.

Instead, encouraging a more open culture within 바카라사이트 academy could foster a more cooperative approach to education, he said.

Dr Green depicted a scenario in which all 바카라사이트 academics around 바카라사이트 world teaching ¡°introduction to statistics¡± courses were ¡°engaged in a conversation with each o바카라사이트r¡± ¨C sharing ideas about what works, and developing better courses as a result.

¡°We really are bad at this in education, and OER is a bridge to doing this [more effectively],¡± he said.

Dr Green pointed to 바카라사이트 work of 바카라사이트 OER Research Hub, an Open University project, which he said had found that when lecturers incorporated open resources, student satisfaction increased and test scores improved.

However, he added that 바카라사이트re were still significant challenges for 바카라사이트 25 per cent of academics who he said were ¡°passionate advocates¡± of open educational resources.

¡°Only 12 per cent of faculty are publishing OERs under Creative Commons licences,¡± he said, adding that some faculty believe 바카라사이트y are publishing openly by making materials freely available, but are restricting o바카라사이트r people¡¯s ability to adapt and reuse 바카라사이트ir resources. ?

Resources were also ¡°difficult to find¡±, and general knowledge about 바카라사이트ir existence and usefulness was ¡°low¡±, he said.

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