Open Educational Resources: December 2010

12/22/2010

Scitable Free Science Courseware

Scitable is a “collaborative learning space for science” that focuses on biology and genetics. This valuable resources provides free (but not open) online materials suitable for use by community college educators and students. Faculty can build classrooms for their students as well as collaborate and share. Students can join groups, build networks, and ask experts about science topics.

E-books available at Scitable include:

12/13/2010

Right to Research Coalition: new site!

Update: Chronicle Wired post

I just got off the phone with:

Nick Shockey

Director, Right to Research Coalition

Director of Student Advocacy, SPARC

… and I recently spoke with Heather Joseph, Executive Director of SPARC … a project of the Association of Research Libraries to “correct imbalances in the scholarly publishing system.”

I have long been impressed with both SPARC’s and the Right to Research Coalition’s clear messaging around open access to academic journals.

Check out Nick’s blog post on the Right to Research Coalition’s new web site.

· Web site – watch the upper main screen

· Clear arguments

o Problem

o Solution

o Why Open Access?

· I particularly liked this poster ;)

· Federal Policy is going Open

o Federal Research Public Access Act (S.1373)

o Four principles

Thanks to Nick and Heather for leading us forward in Open Access!