1. Over half of academic research articles are never read beyond their authors and journal editors or are never cited, indicating limited dissemination and impact. 2. Open access policies have been implemented by major research funders worldwide, including the US, UK, EU, Australia, and China, to mandate open access to publicly funded research. These policies aim to increase access, dissemination, and alternative measures of research impact beyond citations. 3. Using open access research publications as open educational resources could help transform educational practices beyond traditional textbook teaching and course design by providing a huge amount of high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarly content under open licenses. However, barriers like lack of tools, skills, quality, awareness and support

1. Open Access Research
Publications as OERS
Dr Xiang Ren

2. OA Scholarly Publishing

3. Research Article Access/Impact
 1.8 million articles published each year,
50% are read only by their authors and
journal editors; more than half are never
cited.
 Researchers and funders need wide
dissemination and impact
(Read more: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/
half-academic-studies-are-never-read-more-three-people-
180950222/#cFPQXM49eFsE04cI.99)

4. Open Access Policies
Access mandates
• The US: NIH Public Access
Policies, Presidential Policy
Memorandum
• The UK: RCUK, Wellcome
Trust
• The EU: Horizon 2020, 60%
by 2016
• Australia: ARC and NHMRC
• China: CAS and NSFC OA
mandates
• …
Redefine impact
• NHMRC: Do not use journal-based
metrics, such as Journal Impact
Factors, … all research outputs …
research impact, such as influence
on policy and practice
• RCUK: change from Impact Plan to
Pathways to Impact: “What will be
done to ensure that potential
beneficiaries have the opportunity
to benefit?”
• …

5. Source: Khabsa M, Giles CL (2014) The Number of Scholarly Documents on
the Public Web. PLoS ONE 9(5): e93949. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0093949

6. Advantages of OA Research
Publications as OERs
• Huge amount in every discipline
• Full-text accessible
• Quality Assured (Peer Reviewed)
• Insightful and latest knowledge
• Open Licenced
• …

7. Catalyst for Educational
Innovations
• “a move beyond
textbook teaching”
(Taylor2013)
• Course Design
• Pedagogies
• Culture and Mindset
• “Open” Generation
• …

8. Barriers and Challenges
LACK
OF
technological tools
users‘ skills and literacy
quality or fitness
of the resources
Copyright,
Awareness,
Understanding
institutional support Trust & Time
Source: The Open Educational Quality Initiative
Report, Beyond OER: Shifting Focus from Resources to
Practices

9. Models and Initiatives

10. Dr. Xiang Ren
E: xiang.ren@usq.edu.au
T: @renxiangcn