It appears highly probable that immediate open access publishing
will become the default mode for scholarly publishing – for the
biosciences first, other sectors later. ‘Immediate’ open access
means unfettered publication as soon as a scholarly work is
ready, with no embargo period. The costs of making a scholarly
artefact available can be reduced without sacrificing quality. This
interactive session will sketch the argument for these claims and
will present several value-added services that publishers could
develop to thrive in an open access world.
A presentation given to Direction Générale de la Recherche Scientifique et du Développement, Oran, Algeria.
Dr Tom Olyhoek gives a nice overview on the state of open access publishing, how DOAJ is central to the movement, and he describes some of the more recent developments on the DOAJ web site.
Contains content in English, French and Arabic
Summit on Olive Project software emulation and curation serviceKeith Webster
Opening remarks by Keith Webster to a summit held at Carnegie Mellon University on the Olive Project. The technology underpinning Olive was developed by Mahadev Satyanarayanan to emulate executable content, allowing for its execution in contemporary software environments. Webster positions Olive's potential as part of a suite of digital preservation services operated by research libraries, seeking to preserve all forms of digital scholarship.
Left Forum 2015: Open Access and Why It MattersK|N Consultants
This talk was part of a panel at Left Forum 2015 entitled "Resisting Technology Privatization and Surveillance: Roles for Scholar-Activists" (http://www.leftforum.org/content/resisting-technology-privatization-and-surveillance-roles-scholar-activists).
Abstract for the panel: Communications technology enhances our abilities to communicate and collaborate across distance, but our access to the Internet and its freedom and security have been increasingly threatened by encroaching state surveillance and privatization. While scholar-activists must be among the leadership of the movement defending the internet and its content as public goods, many of us remain uninformed about the ways our struggles for economic and social justice are challenged by the changing political and technological landscape. This panel comprised of scholar-activists will focus on the major issues affecting internet freedom and access to knowledge -- including net neutrality, state surveillance, free and open source software, and open access publishing -- as well as the responses by social movements to these challenges and the strategies for preserving and protecting our shared communications infrastructure and the knowledge commons.
Abstract for the talk: Open-access publishing should be of primary importance to scholar-activists. This talk explains what is at stake and urges scholar-activists to take four simple steps to make their work open: (1) Retain your rights. (2) Publish in an open-access journal. (3) Advocate and organize. (4) Participate regularly in the conversation.
It appears highly probable that immediate open access publishing
will become the default mode for scholarly publishing – for the
biosciences first, other sectors later. ‘Immediate’ open access
means unfettered publication as soon as a scholarly work is
ready, with no embargo period. The costs of making a scholarly
artefact available can be reduced without sacrificing quality. This
interactive session will sketch the argument for these claims and
will present several value-added services that publishers could
develop to thrive in an open access world.
A presentation given to Direction Générale de la Recherche Scientifique et du Développement, Oran, Algeria.
Dr Tom Olyhoek gives a nice overview on the state of open access publishing, how DOAJ is central to the movement, and he describes some of the more recent developments on the DOAJ web site.
Contains content in English, French and Arabic
Summit on Olive Project software emulation and curation serviceKeith Webster
Opening remarks by Keith Webster to a summit held at Carnegie Mellon University on the Olive Project. The technology underpinning Olive was developed by Mahadev Satyanarayanan to emulate executable content, allowing for its execution in contemporary software environments. Webster positions Olive's potential as part of a suite of digital preservation services operated by research libraries, seeking to preserve all forms of digital scholarship.
Left Forum 2015: Open Access and Why It MattersK|N Consultants
This talk was part of a panel at Left Forum 2015 entitled "Resisting Technology Privatization and Surveillance: Roles for Scholar-Activists" (http://www.leftforum.org/content/resisting-technology-privatization-and-surveillance-roles-scholar-activists).
Abstract for the panel: Communications technology enhances our abilities to communicate and collaborate across distance, but our access to the Internet and its freedom and security have been increasingly threatened by encroaching state surveillance and privatization. While scholar-activists must be among the leadership of the movement defending the internet and its content as public goods, many of us remain uninformed about the ways our struggles for economic and social justice are challenged by the changing political and technological landscape. This panel comprised of scholar-activists will focus on the major issues affecting internet freedom and access to knowledge -- including net neutrality, state surveillance, free and open source software, and open access publishing -- as well as the responses by social movements to these challenges and the strategies for preserving and protecting our shared communications infrastructure and the knowledge commons.
Abstract for the talk: Open-access publishing should be of primary importance to scholar-activists. This talk explains what is at stake and urges scholar-activists to take four simple steps to make their work open: (1) Retain your rights. (2) Publish in an open-access journal. (3) Advocate and organize. (4) Participate regularly in the conversation.
Remapping the Global and Local in Knowledge Production: Roles of Open AccessLeslie Chan
It is generally acknowledged that researchers and institutions in the Global South suffer from knowledge isolation because of poor infrastructure and lack of access to key resources, including the current literature. The remedy is therefore capacity building and the transfer of not only knowledge, but also the institutional framework of knowledge creation from the North to the South. In this context, Open Access to the scholarly literature is seen as a means of bridging the global knowledge gap.
In this presentation, I argue that a key contributor to the continual knowledge divide and the invisibility of knowledge from the Global South is the persistence and dominance of Northern frameworks of research evaluation and quality metrics, coupled with outmoded national and international innovation policies based on exclusion and competitiveness. These narrow measures have tended to skew international research agenda and undermine locally relevant research.
A great opportunity that Open Access provides is the means to develop alternative metrics of research uptake and impact that are more inclusive of knowledge from the South, particularly those with development outcomes. In particular, it is important to re-conceptualize and re-design the metrics of research impact to reflect new scholarly practices and the diverse means of engagement enabled by OA and the new wave of social media tools. At the same time, appropriate policies need to be developed to reward open scholarship and to encourage research sharing — issues of particular importance for ending knowledge isolation. Examples of the new kinds of “invisible college” enabled by networking tools and OA will be presented, and particular attention will be paid to innovations emanating from the periphery.
Aligning Open Access with the Social Justice Mission of Public UniversityLeslie Chan
In this talk I provide an extended argument on why we need to shift the narrative about Open Access from one emphasizing the university's research prowess to Open Access as university's commitment to its public mission.
Digging for data: opportunities and challenges in an open research landscape_...Platforma Otwartej Nauki
“Open Research Data: Implications for Science and Society”, Warsaw, Poland, May 28–29, 2015, conference organized by the Open Science Platform — an initiative of the Interdisciplinary Centre for Mathematical and Computational Modelling at the University of Warsaw. pon.edu.pl @OpenSciPlatform #ORD2015
Curating the Scholarly Record: Data Management and Research LibrariesKeith Webster
Presentation at the National Data Service Conference "New Frontiers in Data Discovery: Collaboration with Research Libraries.", Pittsburgh, 20 October 2016
The Digital Academia Power Struggle: Mark Hahnel, Figshare FounderCASRAI
According to the Scholarly Kitchen Chefs, one of the things to have the biggest impact on scholarly publishing in 2015 is the publication of data and objects (like multimedia, application code). While we have seen the launch of ‘data journals’ from the like of Elsevier and Nature in the past 12 months, we have also seen the pressure from funders for institutions to be better managing the digital products of research carried within their walls. Funders are increasingly requiring grantees to deposit their raw research data in appropriate public archives or stores in order to facilitate the validation of results and further work by other researchers. According to the JISC and RLUK funded Sherpa Juliet site, globally there are now 34 funders who require data archiving and 16 who encourage it. So are we on course for a collision between publishers and institutions over who has control over the digital products of research? Previous attempts by institutions to retake control of printed scholarly output through institutional repositories have been beneficial, but have not stemmed the profit margins or reach of the big publishers. This is mainly due to the culture of academia, where for 350 years papers have been the currency and for the last 50, impact factor has been the value. The recent influx of digital-based data and other outputs is, however, creating a culture shift. This session will explore how the web enabled world of multiple digital outputs is playing out and predict what could happen in the next 12-60 months. Either way, it’ll be an interesting journey!
Research-Open Access-Social Media: a winning combination, presented by Eileen Shepherd at the Open Access Symposium on 21 October 2014 - Rhodes University Library
See also accompanying handout at http://www.slideshare.net/NASIG/palgrave-pivot-breaking-boundarieshandout
The evolution of the digital age has led to significant developments within the publishing industry. We have seen new products, metrics and business models impact on scholarly content. But what other changes should take place? Palgrave Macmillan has undertaken a number of surveys to explore publishing consumption behaviours of the market. In examining the survey results, we started to question the traditional - from the dominance of the widely-accepted formats of articles and monographs, to interdisciplinary research, publication times, pricing flexibility, and beyond. This presentation will discuss these issues in detail, looking at the different elements that make up the publishing landscape. It will ask what else we could and should be changing, and encourage the conference delegates and all stakeholders to work collaboratively in breaking more of the boundaries of publishing and scholarly research together.
Presenter: Denise De La Rosa, Palgrave Macmillan
This is an updated version of an invited talk I presented at the European Research Council-Brussels (Scientific Seminar): "Love for Science or 'academic prostitution'".
It has been updated to be presented at my home institution (Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía - CSIC) in a scientific seminar (14 June 2013).
I have included some new slides and revised others.
I present a personal revision (sometimes my own vision) of some issues that I consider key for doing Science. It was focused on the expected audience, mainly Scientific Officers with background in different fields of science and scholarship, but also Agency staff.
Abstract: In a recent Special issue of Nature concerning Science Metrics it was claimed that " Research reverts to a kind of 'academic prostitution' in which work is done to please editors and referees rather than to further knowledge."If this is true, funding agencies should try to avoid falling into the trap of their own system. By perpetuating this 'prostitution' they risk not funding the best research but funding the best sold research.
Given the current epoch of economical crisis, where in a quest for funds researchers are forced into competitive game of pandering to panelists, its seems a good time for deep reflection about the entire scientific system.
With this talk I aim to provoke extra critical thinking among the committees who select evaluators, and among the evaluators, who in turn require critical thinking to the candidates when selecting excellent science.
I will present some initiatives (e.g. new tracers of impact for the Web era- 'altmetrics'), and on-going projects (e.g. how to move from publishing advertising to publishing knowledge), that might enable us to favor Science over marketing.
Research-Open Access-Social Media: A winning combinationEileen Shepherd
This presentation endeavours to show that social media and open access are a great couple, to provide a brief introduction to altmetrics – a non-traditional form of measuring scholarly impact and to demonstrate the use of social media in raising awareness and visibility of Rhodes University research
The internet has spawned access to unprecedented levels of information. For chemists, the increasing number of resources they can utilize to access chemistry-related information provides them a valuable path to discovery of information, which was previously limited to commercial and, therefore, constrained resources. The diversity of information continues to expand dramatically and, coupled with an increasing awareness for quality, curation and improved tools for focused searches, chemists can now find valuable information within a few seconds using a few keystrokes. Shifting to publicly-available resources offers great promise to the benefits of science and society yet brings with it increasing concern from commercial entities. This article discusses the benefits and disruptions associated with an increase in publicly available scientific resources.
WEBINAR: Joining the "buzz": the role of social media in raising research vi...HELIGLIASA
Joining the ‘buzz’ : the role of social media in raising research visibility: Traditional bibliometric methods of evaluating academic research, such as journal impact factors and article citations, have been supplemented in the past 5-10 years by the development of altmetrics (alternative metrics/article level metrics). Altmetrics measures aspects of the impact of a work, such as references in data and knowledge bases, article views, downloads and mentions in social media and news media.
This webinar (based on a presentation of the same name at the LIASA conference on 24th September 2014) gives a brief background to altmetrics and demonstrates how Rhodes University, Grahamstown, librarians are using social media to raise the visibility of the research output of their institution.
Presented by Eileen Shepherd, Principal Librarian, Science & Pharmacy, Rhodes University Library
Joining the ‘buzz’ : the role of social media in raising research visibility ...Eileen Shepherd
[This presentation is based on my previous presentation, of the same title, at the LIASA 2014 conference. It was presented as a webinar for LIASA Higher Education Libraries Interest Group on 6/11/2014]
Traditional bibliometric methods of evaluating academic research, such as journal impact factors and article citations, have been supplemented in the past 5-10 years by the development of altmetrics (alternative metrics or article level metrics). Altmetrics measures impact of research, data and publications, such as references in data and knowledge bases, article views, downloads and mentions in social media and news media. This presentation gives a brief background to altmetrics and demonstrates how Rhodes University librarians are using social media to raise the visibility of the research output of their institution. (Rhodes University is in Grahamstown, South Africa)
Remapping the Global and Local in Knowledge Production: Roles of Open AccessLeslie Chan
It is generally acknowledged that researchers and institutions in the Global South suffer from knowledge isolation because of poor infrastructure and lack of access to key resources, including the current literature. The remedy is therefore capacity building and the transfer of not only knowledge, but also the institutional framework of knowledge creation from the North to the South. In this context, Open Access to the scholarly literature is seen as a means of bridging the global knowledge gap.
In this presentation, I argue that a key contributor to the continual knowledge divide and the invisibility of knowledge from the Global South is the persistence and dominance of Northern frameworks of research evaluation and quality metrics, coupled with outmoded national and international innovation policies based on exclusion and competitiveness. These narrow measures have tended to skew international research agenda and undermine locally relevant research.
A great opportunity that Open Access provides is the means to develop alternative metrics of research uptake and impact that are more inclusive of knowledge from the South, particularly those with development outcomes. In particular, it is important to re-conceptualize and re-design the metrics of research impact to reflect new scholarly practices and the diverse means of engagement enabled by OA and the new wave of social media tools. At the same time, appropriate policies need to be developed to reward open scholarship and to encourage research sharing — issues of particular importance for ending knowledge isolation. Examples of the new kinds of “invisible college” enabled by networking tools and OA will be presented, and particular attention will be paid to innovations emanating from the periphery.
Aligning Open Access with the Social Justice Mission of Public UniversityLeslie Chan
In this talk I provide an extended argument on why we need to shift the narrative about Open Access from one emphasizing the university's research prowess to Open Access as university's commitment to its public mission.
Digging for data: opportunities and challenges in an open research landscape_...Platforma Otwartej Nauki
“Open Research Data: Implications for Science and Society”, Warsaw, Poland, May 28–29, 2015, conference organized by the Open Science Platform — an initiative of the Interdisciplinary Centre for Mathematical and Computational Modelling at the University of Warsaw. pon.edu.pl @OpenSciPlatform #ORD2015
Curating the Scholarly Record: Data Management and Research LibrariesKeith Webster
Presentation at the National Data Service Conference "New Frontiers in Data Discovery: Collaboration with Research Libraries.", Pittsburgh, 20 October 2016
The Digital Academia Power Struggle: Mark Hahnel, Figshare FounderCASRAI
According to the Scholarly Kitchen Chefs, one of the things to have the biggest impact on scholarly publishing in 2015 is the publication of data and objects (like multimedia, application code). While we have seen the launch of ‘data journals’ from the like of Elsevier and Nature in the past 12 months, we have also seen the pressure from funders for institutions to be better managing the digital products of research carried within their walls. Funders are increasingly requiring grantees to deposit their raw research data in appropriate public archives or stores in order to facilitate the validation of results and further work by other researchers. According to the JISC and RLUK funded Sherpa Juliet site, globally there are now 34 funders who require data archiving and 16 who encourage it. So are we on course for a collision between publishers and institutions over who has control over the digital products of research? Previous attempts by institutions to retake control of printed scholarly output through institutional repositories have been beneficial, but have not stemmed the profit margins or reach of the big publishers. This is mainly due to the culture of academia, where for 350 years papers have been the currency and for the last 50, impact factor has been the value. The recent influx of digital-based data and other outputs is, however, creating a culture shift. This session will explore how the web enabled world of multiple digital outputs is playing out and predict what could happen in the next 12-60 months. Either way, it’ll be an interesting journey!
Research-Open Access-Social Media: a winning combination, presented by Eileen Shepherd at the Open Access Symposium on 21 October 2014 - Rhodes University Library
See also accompanying handout at http://www.slideshare.net/NASIG/palgrave-pivot-breaking-boundarieshandout
The evolution of the digital age has led to significant developments within the publishing industry. We have seen new products, metrics and business models impact on scholarly content. But what other changes should take place? Palgrave Macmillan has undertaken a number of surveys to explore publishing consumption behaviours of the market. In examining the survey results, we started to question the traditional - from the dominance of the widely-accepted formats of articles and monographs, to interdisciplinary research, publication times, pricing flexibility, and beyond. This presentation will discuss these issues in detail, looking at the different elements that make up the publishing landscape. It will ask what else we could and should be changing, and encourage the conference delegates and all stakeholders to work collaboratively in breaking more of the boundaries of publishing and scholarly research together.
Presenter: Denise De La Rosa, Palgrave Macmillan
This is an updated version of an invited talk I presented at the European Research Council-Brussels (Scientific Seminar): "Love for Science or 'academic prostitution'".
It has been updated to be presented at my home institution (Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía - CSIC) in a scientific seminar (14 June 2013).
I have included some new slides and revised others.
I present a personal revision (sometimes my own vision) of some issues that I consider key for doing Science. It was focused on the expected audience, mainly Scientific Officers with background in different fields of science and scholarship, but also Agency staff.
Abstract: In a recent Special issue of Nature concerning Science Metrics it was claimed that " Research reverts to a kind of 'academic prostitution' in which work is done to please editors and referees rather than to further knowledge."If this is true, funding agencies should try to avoid falling into the trap of their own system. By perpetuating this 'prostitution' they risk not funding the best research but funding the best sold research.
Given the current epoch of economical crisis, where in a quest for funds researchers are forced into competitive game of pandering to panelists, its seems a good time for deep reflection about the entire scientific system.
With this talk I aim to provoke extra critical thinking among the committees who select evaluators, and among the evaluators, who in turn require critical thinking to the candidates when selecting excellent science.
I will present some initiatives (e.g. new tracers of impact for the Web era- 'altmetrics'), and on-going projects (e.g. how to move from publishing advertising to publishing knowledge), that might enable us to favor Science over marketing.
Research-Open Access-Social Media: A winning combinationEileen Shepherd
This presentation endeavours to show that social media and open access are a great couple, to provide a brief introduction to altmetrics – a non-traditional form of measuring scholarly impact and to demonstrate the use of social media in raising awareness and visibility of Rhodes University research
The internet has spawned access to unprecedented levels of information. For chemists, the increasing number of resources they can utilize to access chemistry-related information provides them a valuable path to discovery of information, which was previously limited to commercial and, therefore, constrained resources. The diversity of information continues to expand dramatically and, coupled with an increasing awareness for quality, curation and improved tools for focused searches, chemists can now find valuable information within a few seconds using a few keystrokes. Shifting to publicly-available resources offers great promise to the benefits of science and society yet brings with it increasing concern from commercial entities. This article discusses the benefits and disruptions associated with an increase in publicly available scientific resources.
WEBINAR: Joining the "buzz": the role of social media in raising research vi...HELIGLIASA
Joining the ‘buzz’ : the role of social media in raising research visibility: Traditional bibliometric methods of evaluating academic research, such as journal impact factors and article citations, have been supplemented in the past 5-10 years by the development of altmetrics (alternative metrics/article level metrics). Altmetrics measures aspects of the impact of a work, such as references in data and knowledge bases, article views, downloads and mentions in social media and news media.
This webinar (based on a presentation of the same name at the LIASA conference on 24th September 2014) gives a brief background to altmetrics and demonstrates how Rhodes University, Grahamstown, librarians are using social media to raise the visibility of the research output of their institution.
Presented by Eileen Shepherd, Principal Librarian, Science & Pharmacy, Rhodes University Library
Joining the ‘buzz’ : the role of social media in raising research visibility ...Eileen Shepherd
[This presentation is based on my previous presentation, of the same title, at the LIASA 2014 conference. It was presented as a webinar for LIASA Higher Education Libraries Interest Group on 6/11/2014]
Traditional bibliometric methods of evaluating academic research, such as journal impact factors and article citations, have been supplemented in the past 5-10 years by the development of altmetrics (alternative metrics or article level metrics). Altmetrics measures impact of research, data and publications, such as references in data and knowledge bases, article views, downloads and mentions in social media and news media. This presentation gives a brief background to altmetrics and demonstrates how Rhodes University librarians are using social media to raise the visibility of the research output of their institution. (Rhodes University is in Grahamstown, South Africa)
This presentation served as the opening keynote during the first half of the NISO 2023 Humanities Roundtable, and was provided by Charles Watkinson of the University of Michigan Press/University of Michigan Library. The event focused on both Open Access of Humanities Monographs, and AI in Generative Content & Authorship, and was held virtually on June 20, 2023.
Open Access: Increase the Visibility of your Scholarshipciakov
Presentation on the fundamentals of open access. Topics include the social, political and especially economic context, defining open access, green OA, rights retention, sci-hub, and the beneficiaries of open access.
Trends in Open Access to Research Publications - Case Study of Oncology JournalsSimon Cotterill
A presentation about Open Access (OA) in research with a case study of journals in oncology and discussion about issues relating to OA and implications for Higher Education Institutions. This was a short paper presented at the OER14 Conference at the Centre for Life, Newcastle.
The Value of the Scholarly-led, Non-profit Business Model to Achieve Open Acc...REDALYC
The Value of the Scholarly-led, Non-profit Business Model to Achieve Open Access and Scholarly Publishing Beyond APC: the AmeliCA’s Cooperative Approach
The value of the scholarly-led, non-profit business model to achieve Open Acc...REDALYC
The value of the scholarly-led, non-profit business model to achieve Open Access and scholarly publishing beyond APC: the AmeliCA's cooperative approach
Open Science: for a Better Science
Tuesday 21/02/2017
Aula “Cesare Musatti”, Scuola di Psicologia via Venezia 8, Padova Italy. Publishing Open Access: who pays?
OA discussion at BILETA 2017, Universidade do Minho, Portugal, focusing on legal journal publication. Co-authored with Catherine Easton and Abhilash Hair
Research notes in the form of a deck of slides assembled by Ernesto Priego for the Open Access debate organised by Roger Sabin at Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts, London, Monday 18 March 2013. Also available via Figshare as Open Access Now! Research notes in the form of a deck of slides assembled by Ernesto Priego for the Open Access debate organised by Roger Sabin at Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts, London, Monday 18 March 2013. . Ernesto Priego. figshare.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.654622
Open access (OA) to scholarly literature recently hit a major milestone: Half of all research articles published become open access, either immediately or after an embargo period. Are the articles you read among them? What about the articles you write? Are the journals to which you submit open-access friendly? What about the journals for which you peer review? Are there any reasons why the public should not have access to the results of taxpayer-funded research?
In this slideshow, Jill Cirasella (Associate Librarian for Public Services and Scholarly Communication, Graduate Center, CUNY) explains the motivation for OA, describes the details of OA, and differentiates between publishing in open access journals (“gold” OA) and self-archiving works in OA repositories (“green” OA). She also dispels persistent myths about OA and examines some of the challenges to OA.
Navigating the Misinformation Minefield: The Role of Higher Education in the ...Mark Carrigan
In an age where generative AI is becoming increasingly sophisticated, the potential for fraud and misinformation has reached unprecedented levels. This keynote will begin with a personal case study exploring how the speaker became the target of a generative AI scam, highlighting the convincing nature of these deceptions. Building upon this experience, the talk will delve into the broader implications of generative AI for the spread of misinformation and the erosion of trust in online spaces. As the line between truth and falsehood becomes increasingly blurred, the role of education in equipping individuals with the critical thinking skills needed to navigate this complex landscape becomes paramount. The keynote will argue that empowering postgraduate social science researchers with the tools to critically engage with generative AI is not only essential for their own work but also for the wider fight against misinformation.
Platform Capitalism and the New Value Economy in the Academy Mark Carrigan
The arrival of what is being called the ‘big data’ revolution in societies around the globe has presented social scientists with new challenges as to how best to understand it as a phenomenon, on the one hand, and what conceptual and methodological approaches we might use to research it, on the other (e.g. Burrows and Savage, 2017; Venturini et al., 2017). The focus of this World Yearbook on big data and comparative methodology is thus a timely opportunity to engage with, and begin to theorize, these developments.
This is not to suggest the matter of data, the academy and comparison is an under researched area. Far from it! There is a growing body of published work on big data-driven global rankings of universities. However much of this commentary is either a critique of quantification, with the argument that numbers are political, or to show how such comparisons generate anxiety about overall placements in ranking thus stimulating efforts to improve.
Acetabularia Information For Class 9 .docxvaibhavrinwa19
Acetabularia acetabulum is a single-celled green alga that in its vegetative state is morphologically differentiated into a basal rhizoid and an axially elongated stalk, which bears whorls of branching hairs. The single diploid nucleus resides in the rhizoid.
2024.06.01 Introducing a competency framework for languag learning materials ...Sandy Millin
http://sandymillin.wordpress.com/iateflwebinar2024
Published classroom materials form the basis of syllabuses, drive teacher professional development, and have a potentially huge influence on learners, teachers and education systems. All teachers also create their own materials, whether a few sentences on a blackboard, a highly-structured fully-realised online course, or anything in between. Despite this, the knowledge and skills needed to create effective language learning materials are rarely part of teacher training, and are mostly learnt by trial and error.
Knowledge and skills frameworks, generally called competency frameworks, for ELT teachers, trainers and managers have existed for a few years now. However, until I created one for my MA dissertation, there wasn’t one drawing together what we need to know and do to be able to effectively produce language learning materials.
This webinar will introduce you to my framework, highlighting the key competencies I identified from my research. It will also show how anybody involved in language teaching (any language, not just English!), teacher training, managing schools or developing language learning materials can benefit from using the framework.
Biological screening of herbal drugs: Introduction and Need for
Phyto-Pharmacological Screening, New Strategies for evaluating
Natural Products, In vitro evaluation techniques for Antioxidants, Antimicrobial and Anticancer drugs. In vivo evaluation techniques
for Anti-inflammatory, Antiulcer, Anticancer, Wound healing, Antidiabetic, Hepatoprotective, Cardio protective, Diuretics and
Antifertility, Toxicity studies as per OECD guidelines
Macroeconomics- Movie Location
This will be used as part of your Personal Professional Portfolio once graded.
Objective:
Prepare a presentation or a paper using research, basic comparative analysis, data organization and application of economic information. You will make an informed assessment of an economic climate outside of the United States to accomplish an entertainment industry objective.
Introduction to AI for Nonprofits with Tapp NetworkTechSoup
Dive into the world of AI! Experts Jon Hill and Tareq Monaur will guide you through AI's role in enhancing nonprofit websites and basic marketing strategies, making it easy to understand and apply.
Francesca Gottschalk - How can education support child empowerment.pptxEduSkills OECD
Francesca Gottschalk from the OECD’s Centre for Educational Research and Innovation presents at the Ask an Expert Webinar: How can education support child empowerment?
Instructions for Submissions thorugh G- Classroom.pptxJheel Barad
This presentation provides a briefing on how to upload submissions and documents in Google Classroom. It was prepared as part of an orientation for new Sainik School in-service teacher trainees. As a training officer, my goal is to ensure that you are comfortable and proficient with this essential tool for managing assignments and fostering student engagement.
Model Attribute Check Company Auto PropertyCeline George
In Odoo, the multi-company feature allows you to manage multiple companies within a single Odoo database instance. Each company can have its own configurations while still sharing common resources such as products, customers, and suppliers.
The Roman Empire A Historical Colossus.pdfkaushalkr1407
The Roman Empire, a vast and enduring power, stands as one of history's most remarkable civilizations, leaving an indelible imprint on the world. It emerged from the Roman Republic, transitioning into an imperial powerhouse under the leadership of Augustus Caesar in 27 BCE. This transformation marked the beginning of an era defined by unprecedented territorial expansion, architectural marvels, and profound cultural influence.
The empire's roots lie in the city of Rome, founded, according to legend, by Romulus in 753 BCE. Over centuries, Rome evolved from a small settlement to a formidable republic, characterized by a complex political system with elected officials and checks on power. However, internal strife, class conflicts, and military ambitions paved the way for the end of the Republic. Julius Caesar’s dictatorship and subsequent assassination in 44 BCE created a power vacuum, leading to a civil war. Octavian, later Augustus, emerged victorious, heralding the Roman Empire’s birth.
Under Augustus, the empire experienced the Pax Romana, a 200-year period of relative peace and stability. Augustus reformed the military, established efficient administrative systems, and initiated grand construction projects. The empire's borders expanded, encompassing territories from Britain to Egypt and from Spain to the Euphrates. Roman legions, renowned for their discipline and engineering prowess, secured and maintained these vast territories, building roads, fortifications, and cities that facilitated control and integration.
The Roman Empire’s society was hierarchical, with a rigid class system. At the top were the patricians, wealthy elites who held significant political power. Below them were the plebeians, free citizens with limited political influence, and the vast numbers of slaves who formed the backbone of the economy. The family unit was central, governed by the paterfamilias, the male head who held absolute authority.
Culturally, the Romans were eclectic, absorbing and adapting elements from the civilizations they encountered, particularly the Greeks. Roman art, literature, and philosophy reflected this synthesis, creating a rich cultural tapestry. Latin, the Roman language, became the lingua franca of the Western world, influencing numerous modern languages.
Roman architecture and engineering achievements were monumental. They perfected the arch, vault, and dome, constructing enduring structures like the Colosseum, Pantheon, and aqueducts. These engineering marvels not only showcased Roman ingenuity but also served practical purposes, from public entertainment to water supply.
1. 'Academic spring' or media hype? The
open access debate and what it means
for researchers
2.
3. How often do you encounter that sort of screen?
Have you ever bought the article at the price offered? How often have
you even momentarily considered doing so?
JSTOR report turning away 150 million access requests a year
WHY do you encounter that sort of screen? SHOULD you encounter
that sort of screen?
”The publishing process involves: soliciting and managing
submissions; managing peer review; editing and preparing
manuscripts; producing the articles; publishing and disseminating
journals; and of course archiving. And the end result acts as a calling
card and mark of quality, helping readers find content that is relevant
to them and is trusted.” - Graham Taylor, UK Publisher’s Association
Profits are what keep this system turning. But what are the scale of
these profits?
4.
5. £724m profit from revenues of £2b in 2010 = 36% of revenue taken as
profit
“There is the scale of those profits, regularly and consistently over 35%.
In most other markets this would be a signal of market failure [...]
Making 40% in one year is the sign of a company ahead of the curve,
but in a functioning market returns usually hover around 5-15% when
averaged over time” - Cameron Neylon
How did this come about?
As publishing companies get larger through mergers and acquisitions,
scholarly publishing is increasingly dominated by major commercial
players which are able to use their market power to raise prices.
“Although there are over 2,000 publishers of academic journals, no
other publisher beyond the big three accounts for more than a 3%
share of the journal market. Moreover, the big three control the most
prestigious journals with the largest circulations.” - McGuigan and
Russell
6. Commercial publishers play a role in publishing over 60% of all peer
reviewed journals.
Case study: English-language Economics journals
30 English-language journals in 1960, mainly published by not-
for-profit publishers.
By 1980, 120 journals were evenly divided between not-for-
profits and commercials.
By 2000, there were 300 journals, more than two-thirds of which
were published by commercial firms.
The bargaining power of libraries is weak because they are acting on
behalf of faculty - an economy of prestige means that libraries MUST
acquire certain journals.
7. The costs imposed on university libraries by publishers have risen
continuously.
This increase has vastly outstripped both inflation AND the quantity of
journal provision.
Many of the bulk deals which are responsible for expansion in the
quantity of journal provision have built-in price increases of 5% or
more a year.
The Research Information Network calculated after a 2009 survey that
the fall in the value of the pound had brought a further increase in
costs of over 15% for many universities.
Given that a decade of growth in budgets is now giving way to
expected cuts across the sector, something has to give up.
The steady growth of journal costs calls into question the
sustainability of current levels of journal provision.
8. “Annual cost for
journals from
these providers now
approaches $3.75M”
“Some journals cost
as much as $40,000
per year, others in
the tens of
thousands”
“Prices for online
content from two
providers have
increased by about
145% over the
past six years”
“Even though
scholarly output
continues to grow
and publishing can
be expensive, profit
margins of 35% and
more suggest that
the prices we must
pay do not solely
result from an
increasing supply of
new articles”
9. As if that weren’t enough...
Commercial publishing is reliant on unpaid labour in the form of
editors and reviewers
The social structures of both the modern university and of commercial
publishing have combined to crystallise a structure of perverse career
incentives - is increasing scholarly output a good thing?
Public funds are being used to undertake research yet the results of
this research are often far from public
Researchers are being pressured to demonstrate ‘impact’ yet their
research is rarely available to those outside academia.
The length of the process from submission to publication curtails the
relevance of academic debate
The fragmentation of the knowledge system means that much time is
waste accessing papers even when they are available
10. The ranking given by ‘Generation Y’ researchers in 2011 to access issues as a constraint on their research.
This shows mean ranking on a scale from 1 to 5 with 5 being the most severe.
Source: JISC Researchers of Tomorrow
11. How do you deal with these issues?
47% of the Generation Y doctoral researchers ask a colleague
elsewhere to get the article for them e.g. facebook, twitter, e-
mail
43% said they make do with the abstract
This impedes the quality of research i.e. either ignoring an
otherwise desirable paper or making do with the abstract
Or it adds to the TIME costs created by paywalls
The time taken to ask for a paper and someone else to send it
might be insignificant but it is significant over the system as a
whole.
13. The Research Works Act: “No
Federal agency may adopt,
implement, maintain, continue,
or otherwise engage in any
policy, program, or other activity
that--(1) causes, permits, or
authorises network
dissemination of any private-
sector research work without the
prior consent of the publisher of
such work; or (2) requires that
any actual or prospective author,
or the employer of such an
actual or prospective author,
assent to network dissemination
of a private-sector research
work.”
It was an attempt to prevent
PUBLIC funding bodies from
mandating that PUBLICLY
funded research be made
available to, er, the
PUBLIC...
Elsevier dropped their support
for the RWA but denied it had
anything to do with the petition.
15. “What is Open Access?”
Providing unrestricted digital access to peer reviewed scholarly research
The role of digital technology - the only costs involved in distributing
exact copies are infrastructural
Open Access potentially increases research impact - it DEFINITELY
increases research visibility and downloads
Open Access is attracting large scale institutional support
“We believe open access provides the best opportunity to maximise the
return on our investment. Why would we spend £600 million a year on
research, the outputs of research would be behind a pay wall? It doesn’t
make sense” - Robert Kiley, Wellcome Trust
Wellcome want to “create an atmosphere and an environment where
sharing research outputs, making them open and publicly available,
makes good sense to the researcher”
16. “My department spends about £5bn each year
funding academic research – and it is because we
believe in the fundamental importance of this
research that we have protected the science
budget for the whole of this parliament.”
“Moving from an era in which taxpayer-funded
academic articles are stuck behind paywalls for
much of their life to one in which they are
available free of charge will not be easy. There
are clear trade-offs. If those funding research pay
open-access journals in advance, where will this
leave individual researchers who can't cover the
cost? If we improve the world's access to British
research, what might we get in response? Does a
preference for open access mean different
incentives for different disciplines?”
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/may/01/open-
free-access-academic-research
17. Pervasive
confusions &
uncertainties
about Open
Access
Source: JISC Researchers
of Tomorrow
18. Gold Open Access
Authors pay the publishing costs upfront i.e. researchers pay
publishers for opening up access to their papers
Wellcome Trust found that this amounted to $2,500 per paper on
average for a sample of 4000 they funded
Normally per article published but some per manuscript or per author
Funds from either institutions or funding bodies
But what about independent researchers? Risk of vicious cycle when
you need publications to win a job and/or research funding
Some have alleged that potential conflicts of interest can exist in gold
open access models e.g. corporate sponsorship of author fees
Does this resolve the problem? Or does it allow a broken system to
continue while transferring the costs from libraries to authors and
universities?
19. Green Open Access
Authors self-archive papers in open-access repositories (either a university
archives or a central forum) usually after an embargo period
Sometimes pre-print publication, sometimes peer reviewed post-print
This involves a much more radical rethinking of scholarly communication -
it also challenges the business model, even with an embargo
When publishing costs were much higher, it made sense to FILTER prior
to publication. With digital technology, does this still hold true?
“The order of things in broadcast is ‘filter, then publish’. The order in
communities is ‘publish, then filter’. If you go to a dinner party, you don’t
submit your potential comments to the hosts, so that they can tell you
which ones are good enough to air before the group, but this is how
broadcast works every day. Writers submit their stories in advance, to be
edited or rejected before the public ever sees them. Participants in a
community, by contrast, say what they have to say, and the good is sorted
from the mediocre after the fact.” - Clay Shirky
20. Critique
“The Open Access movement should be seen for what it is – nothing
more but nothing less than a consumerist revolt, academic style ...
Nothing in this dispute bears on questions concerning how one might
democratise knowledge production itself” - Steve Fuller, University of
Warwick
“Technologists also believe that publishing is transportable — anyone
can be a publisher ... I may think I’m a good cook because I can
occasionally prepare a surprisingly tasty meal on a Sunday night by
following someone else’s recipe and using the right ingredients, but
that by no means translates into my ability to create, finance, run,
and manage a restaurant. If you’re a “cooking technologist,” you think
all you need is an oven, pans, and ingredients.” - Kent Anderson, The
Scholarly Kitchen
22. Scholarly Publishing and the Prestige
Economy
As scholarly output continues to expand, the efficacy of scholarly
communication in general declines
It’s unlikely anyone outside the academy will read us but it’s
increasingly unlikely anyone WITHIN the academy will read us
Communicating vs Credentialing? Resources are allocated on the basis
of the status hierarchies encoded into the publishing system
But these are profoundly fallible -> a journal’s prestige as a cypher for
intellectual quality, impact factor as a cypher for, well, making an
impact
These serve a real purpose (filtering) but they also perpetuate a state
of affairs which, in part, makes filtering necessary
This structural dimension grants these problems an intractability which
is sometimes insufficiently acknowledged in debates about reform
23. At root it’s a WEIRD business model...
“Publishers have a mediating role in the
industry. They collect, package and
disseminate the articles produced by faculty
authors. The primary user of the journals is
the very same group that produced journal
content – faculty of colleges and universities.
After journal content is consumed by the
faculty/scholars, new knowledge and research
is produced and continues the cycle.”
McGuigan and Russell (2008)
And this weird business model has very real day-to-day consequences for researchers...
24. Do we definitely need the intermediaries?
Other spheres of cultural production have seen radically disruptive
processes of disintermediation.
Self-archiving -> are your publications deposited in an institutional
repository? Do you make them available online? Pre prints and post prints
- technicalities of copyright and personal choice.
One option is DIY journal publishing
Open source software like Open Journal Systems and DPubS mean
startup and running costs are lower than ever before
Quality control is built into these systems - they still need (unpaid) editors
& reviewers but dynamics of participation can be very different.
However there are inevitable limits to how sustainable and generalisable
this kind of DIY activity can be.
Without allocation of resources, quality WILL suffer. Institutional support
is needed
25. The University ePress?
Libraries would be the main financial beneficiaries of the reduced
journal costs ensuing from a move away from commercial publishing.
Digitisation programmes and repository initiatives have left a body of
expertise within libraries directly applicable to ePublishing.
Exciting trends in this direction in North American and Australian higher
education
The Digital Change programme at the University of Warwick spent
much of this year exploring the viability of setting up a digital press
It’s possible, though far from certain, UK higher education could follow
Strategic benefits to universities - particularly the early adopters
There may also be a role for professional associations and non-profit
collectives
26. Why do you publish?
Career progression - CV + REF
Influencing debates in your area
Sharing ideas with a wider audience
The options for (1) have narrowed, options for (2) and (3) have
expanded
Increasing necessity to be reflexive i.e. forming your OWN publishing
plan, guided by your own concerns, rather than accepting common
sense.
Balancing values against instrumentality when planning publishing
Keeping up to date with these issues: the landscape is changing rapidly
Having an online presence & using it to promote your work - uncertain
where publishing will go but digital dimensions seem assured
27. Online Reading
LSE Impact Blog - http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/
Cameron Neylon- http://cameronneylon.net/
The Scholarly Kitchen - http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/
Bjorn Brembs - http://bjoern.brembs.net/
Stephen Curry - http://occamstypewriter.org/scurry/
Scholarly Publishing Bundle - http://bundlr.com/b/scholarly-publishing-
open-access-and-the-academic-spring