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Why it matters to South AfricaOpen education
• Open scholarship• Open access• Open licensing• Open education practices• Open education resources• Open source• Open data• Open research• Open science• Open web• Open knowledge
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OPEN CONTENT
Published open license or public domain
Free for the user
BooksStudy guides
Journal articlesCourse readings
Notes Images
AnimationsRecorded lectures/classes
PodcastsReading lists
TextbooksBlogs
ReviewsReports
Conference presentations
“The labours of knowledge must
have public benefit.”
St Hildegard , Seer 1098-1179
An old tradition
ENABLERS OF OPENNESS
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The network society
Networks constitute the new social morphology of our societies, and the diffusion of networking logic substantially modifies the operations and outcomes in processes of production, experience of power and culture
Castells, M. (1996) The Rise of the Network Society.
Enabling legal frameworks
BENEFITS OF OPENNESS
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Openness is like sunshine
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Openness exposes content
online and
enables growth
ACCESS TO KNOWLEDGEFor everyone
ScholarsStudents
Policy makersCivil society
But scholarly resources
are locked away in expensive journals
Alternative: open content
2000+ 30% of journals
OPENNESS ENABLES DEVELOPMENTdoctorsfarmers
civil societythe public
government itself
Obama 2009
“….too many doctors and patients are making decisions without the benefit of the latest research.”
A case: the sleeping sickness test
• Njiru ZK, Mikosza ASJ, Armstrong T, Enyaru JC, Ndung'u JM, et al. (2008) Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification (LAMP) Method for Rapid Detection of Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 2(2): e147. doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0000147
OPENNESS ENABLES PARTICIPATION
African universities are essentially consumers of knowledge produced in developed countries.
Minister of Higher Education, Blade Nzimande UNESCO Conference on Higher Education, 2009
the opposite of open is “broken”
Books published
In the past, social networks were more limited in different spheres. Networks were more exclusive. The Internet changed the nature of networks by making them more inclusive and easy to participate in.
Castells, M. (1996) The Rise of the Network Society.
Conventional north – south relationships
…can be replaced with networked relationships
OPENNESS ENABLES INNOVATION
Open access benefits the private sector
Houghton, J; Swan, A & Brown, S (2011)
OPENNESS INCREASES VISIBILITY
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My question is “Am I making an impact?”
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Open access increases citations by 45% - 600%
A RISING TIDEelsewhere
A rising tide globally
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United KingdomWe will make publicly
funded academic research free of charge
to readers. . . .
Science Minister Willits 2 May 2012
European Union
WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE?
Be open scholars & educatorsStacey Stent
Re-distribute
Re-mix
Re-use
Create open resources
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The more we all have direct access to information and knowledge, the better our lives will be….
….Information and knowledge are valuable and are not generally online for free…..
…the DST is championing the open access route in South Africa
Naledi Pandor, Minister of Science and Technology, March 2012
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