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Category: Open Knowledge
Open In Order To…Guarantee Access to the Laws That Govern Us
by Timothy Vollmer Copyright, Open AccessIt’s Open Access Week, the yearly global event to raise broad awareness about the opportunities and benefits for open access to scientific and scholarly research. Open Access Week—now in its 10th year—also mobilises action for progressive policy changes so that researchers and the public get immediate online access to the results of scholarly research, and…
Open In Order To…Accelerate Research and Scientific Discoveries
by Timothy Vollmer Copyright, Open AccessIt’s Open Access Week, the yearly global event to raise broad awareness about the opportunities and benefits for open access to scientific and scholarly research. Open Access Week—now in its 10th year—also mobilises action for progressive policy changes so that researchers and the public get immediate online access to the results of scholarly research, and…
Open In Order To…Promote Knowledge Sharing, Not Criminalize It
by Timothy Vollmer Copyright, Open AccessIt’s Open Access Week, the yearly global event to raise broad awareness about the opportunities and benefits for open access to scientific and scholarly research. Open Access Week—now in its 10th year—also mobilises action for progressive policy changes so that researchers and the public get immediate online access to the results of scholarly research, and…
Open In Order To…Maximize Reuse Possibilities of Research
by Timothy Vollmer Copyright, Open AccessIt’s Open Access Week, a yearly global event to raise broad awareness about the opportunities and benefits for open access to scientific and scholarly research. Open Access Week—now in its 10th year—mobilises action for progressive policy changes so that researchers and the public get immediate online access to the results of scholarly research and the…
2nd World OER Congress + 2017 Ljubljana OER Action Plan
by Cable Green Copyright, Open Education30 ministers of education and 690 members of the open education community (140 of them virtual) from 111 nations convened in Ljubljana, Slovenia at the 2nd OER World Congress with the goal of mainstreaming open education to meet the education targets in the United Nations SDG4. In addition to the 3-day Congress program, there were 21 satellite sessions…
Invitation to Join: CC Open Education Platform
by Cable Green Open EducationIn the spirit of openness and to effectively strategize, these platforms are open to all interested parties working in the platform area and adjacent spaces. That’s why Creative Commons invites you to join the CC Global Network Open Education Platform!
Contribuye al Fondo de Defensa Legal de Diego Gómez
by Timothy Vollmer Copyright, Open AccessHace tres semanas reportamos que Diego Gómez, estudiante Colombiano demandado por compartir por internet un paper académico, ha sido absuelto de los cargos penales en su contra. Pero hace algunos días los abogados del denunciante apelaron a la decisión del juez de primera instancia, lo que implica que luego de varios años de procedimientos judiciales…
Contribute to the Diego Gómez Legal Defense Fund
by Timothy Vollmer Copyright, Open AccessSupport Diego by donating today! Three weeks ago we reported that Diego Gómez, the former Colombian student who’s been prosecuted for sharing a research paper online, had been acquitted of criminal charges. But within days of the ruling, the author’s lawyer appealed the decision, meaning that even after several years of unnecessary (and expensive) criminal…
U.S. Department of Education Open Licensing Rule Now in Effect
by Cable Green Copyright, Open Access, Open EducationThe U.S. Department of Education’s new open licensing rule has gone into effect.
Open Licensing and Open Education Licensing Policy
by Cable Green Open Access, Open EducationThe new book Open: The Philosophy and Practices that are Revolutionizing Education and Science, edited by Rajiv Jhangiani and Robert Biswas-Diener features the work of open advocates around the world, including Cable Green, Director of Open Education at Creative Commons.