We discussed the need for a truly open journal covering collaborative free knowledge on the wiki research list recently. Parallel, if not overlapping.
SJ On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 1:17 AM, Wayne Mackintosh <[email protected]> wrote: > Open questions to consider a peer reviewed journal on openness in education. > > The 2012 Paris OER Declaration specifies a number of open education > principles. The declaration incorporates a clear statement to "encourage > research on OER". In particular, the declaration suggests that we should: > > "Foster research on the development, use, evaluation and > re-contextualisation of OER as well as on the opportunities and challenges > they present, and their impact on the quality and cost-efficiency of > teaching and learning in order to strengthen the evidence base for public > investment in OER." > > > A few open questions: > > Are you aware of any projects or initiatives to establish a peer-reviewed > academic journal focusing on openness in education as an area of academic > interest encompassing OERs, Open Education Practices, Open Policy, Open > Learning, Open Source Software in education, Open Research, Open Access, > Open Data, Open Licensing, Open Governance etc. If so -- are these projects > open to collaboration? > What do you think about the idea of a peer-reviewed academic journal > focusing on openness in education? Of course this would be openly licensed > and would hopefully find suitable processes for open peer review (rather > than closed blind peer review)? > Are there any individuals or organisations on this list who may be > interested in collaborating or contributing to the design and establishment > of such a journal? > > Wayne > > > > > -- > Wayne Mackintosh, Ph.D. > Director OER Foundation > Director, International Centre for Open Education, Otago Polytechnic > Commonwealth of Learning Chair in OER, Otago Polytechnic > Founder and elected Community Council Member, WikiEducator > Mobile +64 21 2436 380 > Skype: WGMNZ1 > Twitter | identi.ca > Wikiblog > > -- > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "WikiEducator" group. > To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org > To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > > -- Samuel Klein @metasj w:user:sj +1 617 529 4266 -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]
