The Paradoxes of Open Educational Resources.
The era of digital media has spawned a number of "open" movements. These represent new domains of "social production" resistant to commercialism: open-source software, open access scholarly publishing, and Open Educational Resources (OERs). This article focuses on OERs, while also ranging more widel...
| Published in: | Information, Medium & Society: Journal of Publishing Studies Vol. 21; no. 1; pp. 25 - 42 |
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Common Ground Research Networks
Jun2023
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=173356636&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 173356636 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 26911507 MCS3 jtl: Information, Medium & Society: Journal of Publishing Studies issn: 26911507 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Jun2023 vid: 21 iid: 1 pid: 22359 pub: Common Ground Research Networks artinfo: ui: 173356636 10.18848/2691-1507/CGP/v21i01/25-41 ppf: 25 ppct: 17 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 4.1MB tig: atl: The Paradoxes of Open Educational Resources. aug: au: Cope, Bill Kalantzis, Mary affil: University of Urbana-Champaign, USA su: Open educational resources Paradox High technology industries Digital technology Open access publishing Economics education Internship programs sug: subj: Open educational resources Paradox High technology industries Digital technology Open access publishing Economics education Internship programs keyword: Intellectual Property Open Education Open Educational Resources ab: The era of digital media has spawned a number of "open" movements. These represent new domains of "social production" resistant to commercialism: open-source software, open access scholarly publishing, and Open Educational Resources (OERs). This article focuses on OERs, while also ranging more widely to explore paradoxes in the idea and practice of "open." On the one hand, "open" movements make intellectual property freely accessible and reusable for all. On the other hand, this openness favors Big Tech companies that base their search and artificial intelligence businesses on open content. When content is not open, they treat it as if it were, copying copyrighted material without permission. The article explores the consequences of these developments for the economics of educational content development, contrasting such practices with traditional publishing models. With its high textbook prices and journal subscription fees, traditional publishing is far from blameless. However, in the "open" regime, the creative work of authors, publishers, and educational content creators is being pushed into the realm of unpaid labor. We conclude by suggesting some solutions. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Information, Medium & Society: Journal of Publishing Studies is the property of Common Ground Research Networks and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: Information, Medium & Society: Journal of Publishing Studies holder: Common Ground Research Networks dt: @attributes: year: 2023 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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