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What is going on? What does the image say about <i><span style="font-size:100%;font-weight:normal;color:red;background-color:transparent">sharing</span></i>? <p><i>Some people <span style="font-size:100%;font-weight:normal;color:red;background-color:transparent">shared</span> some words and pictures in books. Children reading those books <span style="font-size:100%;font-weight:normal;color:red;background-color:transparent">shared</span> them with each other. Someone took a black and white photograph of these students <span style="font-size:100%;font-weight:normal;color:red;background-color:transparent">sharing</span> their books. That photograph was <span style="font-size:100%;font-weight:normal;color:red;background-color:transparent">shared</span> as a life-size print in a museum. Whilst a girl visiting the museum tried to look inside one of the books being <span style="font-size:100%;font-weight:normal;color:red;background-color:transparent">shared</span> (she didn't want to miss out!) another photographer took a photo - of the girl looking at the photograph of the children <span style="font-size:100%;font-weight:normal;color:red;background-color:transparent">sharing</span> the books ... This photograph was then <span style="font-size:100%;font-weight:normal;color:red;background-color:transparent">shared</span> electronically on flickr using an <a href="/wiki/Open_license" title="Open license">open license</a> that allowed it to be imported to <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="commons:">Wiki Commons</a> and further <span style="font-size:100%;font-weight:normal;color:red;background-color:transparent">shared</span> on this page - you can use it too! ... and on it goes... </i><a href="/wiki/Open_academia" title="Open academia">Open academia</a> is about <span style="font-size:100%;font-weight:normal;color:red;background-color:transparent">sharing</span> knowledge and learning resources in a mutually-enabling way - i.e., so that ideas can be re-mixed and re-iterated rather than coming to a dead-end. <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gatunek_truj%C4%85cy.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Gatunek_truj%C4%85cy.svg/20px-Gatunek_truj%C4%85cy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Gatunek_truj%C4%85cy.svg/30px-Gatunek_truj%C4%85cy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Gatunek_truj%C4%85cy.svg/40px-Gatunek_truj%C4%85cy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="30" data-file-height="30" /></a></span> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="center" style=""> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:GoingNakedOpenAcademiaSessionWordle.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/GoingNakedOpenAcademiaSessionWordle.png/660px-GoingNakedOpenAcademiaSessionWordle.png" decoding="async" width="660" height="343" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6a/GoingNakedOpenAcademiaSessionWordle.png 1.5x" data-file-width="832" data-file-height="433" /></a><figcaption><div class="center" style=""> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://wordle.net">Wordle</a> of this page.</div></figcaption></figure></div> <table cellpadding="10" cellspacing="5" style="width: 100%; background-color: inherit; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width: 60%; background-color: #f6fff1; border: 1px solid #71be3f; vertical-align: top; -webkit-border-radius: 8px; -moz-border-radius: 8px; border-radius: 8px"> <p>A 15-minute presentation about open academic philosophy and practice. </p><p>By <a href="/wiki/User:Jtneill" title="User:Jtneill">James Neill</a> - with responses by <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://mlearning.edublogs.org">Leonard Low</a>, <a href="/wiki/User:Leighblackall" title="User:Leighblackall">Leigh Blackall</a>. </p><p><b>Where</b>: Hothouse, 1C32, <a href="/wiki/University_of_Canberra" title="University of Canberra">University of Canberra</a> </p><p><b>When</b>: Friday 5th March, 2010 13:30 </p><p><i>Now a solid(ish) draft - but still feel free to improve or comment</i> </p> <hr /> <p><b>Summary</b>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://leighblackall.blogspot.com/2010/03/going-naked-openism-and-freedom-in.html">Going Naked - Openism and Freedom in Academia</a> (Leigh Blackall blog) </p><p><b>Also recommended</b>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.slideshare.net/opencontent/wiley-slidesv5">Open education</a> slides by David Wiley, 2010 </p> <hr /> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Unicode_0x1F12F.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Unicode_0x1F12F.svg/170px-Unicode_0x1F12F.svg.png" decoding="async" width="170" height="170" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Unicode_0x1F12F.svg/255px-Unicode_0x1F12F.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Unicode_0x1F12F.svg/340px-Unicode_0x1F12F.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/copyleft" class="extiw" title="w:copyleft">copyleft</a> symbol mirrors the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/copyright_symbol" class="extiw" title="w:copyright symbol">copyright symbol</a> to represent freedom and openness in licensing <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/intellectual_property" class="extiw" title="w:intellectual property">intellectual property</a>. See also <a href="/wiki/Free_culture" title="Free culture">free culture</a>. </p> </td> <td style="width: 40%; background-color: #f6fff1; border: 1px solid #71be3f; vertical-align: top; -webkit-border-radius: 8px; -moz-border-radius: 8px; border-radius: 8px"> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r2415190">@media all and (max-width:720px){body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .tocright{display:none}.mw-parser-output .tocright{width:100%!important}}@media all and (min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .tocright{float:right;clear:right;width:auto;margin:0 0 0.5em 1em}.mw-parser-output .tocright-clear-left{clear:left}.mw-parser-output .tocright-clear-both{clear:both}.mw-parser-output .tocright-clear-none{clear:none}}</style><div class="tocright"><meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /></div> <pre> </pre> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Screencast">Screencast</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Going_naked_-_Openism_and_freedom_in_academia&veaction=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Screencast" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Going_naked_-_Openism_and_freedom_in_academia&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section's source code: Screencast"><span>edit source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><span><video id="mwe_player_0" poster="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/GoingNakedOpenismAndFreedomInAcademia.ogv/440px--GoingNakedOpenismAndFreedomInAcademia.ogv.jpg" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="440" height="293" data-durationhint="984" data-mwtitle="GoingNakedOpenismAndFreedomInAcademia.ogv" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons" resource="/wiki/File:GoingNakedOpenismAndFreedomInAcademia.ogv"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9f/GoingNakedOpenismAndFreedomInAcademia.ogv" type="video/ogg; codecs="theora, vorbis"" data-width="480" data-height="320" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9f/GoingNakedOpenismAndFreedomInAcademia.ogv/GoingNakedOpenismAndFreedomInAcademia.ogv.360p.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp8, vorbis"" data-transcodekey="360p.webm" data-width="480" data-height="320" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9f/GoingNakedOpenismAndFreedomInAcademia.ogv/GoingNakedOpenismAndFreedomInAcademia.ogv.144p.mjpeg.mov" type="video/quicktime" data-transcodekey="144p.mjpeg.mov" data-width="216" data-height="144" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9f/GoingNakedOpenismAndFreedomInAcademia.ogv/GoingNakedOpenismAndFreedomInAcademia.ogv.240p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="240p.vp9.webm" data-width="360" data-height="240" /></video></span><figcaption>A 16 minute screencast explaining the concept of <a href="/wiki/Open_academia" title="Open academia">open academia</a>, its principles, and steps towards practice. You can also watch on youtube: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFai7iGEw_A">Pt 1</a> (8 mins) and <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFai7iGEw_A">Pt 2</a> (8 mins).</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Abstract">Abstract</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Going_naked_-_Openism_and_freedom_in_academia&veaction=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Abstract" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Going_naked_-_Openism_and_freedom_in_academia&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section's source code: Abstract"><span>edit source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Barn_raising_-_Leckie%27s_barn_completed_in_frame.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Barn_raising_-_Leckie%27s_barn_completed_in_frame.jpg/220px-Barn_raising_-_Leckie%27s_barn_completed_in_frame.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="157" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Barn_raising_-_Leckie%27s_barn_completed_in_frame.jpg/330px-Barn_raising_-_Leckie%27s_barn_completed_in_frame.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Barn_raising_-_Leckie%27s_barn_completed_in_frame.jpg/440px-Barn_raising_-_Leckie%27s_barn_completed_in_frame.jpg 2x" data-file-width="760" data-file-height="544" /></a><figcaption>Knowledge-building is a team effort - you help build mine, I help build yours; what goes around, comes around.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Escape_the_ivory_tower.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Escape_the_ivory_tower.jpg/220px-Escape_the_ivory_tower.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="241" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Escape_the_ivory_tower.jpg/330px-Escape_the_ivory_tower.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Escape_the_ivory_tower.jpg/440px-Escape_the_ivory_tower.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3154" data-file-height="3456" /></a><figcaption>To what extent do you escape the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ivory_tower" class="extiw" title="w:ivory tower">ivory tower</a> and participate in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/the_commons" class="extiw" title="w:the commons">the commons</a>?</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:William-Adolphe_Bouguereau_(1825-1905)_-_Thirst_(1886).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/William-Adolphe_Bouguereau_%281825-1905%29_-_Thirst_%281886%29.jpg/220px-William-Adolphe_Bouguereau_%281825-1905%29_-_Thirst_%281886%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/William-Adolphe_Bouguereau_%281825-1905%29_-_Thirst_%281886%29.jpg/330px-William-Adolphe_Bouguereau_%281825-1905%29_-_Thirst_%281886%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/William-Adolphe_Bouguereau_%281825-1905%29_-_Thirst_%281886%29.jpg/440px-William-Adolphe_Bouguereau_%281825-1905%29_-_Thirst_%281886%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1818" data-file-height="2424" /></a><figcaption>People are thirsty for open academia.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Book_06490_20040730160049_L.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Book_06490_20040730160049_L.jpg/220px-Book_06490_20040730160049_L.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Book_06490_20040730160049_L.jpg/330px-Book_06490_20040730160049_L.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Book_06490_20040730160049_L.jpg/440px-Book_06490_20040730160049_L.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a><figcaption><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Textbook#The_"broken_market"" class="extiw" title="w:Textbook">Traditional textbooks are a "broken market"</a>, hence driving <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/open_textbook" class="extiw" title="w:open textbook">open textbook</a> alternatives.</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academia" class="extiw" title="w:Academia">Academia</a> should be conducted in such a way as to benefit society. This means (among other things) that the processes and products of publically-funded academics' activities should, by default, be public (i.e., accessible and freely usable). It also means that academics should seek to use and promote tools (such as <a href="/wiki/Software" title="Software">software</a>) and materials (such as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/textbook" class="extiw" title="w:textbook">textbooks</a>) which enable <del>students</del> <a href="/wiki/Emerging_academic" class="mw-redirect" title="Emerging academic">emerging academics</a> to utilise and foster public knowledge. The evolution towards open academia is a cultural challenge because closedness is the norm. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Academia_is_about_sharing">Academia is about sharing</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Going_naked_-_Openism_and_freedom_in_academia&veaction=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Academia is about sharing" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Going_naked_-_Openism_and_freedom_in_academia&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section's source code: Academia is about sharing"><span>edit source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <blockquote><p><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:100%;font-weight:normal;color:purple;background-color:transparent"><big>If I give you a penny, you will be one penny richer and I’ll be one penny poorer. But if I give you an idea, you will have a new idea, but I shall still have it, too.</big><br /> - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein" class="extiw" title="w:Albert Einstein">Albert Einstein</a></span></p></blockquote> <blockquote><p><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:100%;font-weight:normal;color:purple;background-color:transparent"><big>He who receives ideas from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine receives light without darkening me.</big><br /> - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson" class="extiw" title="w:Thomas Jefferson">Thomas Jefferson</a></span></p></blockquote> <p>Academia is about sharing - otherwise it is not academia. To not share is to retreat to an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ivory_tower" class="extiw" title="w:ivory tower">ivory tower</a>. This is the "low game" of academia in which knowledge-development and knowledge-storing is approached as a competition (e.g., between staff, students, departments, institutions, sectors, countries etc.). The "higher game" in academia is to selflessly contribute to collective knowledge by freely disseminating one's knowledge and activities (for a deeper discussion of the "academic game", see De Ropp (1968)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>). </p><p>This claim may be summarised as "academics are public servants and our work is public property". </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bertall_ill_Les_Habits_Neufs_du_Grand_Duc_duc.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Bertall_ill_Les_Habits_Neufs_du_Grand_Duc_duc.png/220px-Bertall_ill_Les_Habits_Neufs_du_Grand_Duc_duc.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="257" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Bertall_ill_Les_Habits_Neufs_du_Grand_Duc_duc.png/330px-Bertall_ill_Les_Habits_Neufs_du_Grand_Duc_duc.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Bertall_ill_Les_Habits_Neufs_du_Grand_Duc_duc.png/440px-Bertall_ill_Les_Habits_Neufs_du_Grand_Duc_duc.png 2x" data-file-width="611" data-file-height="713" /></a><figcaption><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Emperor%27s_New_Clothes" class="extiw" title="w:The Emperor's New Clothes">The emperor in his new clothes</a>. Academics could be similarly attired so we can see what they really offer society. Could this be a consequence of increasing demand for public scrutiny and transparency of university performance? e.g., <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-education/after-my-school-comes-my-university/story-e6frgcjx-1225836275192">[1]</a> </figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="The_default_is_(becoming)_open"><span id="The_default_is_.28becoming.29_open"></span>The default is (becoming) open</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Going_naked_-_Openism_and_freedom_in_academia&veaction=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: The default is (becoming) open" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Going_naked_-_Openism_and_freedom_in_academia&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section's source code: The default is (becoming) open"><span>edit source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The cultural standard for public institutions is increasingly moving towards a "default is open" philosophy and practice. Several business sectors are also participating in this evolution towards openness. </p><p>Openness-closedness is not a dichotomy - it is a continuum - arguably, an evolutionary continuum. </p><p>To not engage with the palpably shifting tide towards openness is risky for academic institutions (e.g., funding metrics are likely to become more accurate at measuring the social value<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> generated by academic institutions). Even more importantly, democratic academic institutions should be leading the charge towards openness since innovatively fostering public knowledge is their raison d'etre. </p><p>The biggest barriers to openism in academia are not legal or technical, but rather cultural, organisational, and psychological (because closedness is the norm). Most academics, for example, use closed textbooks and websites for teaching, publish in closed rather than <a href="/wiki/Open_journal" class="mw-redirect" title="Open journal">open journals</a>, user proprietary software, and do not make their work openly available. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="5_pillars_of_open_academia">5 pillars of open academia</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Going_naked_-_Openism_and_freedom_in_academia&veaction=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 5 pillars of open academia" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Going_naked_-_Openism_and_freedom_in_academia&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section's source code: 5 pillars of open academia"><span>edit source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <blockquote><p><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:100%;font-weight:normal;color:purple;background-color:transparent"><big>If you focus your mind on the freedom and community that you can build by staying firm, you will find the strength to do it."</big><br /> - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Stallman" class="extiw" title="w:Richard Stallman">Richard Stallman</a></span></p></blockquote> <p>In practice, going naked (free and open) can be a surprisingly complex and challenging endeavour - mainly because of the widespread cultural habits of closedness which need to be unlearnt. It can also be a liberating and empowering journey. By "going naked" and not carrying around the heavy weight of "closedness" much of one's energy and focus is freed. </p><p>Culturally, what's needed is to bulldoze the ivory tower and replace it with an open parthenon consisting of at least five pillars. These "five pillars of open academia" offer a practical, guiding framework for moving towards openism: </p> <figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:5_pillars_of_open_academia.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikiversity/en/thumb/5/52/5_pillars_of_open_academia.svg/500px-5_pillars_of_open_academia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="500" height="267" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikiversity/en/thumb/5/52/5_pillars_of_open_academia.svg/750px-5_pillars_of_open_academia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikiversity/en/thumb/5/52/5_pillars_of_open_academia.svg/1000px-5_pillars_of_open_academia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="320" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <p>Expressed as a "creed", </p> <blockquote><p><span style="font-size:100%;font-weight:normal;color:green;background-color:transparent">"as an open academic I commit to providing <b>open access</b> to all my academic outputs (teaching, research and service) using <b>open formats</b>, <b>open licensing</b> and <b>free software</b>. I also commit to <b>open management</b> of my academic activities."</span></p></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Open_university">Open university</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Going_naked_-_Openism_and_freedom_in_academia&veaction=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Open university" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Going_naked_-_Openism_and_freedom_in_academia&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section's source code: Open university"><span>edit source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:BallonKathedrale01_edit.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/BallonKathedrale01_edit.jpg/180px-BallonKathedrale01_edit.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/BallonKathedrale01_edit.jpg/270px-BallonKathedrale01_edit.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/BallonKathedrale01_edit.jpg/360px-BallonKathedrale01_edit.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="2000" /></a><figcaption>A mobile, free-knowledge wifi? Symbol of an <a href="/wiki/Open_university" title="Open university">open university</a>?</figcaption></figure> <p>A closely related conceptualisation is provided by the Free Software Foundation (FSF; initiated by Students for Free Culture (SFC)). They define an <a href="/wiki/Open_university" title="Open university">open university</a> as one in which: </p> <ol><li>The research produced is <a href="/wiki/Open_access" title="Open access">open access</a>;</li> <li>The course materials are <a href="/wiki/Open_educational_resources" class="mw-redirect" title="Open educational resources">open educational resources</a>;</li> <li>The university embraces <a href="/wiki/Free_software" class="mw-redirect" title="Free software">free software</a> and <a href="/wiki/Open_standard" class="mw-redirect" title="Open standard">open standards</a>;</li> <li>The university’s patents are readily licensed for free software, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/essential_medicine" class="extiw" title="w:essential medicine">essential medicine</a>, and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/public_good" class="extiw" title="w:public good">public good</a>;</li> <li>The university’s network reflects the open nature of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet" class="extiw" title="w:Internet">Internet</a>.</li></ol> <p>The FSF goes further, to list specific criteria for each of these open university principles and university-rankings based on their degree of openness: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://wiki.freeculture.org/Open_University_Report_Cards">Open University Report Cards</a>. </p><p>Increasing transparency in higher education is currently being strongly by the Labour government in Australia. On the 3rd March, 2010 the government announced the creation of a "My University" federal website by 2012 (based on the "My School" site) which will provide transparent, comparative data about indicators of university quality (such as student satisfaction ratings). In response the chief executive of Universities Australia, Glenn Withers, welcomed the idea: </p><p>"Universities are fully committed to transparency. They are remarkably open already via their websites, public guides, reports to parliament, auditors general, ombudsmen and more. They fully welcome anything that can enhance this transparency through new, well-designed initiatives for universities and importantly, for all other tertiary providers." (Harrison, 2010<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Making_the_change">Making the change</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Going_naked_-_Openism_and_freedom_in_academia&veaction=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Making the change" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Going_naked_-_Openism_and_freedom_in_academia&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section's source code: Making the change"><span>edit source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <blockquote><p><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:100%;font-weight:normal;color:purple;background-color:transparent"><big>If you want to accomplish something in the world, idealism is not enough - you need to choose a method that works to achieve the goal.</big><br /> - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Stallman" class="extiw" title="w:Richard Stallman">Richard Stallman</a></span></p></blockquote> <p>Two methods of moving towards greater openism in academia might be: </p> <ol><li>Cold turkey (e.g., new institutions and projects and institutions undergoing major change may simply adopt an open charter from the outset)</li> <li>Iterative/progressive (e.g., for existing institutions, openist <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_performance_indicator" class="extiw" title="w:Key performance indicator">KPIs</a> can be established and made part of their strategic plans and roadmaps can be developed (e.g., <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.olcos.org/cms/upload/docs/olcos_roadmap.pdf">[2]</a>)</li> <li>Do a cost/benefit analysis measuring the costs of closed, including software, login caused inefficiencies and administration, copyright royalty costs, against the benefits such as free media, free software, skills, productivity, social capital, marketing benefits..</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Activity">Activity</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Going_naked_-_Openism_and_freedom_in_academia&veaction=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Activity" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Going_naked_-_Openism_and_freedom_in_academia&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section's source code: Activity"><span>edit source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>What are your thoughts about <b><a href="/wiki/Open_academia" title="Open academia">open academia</a></b>? Helpful ways to structure responses could be in terms of barriers and benefits, and/or a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SWOT_analysis" class="extiw" title="w:SWOT analysis">SWOT analysis</a> - just click edit, add your thoughts, and save <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Smiley.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Smiley.svg/20px-Smiley.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Smiley.svg/30px-Smiley.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Smiley.svg/40px-Smiley.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="800" /></a></span>: </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Barriers_and_benefits">Barriers and benefits</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Going_naked_-_Openism_and_freedom_in_academia&veaction=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Barriers and benefits" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Going_naked_-_Openism_and_freedom_in_academia&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section's source code: Barriers and benefits"><span>edit source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>What barriers are there to open academia? What benefits might there be? </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Barriers">Barriers</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Going_naked_-_Openism_and_freedom_in_academia&veaction=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Barriers" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Going_naked_-_Openism_and_freedom_in_academia&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section's source code: Barriers"><span>edit source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Performance anxiety</li> <li>Control and ownership</li> <li>Ignorance</li> <li>Time/prioritisation, full disclosure and informed choice</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Benefits">Benefits</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Going_naked_-_Openism_and_freedom_in_academia&veaction=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Benefits" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Going_naked_-_Openism_and_freedom_in_academia&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section's source code: Benefits"><span>edit source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Moral: Helps to fulfill the charter of public universities to contribute to the common good of society</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="SWOT_analysis">SWOT analysis</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Going_naked_-_Openism_and_freedom_in_academia&veaction=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: SWOT analysis" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Going_naked_-_Openism_and_freedom_in_academia&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section's source code: SWOT analysis"><span>edit source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table cellpadding="10" cellspacing="5" style="width: 100%; background-color: inherit; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width: 50%; background-color: MintCream; border: 1px solid ForestGreen; vertical-align: top; -webkit-border-radius: 8px; -moz-border-radius: 8px; border-radius: 8px"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Strengths">Strengths</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Going_naked_-_Openism_and_freedom_in_academia&veaction=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Strengths" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Going_naked_-_Openism_and_freedom_in_academia&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section's source code: Strengths"><span>edit source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Addresses copyright ambiguity for educational use</li> <li>Enables reusability</li> <li>Liability is individualised</li></ul> </td> <td style="width: 50%; background-color: MintCream; border: 1px solid ForestGreen; vertical-align: top; -webkit-border-radius: 8px; -moz-border-radius: 8px; border-radius: 8px"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Weaknesses">Weaknesses</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Going_naked_-_Openism_and_freedom_in_academia&veaction=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Weaknesses" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Going_naked_-_Openism_and_freedom_in_academia&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section's source code: Weaknesses"><span>edit source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Individually simple, organisationally difficult</li> <li>Difficult to implement with so much of media commercially orientated, so formats and devices often don't record or play open formats</li> <li>Skills shortage: Computing and IT sector has been trained to service commercially developed software, hardware, media (CISCO, Microsoft).</li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table cellpadding="10" cellspacing="5" style="width: 100%; background-color: inherit; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width: 50%; background-color: MintCream; border: 1px solid ForestGreen; vertical-align: top; -webkit-border-radius: 8px; -moz-border-radius: 8px; border-radius: 8px"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Opportunities">Opportunities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Going_naked_-_Openism_and_freedom_in_academia&veaction=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Opportunities" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Going_naked_-_Openism_and_freedom_in_academia&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section's source code: Opportunities"><span>edit source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>A principled stance against <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://leighblackall.blogspot.com/2009/12/developing-copyright-policy-at-uc.html">the questionable academic publishing norm</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://delicious.com/leighblackall/-feedback-otagopolytechnic">Increase the profile</a> of UC at this time, as being a leader in the field, recognising the problems and hypocrisy, taking a principled stance</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://wikieducator.org/Otago_Polytechnic/Measuring_our_open_education">Good economic returns</a> through marketing and profile gains, legal and administrative savings, infrastructural savings, efficiency and sustainability, and skills capacity building.</li></ul> </td> <td style="width: 50%; background-color: MintCream; border: 1px solid ForestGreen; vertical-align: top; -webkit-border-radius: 8px; -moz-border-radius: 8px; border-radius: 8px"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Threats">Threats</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Going_naked_-_Openism_and_freedom_in_academia&veaction=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Threats" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Going_naked_-_Openism_and_freedom_in_academia&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section's source code: Threats"><span>edit source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Status_quo" class="extiw" title="w:Status quo">status quo</a> favours closedness</li> <li>Commercial appropriation (and "enclosure") of freely available research</li> <li>Cultural imperialism - forcing copyright restrictions on people with one hand, then swamping then with open educational media</li> <li>Loosing or weakening whatever stake we in academia and education might have had with Fair Use/Dealings</li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table cellpadding="10" cellspacing="5" style="width: 100%; background-color: inherit; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: #ffFcF1; border: 1px solid #E39C79; -webkit-border-radius: 8px; -moz-border-radius: 8px; border-radius: 8px" colspan="1"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Responses">Responses</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Going_naked_-_Openism_and_freedom_in_academia&veaction=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Responses" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Going_naked_-_Openism_and_freedom_in_academia&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section's source code: Responses"><span>edit source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Feel free to share your thoughts, ideas, resources, and experiences by clicking <b>edit</b> - or use the <a href="/wiki/Talk:Going_naked_-_Openism_and_freedom_in_academia" title="Talk:Going naked - Openism and freedom in academia">talk page</a>. </p> <hr /> <p>Completely agree with the ethos of course. I'm interested in the assertion that other parts of society are becoming more open - I'm not convinced. Knowledge is horded by elites as a source of power, and as such is hidden by a variety of mechanisms, eg legal, technocratic language, by omission. It seems to me that universities pretty much invented the 'knowledge economy' - that is the commodity they trade in. They package it up into 'degrees', they market their 'unique' courses to prospective students, they create competition for knowledge by limiting access, and then by grading, rather than simply critiqing, students' work. The only point at which they "gift" knowledge is the publication of academic work - and they have managed to commodify that by linking publication to prestige (read market positioning of individuals and institutions) </p><p>University 'openism' is truly counter-cultural in that it means that universities get out of the business of simply re-creating elites. This would indeed be a revolution. So two lines of thought occur </p> <ol><li>What then is the role of universities?... are they simply a trusted source of knowledge? Does this not still link to elitism? And who is funding this "public service" (180 degrees away from current corporatisation of unis)</li> <li>Have we then delivered an egalitarian utopia... or do elites simply colonise another structure - and what would that be?</li></ol> <p>cheers, Jane </p> <dl><dd>Thanks for finding the "edit" button and daring to share, Jane. Your comments have me pondering further, thank-you. Is the rest of society becoming more open? In making this suggestion, I'm thinking e.g., of the steps being made towards open government (making public data open by default), of p2p networks sharing (which no-one really can stop it seems), of the uptake of open source software (e.g., Firefox) etc. Maybe it is rose-coloured glasses from me - there is plenty of growth in closed/patented/copyrighted efforts too. But maybe both are true - <b>maybe we are becoming simultaneously more open and more closed - that could be possible?</b></dd></dl> <dl><dd>It seems to me, yes, as you say, universities have created (or at least fostered) a 'knowledge economy' to justify/maintain their existence - and lost focus on their social role/purpose - at least the university 'charters' don't seem to match the behaviour. And if universities can't/don't/won't do openism (which is their potential social value) then knowledge-brokering is in big trouble - how else can we expect openism in other facets of society to flourish if the institutions supposedly set up for knowledge-sharing are lapsing into small-minded protectionism? So the "egalitarian utopia" seems a long way off (but then, so do most utopias) - the multinationals have swallowed the textbook and journal industry and are busy clawing their fingernails into classrooms, learning management systems, etc. with academics seduced like doctors by pharmaceutical companies... but <b>we can "subvert the dominant paradigm"</b> - at least that was the graffiti I remember from my undergrad ways. -- <a href="/wiki/User:Jtneill" title="User:Jtneill">Jtneill</a> - <small><a href="/wiki/User_talk:Jtneill" title="User talk:Jtneill">Talk</a> - <a href="/wiki/Special:Contributions/Jtneill" title="Special:Contributions/Jtneill">c</a></small> 13:38, 4 March 2010 (UTC)</dd></dl> <dl><dd><dl><dd>I think we are becoming simultaneously more open and more closed. I think a 'knowledge war' of sorts exists. People feel knowledge is a right and simultaneously feel they have a right to profit from knowledge. I think polarization is pretty common in most things. When people cannot find common ground polarizations turns into extremes. I think detecting extreme polarizations is easy because terms like left, right, liberal, conservative. etc. tend to get thrown around, and people start identifying themselves and others by such labels. I won't be surprised when people start saying "I am a knowledge liberal" or "you are a right extremist on the knowledge issues". Just some thoughts, maybe this is not really on topic. --<a href="/wiki/User:Darklama" title="User:Darklama"><span style="background:DarkSlateBlue;color:white;padding:2px;"> dark</span></a><a href="/wiki/User_talk:Darklama" title="User talk:Darklama"><span style="background:darkslategray;color:white;padding:2px;">lama </span></a> 02:05, 5 March 2010 (UTC)</dd></dl></dd></dl> <p>This is an interesting discussion. Based on the above thoughts, here's my new hypothesis. That individuals are becoming more open, due to the symbiotic relationship between technological advances and cultural changes to do with personal freedom and privacy issues. The individual is free to be altruistic and share knowledge. But this altruism does not translate well into the institutional/corporate sphere (at best partially, after a risk management process). The self-interest of the institution/corporation/professional groups (elites) is to maintain competitive advantage through ownership and control of knowledge resources (including education). </p><p>The university sector becomes the interesting case, as the institutional ideals clash with institutional self-interest. So I think your ideas around re-examining and reframing the institutional self-interest are practical... potentially 'subverting the dominant paradigm'??!! I guess the question is whether the university sector can be a master of its own destiny, or whether it is a tool of other dominant forces. cheers Jane </p> <dl><dd>I tend to agree with some of the basic concepts in your new hypothesis. Knowledge is a natural resource like water. I think individuals can have both a personal self-interest and a professional self-interest in knowledge. The personal self-interest of individuals is to want free, open, and easy access to knowledge and the freedom to use and share knowledge. The professional self-interest of individuals is usually driven by a basic social need to have money to pay for other resources, like water. Personal self-interest looks for ways to make knowledge freely accessible and easily obtainable in order to have the freedom to use and share knowledge. Professional self-interest looks for ways to drive and/or control supply and demand, just like with water, in order to maintain itself and pay workers. I think transition between the personal and the profession (or visa versa) is naturally assumed to be incompatible because individuals often do not understand the driving forces or the motivations of the personal and professional parts of individuals. This is probably what leads to the idea that individuals or groups have bad intentions, and attempts to protect the personal and professional self-interests.</dd></dl> <dl><dd>If you look and understand how the copyleft model manages to work, I think you may be able to see how both can work together. Universities can sell field experience and teachers as knowledge support, along the same lines as 'tech support' — in fact 'tech support' is a form of knowledge support because people seek technical knowledge on how to do or fix things. In this model knowledge is a resource that can be used and shared freely, and Universities offer experience and knowledge support as their services that people can buy. The change you talk about involves a move away from knowledge as an exploitable resource to a knowledge services support industry. I think a natural fear of change, the uncertainty and risk that comes from not knowing what would happen and how change would work, is usually what keeps individuals from pursuing change. I think professional change usually comes from necessity and from entrepreneurs. I think necessity comes into play when the majority of consumers refuse to buy the product being sold which in this case would be knowledge. When obtaining knowledge is no longer a major driving force in what University individuals decide to attend Universities will change by necessity. I think entrepreneurs will first provide alternative educational models that appeal to the majority of consumers before Universities catch up. Although there may be some intelligent individuals that see a trend and make changes to the University model before the majority of consumers want something else. --<a href="/wiki/User:Darklama" title="User:Darklama"><span style="background:DarkSlateBlue;color:white;padding:2px;"> dark</span></a><a href="/wiki/User_talk:Darklama" title="User talk:Darklama"><span style="background:darkslategray;color:white;padding:2px;">lama </span></a> 10:01, 5 March 2010 (UTC)</dd></dl> <p>If history is any indicator, I think things will get worse before getting better. I can see a scenario where Universities become scared of their students undermining there business model and manage to control and limit access to knowledge by finding a way to make it illegal for students to share what they learned with others. --<a href="/wiki/User:Darklama" title="User:Darklama"><span style="background:DarkSlateBlue;color:white;padding:2px;"> dark</span></a><a href="/wiki/User_talk:Darklama" title="User talk:Darklama"><span style="background:darkslategray;color:white;padding:2px;">lama </span></a> 10:22, 5 March 2010 (UTC) </p><p>Some more random thoughts. In <a href="#Abstract">Abstract</a> it is said that "Academia should be conducted in such a way as to benefit society." In <a href="#Academia_is_about_sharing">Academia is about sharing</a> it is said that "Academia is about sharing - otherwise it is not academia." I think an assumption is being made that these two statements are true, and everybody knows this to be true is taken for granted. I think anyone trying to learn from this page could benefit from understanding why academia should benefit society and why academia is about sharing and why if there is no sharing it is not academia. --<a href="/wiki/User:Darklama" title="User:Darklama"><span style="background:DarkSlateBlue;color:white;padding:2px;"> dark</span></a><a href="/wiki/User_talk:Darklama" title="User talk:Darklama"><span style="background:darkslategray;color:white;padding:2px;">lama </span></a> 02:20, 8 March 2010 (UTC) </p> <dl><dd>Agreed - this is in need of expansion/development/argument. Curious, - what do you think of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academia" class="extiw" title="w:Academia">w:Academia</a> - e.g., consistent or not so consistent with these claims - or itself in need of such development? -- <a href="/wiki/User:Jtneill" title="User:Jtneill">Jtneill</a> - <small><a href="/wiki/User_talk:Jtneill" title="User talk:Jtneill">Talk</a> - <a href="/wiki/Special:Contributions/Jtneill" title="Special:Contributions/Jtneill">c</a></small> 02:32, 8 March 2010 (UTC)</dd></dl> <dl><dd><dl><dd>I do not know enough about how things work at Wikipedia to comment on development there. I mostly just read Wikipedia, and I usually don't read an entire article because I think Wikipedia's articles usually suffer from information overload. I sometimes end up turning to Simple Wikipedia in order to get quicker answers to what I would like to know. What specifically about <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academia" class="extiw" title="w:Academia">w:Academia</a> should I be looking at to tell if its consistent or not so consistent with these statements? --<a href="/wiki/User:Darklama" title="User:Darklama"><span style="background:DarkSlateBlue;color:white;padding:2px;"> dark</span></a><a href="/wiki/User_talk:Darklama" title="User talk:Darklama"><span style="background:darkslategray;color:white;padding:2px;">lama </span></a> 02:48, 8 March 2010 (UTC) <dl><dd>No worries - I'll take a closer look - the quick gist I got was that it seemed at least loosely consistent with academia as characterised by sharing, but I need to read/think more in this area to articulate such a position. -- <a href="/wiki/User:Jtneill" title="User:Jtneill">Jtneill</a> - <small><a href="/wiki/User_talk:Jtneill" title="User talk:Jtneill">Talk</a> - <a href="/wiki/Special:Contributions/Jtneill" title="Special:Contributions/Jtneill">c</a></small> 00:24, 9 March 2010 (UTC)</dd></dl></dd></dl></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Some_responses_from_Leonard_Low_and_Leigh_Blackall">Some responses from Leonard Low and Leigh Blackall</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Going_naked_-_Openism_and_freedom_in_academia&veaction=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Some responses from Leonard Low and Leigh Blackall" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Going_naked_-_Openism_and_freedom_in_academia&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section's source code: Some responses from Leonard Low and Leigh Blackall"><span>edit source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Currently as noted by <a href="/wiki/User:Jtneill" title="User:Jtneill">James Neill</a> and <a href="/wiki/User:Leighblackall" title="User:Leighblackall">Leigh Blackall</a></b> </p> <ul><li>Leonard: There is an increasingly litigious intellectual property culture - therefore are we to play into the hands of commercial interests by releasing our material (for their use and gain/benefit)?</li> <li>Leonard: Is it a university's duty to give back to society at large or to our students in particular? Leonard raises the issue that if a university makes all of its learning freely and accessibly available what advantage is there for paying students?</li> <li>Leigh: A Share Alike restriction prevents exploitation of openism?</li> <li>Leonard: If the knowledge is freely available, does this mean that a university is just a rubber-stamping, degree-granting institution?</li> <li>Leonard: What's the advantage of going to university if the info is readily available?</li> <li>Leigh: The value proposition of a university education is assessment and certification, not content.</li> <li>James: A basic business model for an open university is that it: <ol><li>provides training, support, guidance, teaching, assessment, feedback, and grants degrees etc. to paying students (funded publically or privately)</li> <li>conducts research (funded publically or privately)</li> <li>freely and openly shares its knowledge (teaching, research, and service) and activities (e.g., open management) - otherwise it is a private college, not a university</li></ol></li> <li>Leonard: Ivory tower is about engagement with society (means academics who do not engage with society) - one could still be in an ivory tower and open if the academic activity is not engaged with society's needs (i.e., relevance of content matters too - not just openness)</li> <li>Leigh: Argues that the irrelevance of academic pursuits becoming "ivory towers" should be less of an issue through the Internet and can be addressed though popularisation - such as engaging in Wikimedia Foundation work, publishing video synopsis on Youtube, and networking online. See Using the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.slideshare.net/leighblackall/popular-internet-in-teaching-and-research-2631841">Popular Internet in Teaching and Research</a></li> <li>Leonard: On the balance of things, Leonard personally supports openness</li> <li>Leigh: The risk of open education becoming a force for neo colonialism. While on the one hand our trade agreements impose copyright regulation on countries lacking resources to produce their own content, in the other we make our a selection of our own content free of use. At the moment, free content tends to be US centric for example. See <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://leighblackall.blogspot.com/2009/08/looking-into-sky-open-ed-oh-nine.html">New Colonialism in OER</a></li> <li>Leigh: How much does UC pay <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.copyright.com.au/Copyright_Users/Education/Education.aspx">Copyright Agency Limited (CAL)</a> for generalised royalty fees for the copying of restricted content? How much could be saved if a Faculty were to declare only using free and open content?</li> <li>Leonard: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.copyright.com.au/Copyright_Users/Education/Education.aspx">CAL</a> fees are in the millions per year</li> <li>Leigh: Regarding UC's copyright IP policy, and its recent review status. Leigh attempted to engage with UC leadership on the review but was advised that procedure requires only external agencies review UC policy. Leigh wants to know why this is and who the agency was, and what their advice was.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Proposed_actions">Proposed actions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Going_naked_-_Openism_and_freedom_in_academia&veaction=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Proposed actions" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Going_naked_-_Openism_and_freedom_in_academia&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section's source code: Proposed actions"><span>edit source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/University_of_Canberra" title="University of Canberra">University of Canberra</a> Teaching and Learning Centre to find out the annual fees paid to <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.copyright.com.au/Copyright_Users/Education/Education.aspx">CAL</a>, and if possible - a break down of that fee.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/University_of_Canberra" title="University of Canberra">University of Canberra</a> Teaching and Learning Centre to find out why external agencies review UC policy, what agency reviewed UC's IP policy, and what their review was.</li> <li>Leigh and James to run Workshops on how to source free content and reuse it in a free way</li> <li>Leigh and James to propose the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Canberra" title="University of Canberra">University of Canberra</a> Faculty of Health lead the university and adopt a default open education and research position.</li></ul> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Going_naked_-_Openism_and_freedom_in_academia&veaction=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: References" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Going_naked_-_Openism_and_freedom_in_academia&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section's source code: References"><span>edit source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r2661605">.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%;margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-1">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">De Ropp, R. S. & Lourie, I. (2003). <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://books.google.com/books?id=JScDAAAACAAJ">The master game: Pathways to higher consciousness</a></i> (3rd ed.). Gateways Books & Tapes.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-2">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">O'Driscoll, T. (2010). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://opensource.com/business/10/2/social-production-new-source-economic-value-creation">Social production as a new source of economic value creation</a> opensource.com.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-3">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Harrison, D. (2010). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.smh.com.au/national/education/my-school-for-universities-on-the-way-20100302-pges.html">My School for universities on the way. <i>Sydney Morning Herald</i></a>, <i>March 3</i></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Going_naked_-_Openism_and_freedom_in_academia&veaction=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: See also" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Going_naked_-_Openism_and_freedom_in_academia&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section's source code: See also"><span>edit source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Using_social_media_for_teaching_and_research" title="Using social media for teaching and research">Using social media for teaching and research</a> - the broader series of discussions</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Open_academia" title="Open academia">Open academia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Open_access" title="Open access">Open access</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Open_formats" class="mw-redirect" title="Open formats">Open formats</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Open_licensing" class="mw-redirect" title="Open licensing">Open licensing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Free_software" class="mw-redirect" title="Free software">Free software</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Open_management" title="Open management">Open management</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:Jtneill/Presentations/Open_academia:_A_philosophy_of_open_practice" class="mw-redirect" title="User:Jtneill/Presentations/Open academia: A philosophy of open practice">Open academia: A philosophy of open practice</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Going_naked_-_Openism_and_freedom_in_academia&veaction=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: External links" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Going_naked_-_Openism_and_freedom_in_academia&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section's source code: External links"><span>edit source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/strip-off-for-photographer-spencer-tunick-at-the-sydney-opera-house/story-e6frg6nf-1225835469917">5200 strip off for photographer Spencer Tunick at the Sydney Opera House</a>: ""It doesn't feel sexual, it just feels tribal, a gathering of humanity."</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://opensource.com/law/09/12/ip-another-bubble-about-burst-view-another-civilization">Is IP another bubble about to burst? 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