openness: for your research and for india

Openness: for your research and for India

Stian HåklevOntario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto

Presented at Indian Institute for Public Administration, Delhi, January 4, 2010

Outline

Open research

Meaning of openness

Stories of openness

India: OER and open government

Open research

Previous knowledge

Libraries

OpenLib frontpage

OpenLib Sanskrit 1

OpenLib sanskrit 2

Ulib telugu

Journals

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E-LIS

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Conversation

Mailing lists

Virtual conferences

Blogs

Turning journal articles into

conversations

Open Notebook Science

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Useful Chem

Tools

Open Source Software

Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

Advanced mathematics and statistics

Mobile device emulators

Bibliography management

Open Office

Etc…

Openness as a transformative value

Free as in speech/beer

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free software

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creative commons

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ccmixter

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flickr cc

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Different meanings of open

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Three pillars of openness

Open licenseOpen files/dataOpen collaboration

wikipedia

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the story of a seed

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a story enabled by openness

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Two case studies from India

nptel youtube

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IIT Youtube 1

egyankosh yt

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egyan tsp list

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egyan book

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ind textbook main

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ind textbook fpag

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By making India’s

research and teaching available

you benefit the world – and India

itself!

Open government

British governmentPublic data will be published in reusable, machine-readable formPublic data will be available and easy to find through a single easy to use online access pointPublic data will be published using open standards and following the recommendations of the World Wide Web ConsortiumAny ‘raw’ dataset will be represented in linked data formMore public data will be released under an open licence which enables free reuse, including commercial reuseData underlying the Government’s own websites will be published in reusable form for others to usePersonal, classified, commercially sensitive and third-party data will continue to be protected.

Thank you and good luck!

Stian Håklevshaklev@gmail.comhttp://reganmian.net