Librarians, MOOCs, and Open Access Scholarly Resources………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….......Forrest WrightThomson ReutersScholarly and Scientific Research
8-November-2013
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)……………………………………………………………………………………………………….
• Open to any student with internet access
• Taught by faculty from world-class institutions
• Video lectures with embedded quizzes
• Machine and peer-to-peer grading
MOOC Providers……………………………………………………………………………………………………….
• Harvard University• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)• University of Toronto• IIT Bombay
72 Courses
445 Courses
• Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México• Tecnológico de Monterrey• Columbia University• University of Tokyo
28 Courses
Former and current Stanford University faculty
MOOCs and the Future of Higher Ed……………………………………………………………………………………………………….
“Flipped Classroom” Approach
• Using MOOCs to deliver lecture content
• Free up classroom time
Identifying Students across the World
• Using student performance to recruit
• Universities and Companies
Current Use of Scholarly Resources in MOOCs……………………………………………………………………………………………………….
Coursera: Analysis of Algorithms. Taught by Robert Sedgewickhttps://www.coursera.org/course/aofa
EdX: The Study of Folklore. Taught by Juan Wanghttps://www.edx.org/course/peking/02030330x/study-folklore/1095
Coursera: Introduction to Engineering Mechanics. Taught by Wayne Whitemanhttps://www.coursera.org/course/statics1
1) Links to proprietary resources
2) Links to faculty-sponsored resources
3) No resources required
MOOCs: Challenges for Librarians……………………………………………………………………………………………………….
Bypassed Librarians
• Faculty determines scholarly resources to include
Unenrolled Students
• Library service dependent on student status
Do librarians have any role?
The Librarian Role……………………………………………………………………………………………………….
Bringing scholarly resources to the MOOC platform
Every year more documents from academic journals are made open-access
Open Access and the Librarian Opportunity……………………………………………………………………………………………………….
• Improve overall MOOC experience
• Low cost
• Mitigate copyright issues
How do Librarians Help Integrate these Resources in MOOCs?……………………………………………………………………………………………………….
Create Faculty Resource Guides
• Link to open-access journals and repositories
• Why is this journal a trusted, top source?
• Scope of journal coverage
Appeal to faculty using/teaching MOOCs
• Improve overall course quality
• Open access education also needs scholarly resources
Resource Guides in Practice……………………………………………………………………………………………………….
Vetting the Quality of an Open Access Journal
Year
Science Edition Social Science Edition
Open Access
JournalsRate of change
Non-Open Access Journals
Rate of change
Open Access Journals
Rate of changeNon-Open
Access Journals
Rate of change
2009 601 -- 6,740 -- 97 -- 2,151 --
2010 794 32.11% 7,190 6.68% 137 41.24% 2,581 19.99%
2011 874 10.08% 7,378 2.61% 167 21.90% 2,785 7.90%
2012 934 6.86% 7,440 0.84% 174 4.19% 2,840 1.97%
How many open-access journals in JCR™?
Resource Guides in Practice, cont.……………………………………………………………………………………………………….
Journal ResourcesInternational Journal of Economics and Finance http://ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/ijef
Description: This peer-reviewed journal is published by the Canadian Center of Science and Education. The journal covers all areas of research in economics and finance, and the public can freely access articles dating back to 2009.
The International Journal of Digital Accounting Researchhttp://www.ijdar.org/aims-and-scope
Description: This peer-reviewed journal is published jointly by the University of Huelva, AECA, and the University of Rutgers. Topics cover the intersection of accounting and information technology. Free articles date to 2001.
Resource Guides in Practice, cont.……………………………………………………………………………………………………….
Journal Resources
Journal of Computinghttps://sites.google.com/site/journalofcomputing/
Description: This peer-review journal is published collaboratively by dozens of researchers at universities and government institutions. Topics cover all aspects of computer science, and free coverage dates to 2009.