The Open.Michigan site is a gateway to a wide spectrum of initiatives at the University of Michigan (U-M) and our collaborating institutions. With a common goal of opening resources for teaching, learning and research for use and enhancement by a global community, these projects increase the value of those resources to U-M and the world. Open.Michigan provides a clear view of the many places and ways U-M contributes to our world's knowledge and creates exemplary resources for education and research.
Open.Michigan includes information, updates, discussion, blogs, videos, and podcasts detailing our efforts. You will also find links to projects in open educational resources (OERs) such as the U-M Health Sciences Global Access project and the dScribe project; in open source software, the Sakai and SiteMaker projects; in open archives and publishing, Deep Blue, digitalculturebooks, MBooks, and OAIster projects; and in open standards, the IMS Global Learning Consortium work and conferences.
Open.Michigan is part of an emerging paradigm for participatory education on a global scale, where a wide array of contributors add to and build upon the open knowledge commons....This open view of the U-M scholarly community can help enrich our own experiences for the development, use, and sharing of knowledge....
Comment. This is a great idea. It reminds insiders and outsiders alike of the school's many commitments to openness, reminds us of the relatedness of related projects (in open research, open software, open education, and open standards), and reminds us that universities are in the knowledge discovery and sharing business, not the knowledge lock-down and commodification business.
Posted by
Peter Suber at 8/03/2008 10:06:00 AM.
The open access movement:
Putting peer-reviewed scientific and scholarly literature
on the internet. Making it available free of charge and
free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.
Removing the barriers to serious research.
I recommend the OA tracking project (OATP) as the best way to stay on top of new OA developments. You can read the OATP feed on a blog-like web page or subscribe to it by RSS, email, or Twitter. You can also help build the feed by tagging new developments you encounter.
