Table Of ContentTHE PHILOSOPHY AND PRACTICES
THAT ARE REVOLUTIONIZING
EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
E D I T E D B Y
Rajiv S. Jhangiani & Robert Biswas-Diener
Open:
The Philosophy and
Practices that are
Revolutionizing
Education and Science
Edited by
Rajiv S. Jhangiani and
Robert Biswas-Diener
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Table of Contents
Acknowledgements vi
Contributors vii
Introduction 1
Introduction to Open (Robert Biswas-Diener and
Rajiv S. Jhangiani) 3
A Brief History of Open Educational Resources (T. J. Bliss and
M. Smith) 9
Open Licensing and Open Education Licensing Policy
(Cable Green) 29
Openness and the Transformation of Education and Schooling
(William G. Huitt and David M. Monetti) 43
What Can OER Do for Me? Evaluating the Claims for OER
(Martin Weller, Beatriz de los Arcos, Rob Farrow,
Rebecca Pitt and Patrick McAndrew) 67
Are OE Resources High Quality? (Regan A. R. Gurung) 79
Open Practices 87
Opening Science (Brian A. Nosek) 89
Open Course Development at the OERu (Wayne Mackintosh) 101
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From OER to Open Pedagogy: Harnessing the Power of Open
(Robin DeRosa and Scott Robison) 115
Opening Up Higher Education with Screencasts
(David B. Miller and Addison Zhao) 125
Librarians in the Pursuit of Open Practices (Quill West) 139
A Library Viewpoint: Exploring
Open Educational Practices (Anita Walz) 147
How to Open an Academic Department (Farhad Dastur) 163
Case Studies 179
The International Journal of Wellbeing: An Open Access
Success Story (Dan Weijers and Aaron Jarden) 181
Iterating Toward Openness: Lessons Learned on a
Personal Journey (David Wiley) 195
Open-Source for Educational Materials Making Textbooks
Cheaper and Better (Ed Diener, Carol Diener and
Robert Biswas-Diener) 209
Free is Not Enough (Richard Baraniuk, Nicole Finkbeiner,
David Harris, Dani Nicholson and Daniel Williamson) 219
The BC Open Textbook Project (Mary Burgess) 227
TeachPsychScience.org: Sharing to Improve the Teaching of
Research Methods (David B. Strohmetz, Natalie J. Ciarocco and
Gary W. Lewandowski, Jr.) 237
DIY Open Pedagogy: Freely Sharing Teaching Resources in
Psychology (Jessica Hartnett) 245
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Conclusion 255
You Can’t Sell Free, and Other OER Problems
(Robert Biswas-Diener) 257
Open as Default: The Future of Education and
Scholarship (Rajiv S. Jhangiani) 267
Index 281
Acknowledgements
No book—whether edited or single authored—is truly an individual effort. We
are grateful to those who helped us improve the quality of this volume. First,
we would like to thank Nadia Lyubchik for her support in preparing the manu-
script for publication. Just as a script supervisor ensures the continuity of a
feature film, Nadia kept track of all of the references, formatting, correspond-
ence and countless other details necessary for the publication of this book.
Our deepest thanks. We would also like to thank Peter Lindberg at Noba, who
gave valuable feedback on a number of aspects of this project as well as specific
chapters. We would also like to thank Cathy Casserly at the Carnegie Founda-
tion for her input. Finally, we are grateful to the contributing authors for their
eager participation in this project. The breadth and depth of their collective
insights and experiences have made this volume everything an editor could
hope for. This book was produced with the support of a grant from the Association
for Psychological Science and we gratefully acknowledge their role. We would
also like to thank David Ernst and George Veletsianos for providing informa-
tive peer review feedback and helping us to develop the book.
Contributors
Richard Baraniuk – Rice University, OpenStax College
Robert Biswas-Diener – Noba Project
T. J. Bliss – Hewlett Foundation
Mary Burgess – BCcampus
Natalie Ciarocco – Monmouth University
Farhad Dastur – Kwantlen Polytechnic University
Beatriz de los Arcos – The Open University
Robin DeRosa – Plymouth State University
Carol Diener – University of Illinois
Ed Diener – University of Virginia
Rob Farrow – The Open University
Nicole Finkbeiner – OpenStax College
Cable Green – Creative Commons
Regan Gurung – University of Wisconsin-Green Bay
David Harris – OpenStax College
Jessica Hartnett – Gannon University
William Huitt – Valdosta State University & Capella University
Aaron Jarden – Auckland University of Technology
Rajiv S. Jhangiani – Kwantlen Polytechnic University
Gary Lewandowski – Monmouth University
Wayne Mackintosh – Otago Polytechnic & OER Foundation
Patrick McAndrew – The Open University
David Miller – University of Connecticut
David Monetti – Valdosta State University
Danielle Nicholoson – OpenStax College
Brian Nosek – University of Virginia & Center for Open Science
Rebecca Pitt – The Open University
Scott Robison – Portland State University
Mike Smith – Hewlett Foundation
David Strohmetz – Monmouth University
Anita Walz – Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
Daniel Weijers – University of Waikato
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Martin Weller – The Open University
Quill West – Pierce College
David Wiley – Lumen Learning
Daniel Williamson – OpenStax College
Addison Zhao – University of Connecticut
Introduction
