Presented at WILU on May 8, 2013 at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton. Abstract: “Free” does not always mean better, but in times of rapid technological change and financial constraint, openly available online resources can provide students in higher education with enhanced learning opportunities. Instruction librarians have been increasingly embracing these possibilities, drawing students’ attention to open access journals, open education resources, open data, massive open online courses (MOOCs), open source software, and digitized media in the public domain. The proliferation of these resources holds much promise for teaching and learning. However, the quantity and at times questionable quality of such resources can create barriers to their use and wide-spread adoption. Drawing on a variety of examples of ways open resources have been integrated into library services, this session will take a critical look at the benefits and implications they pose from an information literacy perspective. Attendees will learn about a range of quality open resources at their disposal, and best practices in using these resources to benefit faculty-librarian collaboration in the classroom, enhance students’ information, digital and media literacy skills, and foster a spirit of critical thinking, creativity, and lifelong learning at their institutions.

1. Open Revolution
Open on the of Education
Robyn Hall | MacEwan University | May 2013
or
Shades
of Grey?

2. Ideas
2
1
3
4
Open Resource Basics
Shades of
Open Literacy
Revolution How To’s

3. Flickr@MyklR

4. 1 2 3 4
Open Resource Basics

5. Free Stuff!

6. Open Resources
Open Access
Open Source Software
Open Data
Creative Commons
Open Education Resources
MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses)

7. Sustainability

8. open.bccampus.ca/open-textbooks

9. ‘Prosumption’

10. FIND EDIT SHARE
GIMP

11. Lifelong Learning

12. coursera.org/course/sports

13. doaj.org

14. Innovation

15. datasf.org/showcase/

16. 1 2 3 4
Shades of

17. Welcome to the
Wild West

18. Predatory
Publishers

19. nyti.ms/17lY20G

20. Massive Overwhelming
Online Courses

21. http://slidesha.re/11Yrk0Y
http://bit.ly/PdMxwG

22. Open Data Divide

23. data.gc.ca

24. Flickr@bibliorobyn
Who Owns It?

25. OERs = Time & $

26. guides.library.umass.edu/oer

27. ‘Free’ Software

28. 1 2 3 4
Open Literacy

29. Open resources can improve
access to and participation in
research, education,
technology, and culture…
But not enough people
know what “open” means
or how to apply it.
p2pu.org/en/schools/school-of-open

30. Open Evangelism

31. libguides.usask.ca/open_access

32. lib.sfu.ca/my-library/services-for-you/alumni

34. commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aaron_Swartz_Graphic.png about.jstor.org/statement-swartz
cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2013/01/12/swartz-internet-obit.html

35. sciencenewsforkids.org/tag/jack-andraka
“What redefined relevance to
me is looking for new ways to
use the Internet… If I could
detect pancreatic cancer, just
imagine what you could do.”
- For A World Without Cancer: Jack Andraka at
TEDxOrangeCoast (2012)

36. democracywatch.ca

37. The Revolution will be
Digitized

38. outreach.wikimedia.org

39. journals.macewan.ca

40. rdc.libguides.com/open

41. Makerspaces

42. xpu.ca

43. acrl2013.thatcamp.org

44. Value Added

45. scholarlyoa.com

46. omicsgroup.org/journals/jccrhome.php

47. sign-ific-ance.co.uk

48. dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0026828

49. technorhetoric.net

50. guardian.co.uk/data

51. montgomerycountymd.libguides.com/lifelonglearning

52. fanshawec.ca/MOOC

53. Revolution
How To’s
1 2 3 4

54. "The revolution is not an
apple that falls when it
is ripe. You have to
make it fall." - Che Guevara

55. canvas.net

56. Sharing is Caring #WILU2013

57. References
http://www.usask.ca/canheit2012/docs/presentations/Administration/TuesdayJune12/Session38_CanheitBaer2012.pdf
http://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/The-problem-with-Open-Data
http://scholarlyoa.com/
Kolata, G. (2013 April 7) Scientific articles accepted (personal cheques too). New York Times.
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academia.html?pagewanted=2&_r=2&smid=tw-share
ACRL info Lit
ARL Open Education
Internet History, Technology, and Security - Grand Finale Lecture (2012-10-01) Retrieved from
http://www.slideshare.net/csev/internet-history-technology-and-security-grand-finale-lecture-20121001
Harnad, S. Open Evangelism.
Aaron Swartz
http://theunquietlibrarian.wordpress.com/2012/06/28/makerspaces-participatory-learning-and-libraries/
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http://www.newsroom.gov.bc.ca/2012/10/bc-to-lead-canada-in-offering-students-free-open-textbooks.html
Jack Andraka
Open Science Muzzling
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/dec/12/pirates-of-youtube-cory-doctorow
http://oncampus.macleans.ca/education/2013/04/07/university-of-toronto-assignment-annoys-wikipedia-editors/
http://digitalliteracy.cornell.edu/
http://publications.arl.org/rli280/9

58. Open Resources
• Audacity
http://audacity.sourceforge.net
• Coursera
http://coursera.org
• Creative Commons
http://creativecommons.org
• Directory of Open Access Journals
http://doaj.org
• Firefox
http://www.mozilla.org/en-
US/firefox/new
• GIMP
http://www.gimp.org
• Internet Archive
http://archive.org/index.php
• Jamendo
http://www.jamendo.com/en
• Open Data Portal
http://data.gc.ca
• Open Office
http://www.openoffice.org
• Open Journal Systems
http://pkp.sfu.ca/?q=ojs
• Open Shot
http://www.openshotvideo.com
• WordPress
http://wordpress.org