This document discusses open education and changes to UK research policy. It covers many aspects of open research including open access, open educational resources, open data, open notebooks, and open publishing. Key points include the March 2014 HEFCE policy requiring all journal articles after April 2016 to be openly accessible, the EU pilot of open access to research data through Horizon 2020, and RCUK policies supporting open sharing of research outputs and data. Benefits and challenges of open practices are debated, and resources and policies to support open access and open science are provided.

1. Open Research with Impact
Dr Viv Rolfe
#vivienrolfe
vivrolfe.com
Tom Magliery, @ Flickr CC BY-NC-SA CC BY 4.0 Int. or public domain unless stated otherwise

2. University staff workshop exploring
open education and changes to UK
research policy.
9th April 2014
University of the West of England
UK

3. Open access
Open educational resources
(JORUM, MERLOT)
Open badges
(for your digital back pack)
Open courseware
(OCW)
Open research
Open science
Open data
Open practices
Open publishing
Open courses
“Massive” open online courses MOOCS
(Coursera, MITx, EDX, Futurelearn,
DS106, Rhizomatic Learning, Lumen
Learning, CCK08…..)
Open Licenses
(GNU, Creative Commons)
Open University
Open source
GLOBAL
OPEN
EDUCATION
Open text books

4. Nuggets of open education
Nearly 100,000 views on YouTube

5. http://creativecommons.org

6. Open access
Open educational resources
(JORUM, MERLOT)
Open badges
(for your digital back pack)
Open courseware
(OCW)
Open research
Open science
Open data
Open practices
Open publishing
Open courses
“Massive” open online courses MOOCS
(Coursera, MITx, EDX, Futurelearn,
DS106, Rhizomatic Learning, Lumen
Learning, CCK08…..)
Open Licenses
(GNU, Creative Commons)
Open University
Open source
GLOBAL
OPEN
EDUCATION
Open text books

7. Open Access Publishing
• Open access journal vs
subscription journal (Gold /
Green routes)
• March 2014 – HEFCE Policy
for Open Access in the
Post-2014 REF.
– All journal / conference
articles after 1 April 2016
must comply – CC BY-NC-ND


8. Open Data
• Dec 2013 – EU “Horizon
2020” pilot of open access
research data.
• RCUK 2012 – Open Access to
Research Outputs.
– A journal is compliant with a
CC BY! 
– Papers must say how the
research materials – such as
data, samples or models –
can be accessed.
– ESRC, EPSRC, BBSRC etc must
comply.

9. Open Notebooks
• Open science practice.
• Tim Gowers –
crowdsourcing
mathematic solutions.
• Researchers are working
differently with crowd
sourcing, to open science,
and large-scale data-
driven research and
analytics. (BIG DATA).
(Jeremy Frey 2014).

10. Workshop activity –
No pain no gain!
1 - Open access publishing
The pain and gain of publishing
your work openly?
2 - Open data
The pain and gain of sharing your
data openly?
3 - Open notebooks
The pain and gain of sharing your
research notes openly?

11. Policy and Support – Open Access
• HEFCE Open Access REF Policy –
http://www.hefce.ac.uk/whatwedo/rsrch/rinfrastruct/oa/policy/
• Jisc Gold and Green Open Access Publishing –
• http://www.jisc.ac.uk/guides/gold-and-green-open-access
• Jisc Open Mirror - http://www.jisc.ac.uk/blog/what-could-you-do-with-
an-open-mirror-22-oct-2013
• SHARE – shared access research ecosystem - http://www.arl.org/focus-
areas/public-access-policies/shared-access-research-ecosystem-share

12. Policy and Support – Open Data
• EU 2013 Open Access to Research Data -
• http://www.openaire.eu/en/component/content/article/9-
news-events/510-open-access-a-requirement-for-horizon-
2020
• RCUK 2013 Open Access Policy -
• http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/RCUK-
prod/assets/documents/documents/RCUKOpenAccessPolic
y.pdf
• BBSRC Policy May 2013 –
http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/organisation/policies/position/poli
cy/access-research-outputs.aspx

13. Support – Open Notebooks
• Jeremy Frey 2014 - Open Lab Notebooks from Jisc
Digifest –
http://www.slideshare.net/JISC/the-future-of-research-
are-you-ready-jeremy-frey-jisc-digital-festival-2014
• Open Notebook Science Network -
http://onsnetwork.org
• Lab Trove (Southampton)
• http://www.labtrove.org

14. Copyright and Open Licenses
• Creative Commons Organisation –
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/
• Web 2 Rights Project -
http://www.web2rights.org.uk/index.html

15. Further discussions
The NEW Faculty PIG!
• 7th May, 1pm Glenside – Open Educational
Resources by Viv Rolfe.
(Caroline Foyle emails)
• 29th April, UWE L&T Conference.
Coventry Phonar Group Matt Johnston.