OA, All the Way

Open Education News and Open Access News are running stories about a new OA mandate from the Institute of Education Sciences: Recipients of awards are expected to publish or otherwise make publicly available the results of the work supported through this program. Institute-funded investigators should submit final, peer-reviewed manuscripts resulting from research supported in whole … Read more

The Trucker Tale

I love to create stories to teach otherwise difficult to understand concepts. The Polo Parable has proven to be an effective way to help people see the madness involved in trying to “move” classroom teaching practices online and help them understand that different contexts call for different strategies. In the spirit of the Polo Parable, … Read more

On HR 801

I thought I would share my most recent letter to John Conyers re: HR 801. Please consider something similar to [email protected]. John, Please let me very briefly explain the two reasons I oppose HR 801. First, as a member of the taxpaying public, if I pay for research to be conducted I don’t expect to … Read more