[FC-discuss] Open Access journal literature as an Open Educational Resource

[Denver Gingerich]

On 9/5/07, Gavin Baker <grbaker at ufl.edu> wrote:
> [Blatant self-promotion follows:]
>
> I'm the current guest blogger at Terra Incognita, Penn State's
> open education blog. The post is about open access, and suggests
> that OA journal literature be considered part and parcel of open
> education.
>
> The series concept at Terra Incognita is to encourage a lively
> discussion from the community, so I invite you to read and comment
> on my post:
>
> http://blog.worldcampus.psu.edu/index.php/2007/09/05/open-access-journal/
>
> I hope this will be a conversation-starter and help sharpen the
> community's understanding of OA and OERs.

Indeed it is a conversation-starter, but I think that more people need
to see it, especially those that support the current royalty-based
system of academic journals.