@JanetBenson77 Why don't we share our Evernote notebooks about MSc E-learning #Mscidel
Having space to work is vital! Loving my little study area #ikea #mscidel http://t.co/uvVan7QP
Jisc Collections, the UK academic community’s shared service for content licensing and administration, has entered into an agreement with Open Access Key (OAK), the online payment platform for open access publishing, to run a 12 month pilot project, Jisc APC, to test its role in managing and processing Gold OA article payment charges made by its member institutions.
Lorraine Estelle, CEO of Jisc Collections said: “We are very pleased to be partnering with OAK which will test the efficiencies that a trusted third party can bring to the processing of Gold OA payments for both institutions and publishers. We hope that this extension of our established activity in the area of subscription-based resources will help all relevant stakeholders move forward during this transition phase in scholarly publishing.”
The new Jisc APC service will seek to reduce the administrative burden on the various parties involved in making an article available. The combined offering brings together OAK’s innovation in this new area and the trusted status of Jisc Collections in processing and managing payments on behalf of UK institutions and publishers. An invitation to participate will shortly be issued by Jisc Collections to UK Institutions interested in joining the project. Discussions with publishers will commence at the same time. The pilot will be overseen by a Steering Group comprising stakeholders and funders from across the education and research sector.
Simon Thomson, CEO of Open Access Key said: “Jisc Collections has shown tremendous initiative with this project to provide leadership and structure for the academic and publishing community following the Finch Report recommendations. We in turn are delighted that OAK has been selected to provide the financial and administrative workflow platform. We have worked closely with individual academics, universities, research funders and publishers to create a time and cost efficient service with user friendly functionality. We are excited to continue this development working for Jisc Collections and the stakeholders in the project.”
The pilot commences officially on 2 April 2013 and is in response to the publication of the Finch Report in the UK and the subsequent announcements from RCUK. The report recommended a balanced programme of action to enable more people to read and use the publications arising from research, and to accelerate the progress towards a fully open access environment. The report also made a clear policy direction towards the support for Gold OA publishing in the UK, where publishers receive their revenues from authors rather than readers, and so research articles become freely accessible to everyone immediately upon publication.
To find out more please contact Paul Harwood, Jisc Collections deputy CEO on p.harwood@jisc-collections.ac.uk.
RT @keithohare: Back in London for a week's training. Forgot how much I missed it; I'm like a little boy in a sweet shop! #mscidel
Back in London for a week's training. Forgot how much I missed it; I'm like a little boy in a sweet shop! #mscidel
RT @sbayne: It's week 2, #mscidel students, and the digital education equivalent of the undead - sign up for the natives/immigrants chat ...
It's week 2, #mscidel students, and the digital education equivalent of the undead - sign up for the natives/immigrants chats this week. : )
Visited Yeats' grave for some literary inspiration #mscidel http://t.co/cVL1VnF5
RT @AndyDMMitchell: Comparing actual and self-reported measures of Facebook use | Social Media in HE http://t.co/da37ABVE #mscidel
RT @WarwickLanguage: A '21st Century' Education Is SO Last Century - Huffington Post | @scoopit #warcler http://t.co/AKFZNQBH #mscidel
Calif State University experiments with offering credit for MOOCs.http://t.co/rCL2old6 #mscidel #mscel
The discussion boards really connected me to my classmates; the collaborative process is forcing me to reexamine my own thinking #mscidel
Deepwell, Maren (2013) ALT response to the House of Lords Science and Technology Select Committee Short Inquiry into Open Access. Other. ALT. (Unpublished)
RT @JanetBenson77: I have to say, I'm loving reading through all the discussion board posts. Great insights from my fellow students #mscidel
Posting and blogging, who woulda thunk it? #mscidel
I have to say, I'm loving reading through all the discussion board posts. Great insights from my fellow students #mscidel
Typically astute piece on MOOCS by Alan Cann RT @AJCann: Science of the Invisible: MOOC-alama-ding-dong http://t.co/3zHFDIVa #mscidel #mscel
#mscidel Back in London and ready to hit the ground running with my studies...
@bjohnnymac Thanks John :-). Looking forward to collaborating with you in our fascinating course #mscidel
RT @jselingo: California Higher Ed inks deal with Udacity for hybrid intro/remedial courses. http://t.co/NASrP7v2 #mscel #mscidel
is back from Amsterdam and getting ready to get stuck into some college work tonight! #mscidel
How Technology Is Empowering The Learners http://t.co/qABoe0oQ via @edudemic #mscidel
No Laptops: Classroom Bans on Digital Devices are Spreading : Teachers at Work : Thinkmap Visual Thesaurus http://t.co/MIsBX4iL #mscidel
RT @CMSinclair: A new semester and our #mscidel students have got off to a cracking start!