Tag Archives: OER

Mexico’s statement to support OA

robinna/ June 17, 2014/ Technology, Blog posts, Site achives/ 0 comments

Just last week, Mexico’s President Enrique Peña Nieto announced via his official webpage the enactment of reforms to several federal law frameworks concerning science, technology and education that will allegedly “insert Mexico into the Information and Knowledge Society”. The legislation changes, he claimed, would: • Give access to Mexicans open access to the scientific and academic production that is financed

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Celebrating open access (quick overview) and links

robinna/ October 22, 2013/ Uncategorized/ 0 comments

Do you what openaccess is and why it is important? Openaccess can save time in preparing instructional materials through reducing barriers to sharing educational content and research. Openaccess can provide new collaboration opportunities for faculty and students. Openaccess can provide new educational resources to students and faculty. “Peter Suber characterizes the core concept of open access this way: open access

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