This podcast series explores the movement towards ‘Openness’ at the University of Oxford and beyond. Topics ranging from ‘What is Openness?’ to ‘Open Educational Resources’ to ‘Podcasting’. Individual interviews with researchers and academics at the University offer fascinating insights into projects and initiatives conducted in the spirit of ‘openness’. Finally, ‘Open Data: The Golden Age of Discovery’, a short documentary will give you an idea of Open Data and Big Data.
Assessment
This course does not involve any written exams. Students need to answer 5 assignment questions to complete the course, the answers will be in the form of written work in pdf or word. Students can write the answers in their own time. Each answer needs to be 200 words (1 Page). Once the answers are submitted, the tutor will check and assess the work.
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Course Credit: University of Oxford
Course Curriculum
Module: 01 | |||
What is Openness? | 00:03:00 | ||
Podcasting | 00:05:00 | ||
Open Educational Resources (OER) | 00:04:00 | ||
Emma Goodwin on ‘Crowdscribing’ | 00:07:00 | ||
Simon Benjamin on Open Science | 00:26:00 | ||
Aruna Bhaugeerutty on Open Museum Collections | 00:05:00 | ||
Open Data: The Golden Age of Discovery | 00:22:00 | ||
Open Research | 00:08:00 | ||
Open Data in the Humanities | 00:03:00 | ||
Module: 02 | |||
Antoine Jerusalem on Open Research Data | 00:06:00 | ||
Ben Goldacre on Open Data | 00:17:00 | ||
Luciano Floridi on The Ethics of Open Data | 00:09:00 | ||
Ian Goldin on the Oxford Martin School | 00:06:00 | ||
Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics on Public Engagement | 00:13:00 | ||
Free Speech Debate on Global Free Expression | 00:05:00 | ||
Victoria McGuinness on TORCH (The Oxford Research Centre for the Humanities) | 00:07:00 | ||
Ben Holmes on Open Code | 00:03:00 | ||
Assessment | |||
Submit Your Assignment | 00:00:00 | ||
Certification | 00:00:00 |
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