Open academia

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Open academia refers to scholarly activities, processes, and outcomes being freely and openly available to the general public. This could also be called free culture academia - in which scholarly endeavours (e.g., teaching, research and service) are intentionally transparent and accessible.

Open academia is likely to involve use of:

[edit] Issues

  1. Convenience vs. open?
  2. Popularity vs. open?

[edit] Barriers to open academia

  1. Vendor lock-in

[edit] Enablement of open academia

[edit] See also