- I will only publish in open access journals. No. Should I ever do a PhD or EdD, I would publish in the journals I felt were likely to provide a good platform for my ideas, and guarantee a knowledgeable audience. But I certainly would not discount open access journals.
- I will share all learning material that I create and own openly online.Yes, absolutely. If I went to the effort of creating learning materials, I would want as many people to benefit from them as possible. I think education has a very noble tradition of sharing ideas and advice, and I would like that to contine in the digital age. On a more selfish note, it would enable me to make useful contacts professionally.
- I maintain an online social media identity as a core part of my professional identity. At the moment, no, but when I go back to formal, full-time work, I thoroughly intend to do so. Why would you not want to make useful contacts amongst practitioners and link up with similarly minded people? One thing I keep meaning to do is create a LinkedIn profile. It just feels a bit like writing a CV...rather a chore.
- I take a pragmatic approach and release some resources openly if it’s not too much extra work. When I have created resources in the past, it's been for a specific institution, so the have not been mine to release. Were I to go about creating learning materials for a living, I might consider releasing 'tasters' in the hope that it would lure people on to the more substantial course, which they would then pay for.
- I have concerns about intellectual property and releasing my content openly. I cannot honestly say that this something that bothers me. If another practitioner uses my work without acknowledging the source, then that is perhaps a little rude, but it's not something that would keep me up at night, quite honestly. What would be very upsetting is somebody using my work to make a profit without my permission. But this has not happened yet.
- I will share all material that I create and own openly online, as soon as I create it. Yes, providing it was for educational purposes. I would not share a short story or creative project online, because my sense of ownership is far greater with this sort of material. If I was unsure about the quality of what I had produced, I nmight release it to my personal network before going completely open.
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