Meeting #1: Define key questions/considerations the Open 2020 Working Group should address. Who is missing? Work products?
Team: Diana, Ryan, Willem
Recommendation: Should these two topics be part of a future meeting, and our general deliberations?
A: We think both of these topics are important, but sustainability and incentives don't seem to go together. However, we We think sustainability likely overlaps with the infrastructure group in whole, or in part.
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Models for generating, updating, maintaining content
What are the real costs of preparing an open course, open materials?
The content of the commons is often hosted on platforms that may or may not be sustainable
How to sustain the operations of programs and infrastructure we rely on: tools, licenses, services, platforms
How to create sustainable publishing models that remunerate authors and/or create ethical publishing models
Note: Before engaging for-profit partners in discussion, we should establish our values, goals, and any no-go options (e.g., algorithmic bias, data collection and re-use, privacy or third-party tools).
Incentives
Authors: To generate content, to share it openly
Grants available only for making open content
Educators: To use open content
All: Rewards and recognition of efforts
Interim issue, because it fills in an area that is currently unsupported
Institutions: From governments to encourage them to adopt open practices; accreditation organizations; Enhanced reputations
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