Open Access and Open Educational Resources have become more and more popular in the area of academic and scholarly settings. The WVU Research Commons has put together a series of workshops to provide faculty and students training in publishing in Open Access resources and using Open Educational Resources in the classroom.
Intro to Publishing: How Scholarly/Academic Publishing Works
This workshop will provide an overview of how the scholarly/academic publishing process works and what to expect when acting as an author, reviewer, editor or journal manager.
Register for this Monday, Sept. 19, from 11 a.m.-noon workshop.
Copyright for Scholarly Authors
Want to learn what rights you have to control your work, the significance of signing a publication agreement, and how to easily authorize others to use your work? Join us for a workshop on these and other questions related to copyright for scholarly authors.
Register for this Tuesday, Sept. 27, from 1-2 p.m. workshop.
Open Science Licensing Your Data
In this online workshop, we will give suggestions on data sharing and reuse. As well as why openly licensing your data can avoid copyright issues for international collaboration.
Register for this Wednesday, Oct. 12, from 2-3 p.m. workshop.
Copyright Permission: Who Can Grant it, and How to Ask for Them
Join us for a workshop on copyright.
Register for this Thursday, Oct. 20, from 2-3 p.m. workshop.
Locating Journals to Publish Educational Topics
Explore journal rankings in Web of Science and explore publishing opportunities in Open Access journals.
Register for this Thursday, Oct. 20, from 4-5 p.m. workshop.
Open Access Primer
Get up to speed with the Open Access movement in this one-hour workshop. We will also demonstrate tools and services that make Open Access work for scholars such as Unpaywall, the Open Access Button, SHERPA/RoMEO and more.
Register for this Monday, Oct. 24, from 10-11 a.m. workshop.
Introduction to Open Education
Attend this introductory workshop to learn more about open education and its associated practices that can provide you with more strategies and approaches to remove barriers to student learning. This workshop will use a social justice lens approach to open education.
Register for this Monday, Oct. 24, from 1-2 p.m. workshop.
Finding Open Educational Resources
Amidst efforts to lower the expenses of higher education, open educational resources are a set of no-cost open access learning tools in various formats used by instructors to augment student learning. Learn how to locate and evaluate OER for use in your courses.
Register for this Tuesday, Oct. 25, from 10-11:30 a.m. workshop.
Register for this Thursday, Oct. 27, from 1-2:30 p.m. workshop.
The Public Domain and Other Important Exemptions to Copyright
This workshop is designed to help answer questions related to the public domain.
Register for this Monday, Nov. 7, from 3-4 p.m. workshop.
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