Comments on: Set The Research Free! http://www.quickanded.com/2008/07/set-research-free.html The Quick and the Ed is an education blog published by Education Sector, an independent think tank in Washington D.C. The Quick and the Ed offers in-depth analysis on the latest in education policy and research. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:37:35 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 By: Andy http://www.quickanded.com/2008/07/set-research-free.html/comment-page-1#comment-42 Andy Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:22:00 +0000 http://www.quickanded.com/wordpress/?p=1165#comment-42 There are some real advantages to making education research more easily and cheaply accessible. BUT education research is under-funded and comparisons to medicine are poorly conceived. Education is more like public health. Is the problem with obesity of young people due to inadequate availability of research findings? I don't think so. Don't expect miracles from education research, free or otherwise. There are some real advantages to making education research more easily and cheaply accessible. BUT education research is under-funded and comparisons to medicine are poorly conceived. Education is more like public health. Is the problem with obesity of young people due to inadequate availability of research findings? I don’t think so. Don’t expect miracles from education research, free or otherwise.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.quickanded.com/2008/07/set-research-free.html/comment-page-1#comment-27 Anonymous Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:32:00 +0000 http://www.quickanded.com/wordpress/?p=1165#comment-27 I agree with the information provided above. As an educator, I do not have access to some of the most valued information. It is locked away in expensive journals that we as educators do not have access, even when you have memberships in organization such as ASCD, FASA, etc. I agree with the information provided above. As an educator, I do not have access to some of the most valued information. It is locked away in expensive journals that we as educators do not have access, even when you have memberships in organization such as ASCD, FASA, etc.

]]> By: Brook http://www.quickanded.com/2008/07/set-research-free.html/comment-page-1#comment-24 Brook Wed, 16 Jul 2008 19:02:00 +0000 http://www.quickanded.com/wordpress/?p=1165#comment-24 Well said! And shouldn't the institutions and governmental entities sponsoring reseach mandate open access to the work that they fund? Otherwise they are subsidizing the revenues of private publications. Well said! And shouldn’t the institutions and governmental entities sponsoring reseach mandate open access to the work that they fund? Otherwise they are subsidizing the revenues of private publications.

]]> By: Junco http://www.quickanded.com/2008/07/set-research-free.html/comment-page-1#comment-23 Junco Tue, 15 Jul 2008 21:04:00 +0000 http://www.quickanded.com/wordpress/?p=1165#comment-23 Stanford just made all their ed research public, not that they're the only source of good research out there, but still...<br/><br/>http://ed.stanford.edu/suse/news-bureau/displayRecord.php?tablename=susenews&id=480 Stanford just made all their ed research public, not that they’re the only source of good research out there, but still…

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]]> By: Sherman Dorn http://www.quickanded.com/2008/07/set-research-free.html/comment-page-1#comment-21 Sherman Dorn Tue, 15 Jul 2008 18:40:00 +0000 http://www.quickanded.com/wordpress/?p=1165#comment-21 Erin,<br/><br/>We're headed in that direction, if slowly. I don't know any colleague who wants to enrich Elsevier at the price of keeping you from reading articles. On the other hand, there are issues of economics (which I know from running a zero-budget open-access journal).<br/><br/>Also, a 6-month or 12-month lag may be frustrating, but it's not an unreasonable compromise to give access while addressing the economics of running a journal. John Willinsky discussed the spectrum of access in his book <i>The Access Principle</i>, and the delayed open access is one option among many. Erin,

We’re headed in that direction, if slowly. I don’t know any colleague who wants to enrich Elsevier at the price of keeping you from reading articles. On the other hand, there are issues of economics (which I know from running a zero-budget open-access journal).

Also, a 6-month or 12-month lag may be frustrating, but it’s not an unreasonable compromise to give access while addressing the economics of running a journal. John Willinsky discussed the spectrum of access in his book The Access Principle, and the delayed open access is one option among many.

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