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Cultural Evolution and Open Access: Advancing Education and Research

Explore the trends in education and research, focusing on developing skills and communication across Europe. This seminar highlights the strategic importance of institutional repositories in universities and the need for cultural evolution and open access in advancing education and research. Discover the benefits of integrated information, innovative thinking, and effective learning methods. Examine the role of libraries as teaching labs and the potential of open access in making science and culture accessible to all.

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Cultural Evolution and Open Access: Advancing Education and Research

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  1. UNICA Seminar Trends in education and research: developing skills and communication across Europe MAKING THE STRATEGIC CASE FOR INSTITUTIONAL REPOSITORIES IN UNIVERSITIES Antonio Fantoni

  2. EUROPE, THE OLD FASHIONED GIRL Too much traditional culture Too little innovation and technology Rigid academies blocked by aged scholars

  3. CULTURAL EVOLUTION variability of information (no selection) mutation of inherited culture crossing over and extended, unbiased communication productive advantage (selection) problems arising from envinronment (including society) new cultural approaches, innovation and new skills competition between solutions neutral information and concerted evolution

  4. MISSION OF SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSITIES Preservation of cultural heritage Advancement of science Release of learned information Evaluation of learning (quantity? quality?’ new skills?)

  5. YES, BUT ALSO The development of cultural capacities integrated information innovative thinking solution of arising problems

  6. A COMMUN METHOD FOR LEARNING AND RESEARCH The steps for efficient, long lasting learning and for rewarding research Curiosity search strategy assessment evaluation self esteem curiosity

  7. LIBRARIES AS TEACHING LABS Traditionalversus digital libraries TRADITIONAL - Assisted search – slow process – limited confrontation DIGITAL - lonely search – fast process – immense confrontation

  8. THE MIRACLE OF OPEN ACCESS If or when …. Every cultural and scientific product Is published by every scientific institution Then every citizen of the world Will freely acquire science and culture

  9. OPEN ISSUES ON OPEN ACCESS • Cost of producing science • Property of scientific information • Cost of refereeing and editing • Cost of online publishing • Paying for re-acquiring the product • of one’s own science

  10. CONTENT OF UNIVERSITY SCIENTIFIC REPOSITORIES

  11. CONTENT OF UNIVERSITY TEACHING REPOSITORIES NOT e-learning Individual courses Disciplinary modules Progressive thesaurus

  12. OPEN ACCESS REPOSITORIES: YES, BUT Student dissertations are successful Gray literature is relatively abundant Scared scientist object to pre-print publishing Lazy scientists disregard post-print publishing Need of incentives?

  13. CULTURAL EVOLUTION variability of information (no selection) mutation of inherited culture crossing over and extended, unbiased communication productive advantage (selection) problems arising from envinronment (including society) new cultural approaches, innovation and new skills competition between solutions neutral information and concerted evolution

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