Openness at Oxford

This podcast series explores the movement towards ‘Openness’ at the University of Oxford and beyond. Informational videos address topics ranging from ‘What is Openness?’, to ‘Open Educational Resources’, to ‘Podcasting’, while individual interviews with researchers and academics at the University offer fascinating insights into projects and initiatives conducted in the spirit of ‘openness’. Finally, ‘Open Data: The Golden Age of Discovery’ is a short documentary on the growing relevance of Open Data and Big Data not only to the academic community, but to humanity as a whole. Find out more at openspires.it.ox.ac.uk.

The Openness at Oxford project was initiated, filmed and edited by two student at Oxford: Suzy Shepherd, an undergraduate in Classics, and Adelina Tomova, a postgraduate in Modern Languages.

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Episode	Description	People	Date
Ben Holmes on Open Code	Ben Holmes, a web developer for the Oxford IT Services, talks about the relevance of Open Code for the University’s WebLearn platform, the Mobile Oxford App, and his own involvement in GitHub.	Ben Holmes	15 July, 2015
Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics on Public Engagement	Julian Savulsecu and Dominic Wilkinson discuss the efforts of the Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics to encourage and support debate on practical ethics through its open events and online materials.	Julian Savulescu, Dominic Wilkinson	15 July, 2015
Ian Goldin on the Oxford Martin School	Ian Goldin, Professor of Globalisation and Development and Director of the Oxford Martin School, discusses the efforts of researchers at the Oxford Martin School to address the most pressing global challenges and opportunities of the 21st century.	Ian Goldin	15 July, 2015
Free Speech Debate on Global Free Expression	Dr Dorian Singh and Sebastian Huempfer discuss Free Speech Debate, a project founded on the belief that making content freely available for non-commercial purposes is an integral part of promoting a global debate on free expression.	Dorian Singh, Sebastian Huemfer	15 July, 2015
Victoria McGuinness on TORCH (The Oxford Research Centre for the Humanities)	Victoria McGuinness, the Business Manager for The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities (TORCH), talks about the Centre’s role as a home for major research programmes at Oxford and its efforts to stimulate and support interdisciplinary research.	Victoria McGuinness	15 July, 2015
Luciano Floridi on The Ethics of Open Data	Luciano Floridi, Professor of Philosophy and Ethics of Information at the Oxford Internet Institute, discusses the ethical questions raised by the emergence of Open Data and Big Data.	Luciano Floridi	15 July, 2015
Ben Goldacre on Open Data	Ben Goldacre, author of Bad Science and Bad Pharma, shares his views on Open Data and discusses his involvement in projects created in the spirit of openness.	Ben Goldacre	15 July, 2015
Antoine Jerusalem on Open Research Data	Antoine Jerusalem, Associate Professor at the Department of Engineering Science, talks about the importance of Open Data for his work on the computational modeling of materials and his involvement in the Human Connectome Project.	Antoine Jerusalem	15 July, 2015
Open Data in the Humanities	Jacob Dahl, Associate Professor of Assyriology at the Faculty of Oriental Studies, talks about his research with cuneiform tablets and his hopes for the future of Open Data in the Humanities.	Jacob Dahl	15 July, 2015
Open Research	Researchers and Academics at Oxford share their experiences with sharing their data openly and the projects, collaborations and opportunities Open Data makes possible.	Maja Zaloznik, Antoine Jerusalem	15 July, 2015
Open Data: The Golden Age of Discovery	This documentary follows the experiences of a number of academics and researchers at Oxford as they discuss the implications of Open Data for their research, for academia and for humanity.	Chris Lintott, Ben Goldacre	15 July, 2015
Emma Goodwin on 'Crowdscribing'	Emma Goodwin is the Principal Investigator of the AHRC-funded Collaborative Skills Project, ‘Promoting Interdisciplinary Engagement in the Digital Humanities’ (dhAHRC).	Emma Goodwin	9 July, 2015
Simon Benjamin on Open Science	Simon Benjamin, Associate Professor at the Materials Department, gives an in-depth talk on the importance of Open Science for researchers, students and the general public.	Simon Benjamin	9 July, 2015
Aruna Bhaugeerutty on Open Museum Collections	Aruna Bhaugeerutty, Manager of Digital Collections at the Ashmolean Museum, talks about the Museum’s efforts to open up its collections to a wider audience via interactive online platforms.	Aruna Bhaugeerutty	9 July, 2015
Open Educational Resources (OER)	Find out about the Open Education Resources and Initiatives at the University of Oxford!	Sean Faughnan, Marion Manton	6 July, 2015
Podcasting	Watch leading academic talk about their experiences with the University’s Podcasting Initiative and Open Spires!	Ian Goldin, Julian Savulescu	6 July, 2015
What is Openness?	‘Openness’ is a far-reaching concept--find out what it is about and why it is becoming increasingly important to academics, researchers, students and the general public!	Marianne Talbot, Simon Benjamin	6 July, 2015

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