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ASAP Awards: Rewarding and acknowledging novel uses of Open Access resources

By Atif Kukaswadia
Posted: May 27, 2013
Category: Public understanding of science, Science teaching | Tagged academia, Creative Commons, Online courses, Open Access, science communication, science education, science education research, Teaching | 3 Comments

Guest Post: Open Data Day, Course Sprints, and Hackathons!

By Atif Kukaswadia
Posted: February 21, 2013
Category: Higher Ed, Public understanding of science, Science teaching | Tagged Creative Commons, education, Informal Science Education, Online courses, Open Access, science communication, science education, science literacy | 7 Comments

Unintentional Benefits of Open Access: The broader impact of making publications free

By Atif Kukaswadia
Posted: December 10, 2012
Category: Higher Ed | Tagged Creative Commons, MOOC, Online courses, Open Access, Teaching | 12 Comments
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