GRIEF ANGER LOSS January 11, 2013 Aaron Swartz committs suicide. The year 2013 starts on a somber note, an open wound. I never met Aaron but I found it interesting to learn he was involved with the...
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For me Aaron Swartz’s suicide led to introspection and this exploration of open access. Writing this post has been a kind of eulogy and a revelation. Higher education has often been defined as having three distinct functions – research, teaching, and community service. As I see things now open access is central to research, open educational resources to teaching, and the overall principles of open the basis of community service.