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Open data is the name given to datasets that are online, machine-readable, open-licensed, available for bulk download and redistribution, and free of charge. Although open data in universities is still a relatively new concept, several universities have begun to participate in making their data public. This paper offers an initial investigation to open data in post-secondary education systems, to identify opportunities and challenges, and to offer case studies on select open data movements in higher education.
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The original Sebastopol principles and additional open data principles are outlined at opengovdata.org.
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See the full Open Definition here: http://opendefinition.org/od/2.1/en/.
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Canada Carlton University Concordia University Dalhousie University McGill University McMaster University Queen’s University University of Alberta University of British Columbia University of Calgary University of Manitoba University of Ottawa University of Saskatchewan University of Toronto University of Waterloo | USA Columbia University Cornell University Duke University Harvard University Princeton University Rice University Stanford University University of Chicago University of Pennsylvania Yale University | UK Cambridge University Edinburgh University Imperial College Manchester University Oxford University University College London University of Southampton Australia University of Sydney University of Melbourne Australian National University |
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Zhu, Y.J., Freund, L. (2020). Exploring Open Data Initiatives in Higher Education. In: Sundqvist, A., Berget, G., Nolin, J., Skjerdingstad, K. (eds) Sustainable Digital Communities. iConference 2020. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 12051. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-43687-2_60
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