AHA, EUREKA! *light bulb lit up*

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After reading some of the innovative and informative blog posts from #MANG2049 and #UOSM2033, I have found some key learning points about Open Access (OA) that I initially didn’t know about.

Taking into considerations from different perspectives, Ru Huan explained about music aspect which I can relate to. If there’s a particular singer that I like, I would be willing to purchase his/her albums for the superior quality music. However, Dominic’s argument stated “A third of young people would not pay for music online.” I did use “YouTube Converters” before hence like Sylvia, I can relate fairly much that some teenagers would rather download online for free music than spending money to buy an full album.

I strongly agree with Pippa that “we have to accept and embrace technological changes otherwise we will be left behind.” In relations to my post, those content producers that don’t enable OA are going to be at a disadvantage from an educational aspect. Students like me, would choose free publications rather than paid publication as shared by Isaac and my reply to Ian’s comment.

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I have learnt from Yanyi’s comment that not all information from free publications are reliable as anyone can take, edit and re-post those information online again. Furthermore, I have learnt from Ian that there’s a need to strike a balance for OA. Perhaps for those publications that require extensive research, they can be charged for its quality and reliability of work produced.

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I believe the solution to OA is publishers/authors gaining support from organisations/government as what I have shared in my reply to Vanessa’s comment. This greatly benefits not only students who can enjoy free access to online materials, but also to researchers/authors. They can then concentrate on producing free and good quality work, without worrying about costs incurred.

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I commented on Zoe‘s and Catherine‘s blog posts. 😀

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Topic 5- I will pay for global news but not entertainment! (Reflection) | Sylvia.. 2014. Topic 5- I will pay for global news but not entertainment! (Reflection) | Sylvia.. [ONLINE] Available at:http://sylviakangkang.wordpress.com/2014/12/10/topic-5-i-will-pay-for-global-news-but-not-entertainment-reflection/. [Accessed 10 December 2014].

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