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.

Emma Goodwin is the Principal Investigator of the AHRC-funded Collaborative Skills Project, ‘Promoting Interdisciplinary Engagement in the Digital Humanities’ (dhAHRC). She discusses DHCrowdScribe and Crowdmap the Crusades, two digital project she set up in an effort to promote collaboration and crowdsourcing in the Humanities.

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.

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. She focuses on one of their flagship online collection projects, Eastern Art Online (www.jameelcentre.ashmolean.org).

Find out about the Open Education Resources and Initiatives at the University of Oxford! Featuring interviews from Liz Masterman, Sean Faughnan, Marion Manton, Sarah Wilkin & Stuart Lee.

Watch leading academic talk about their experiences with the University’s Podcasting Initiative and Open Spires! Featuring interviews from Marianne Talbott, Simon Benjamin, Stuart Lee, Peter McDonald, Victoria McGuinness, Ian Goldin, Julian Suvalecu & Dominic Wilkinson.

Open Spires was a nationally funded project based in Oxford University IT Services which aimed to share and release educational resources for the benefit of humanity globally.

OpenSpires had two purposes: to increase the amount of podcasting audio and video content released from Oxford University as Open Content Resources (OER), and to enable the University to investigate and disseminate the institutional implications of making some of this material available as 'Open Content'. This means content that is available for reuse and redistribution by third parties globally, provided that it is used in a non-commercial way and is attributed to its creator. The HEFCE/JISC funding enabled Oxford University to build upon the Oxford on iTunesU podcasting service launched in October 2008, which had widespread participation from Oxford academics and global impact.

The principle investigator and project lead for the OpenSpires project was Peter Robinson, Head of Educational Media Services within IT Services, Oxford University.

‘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! Featuring interviews from Marion Manton, Marianne Talbot, Simon Benjamin, Chris Lintott, Dominic Wilkinson, Ian Goldin, James Cummings, Stuart Lee & Peter McDonald