Institutional Access to Open and Affordable Educational Resources - A conversation with Tom Mosterd
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In this episode, Tom Mosterd - co-founder of Sylla, talks about his journey in the open-access movement and the vision behind Sylla’s innovative approach to scholarly publishing. The team at Sylla works with educators and university librarians to adopt open and affordable scholarly resources.
LinkedIn: /in/tom-mosterd-667497a4
With experience at Knowledge Unlatched and the OAPEN Foundation, Tom joins Jo to share key insights that have shaped his perspective on making academic books and journals more accessible. They discuss the challenges and opportunities in expanding open access, the financial sustainability of Open Educational Resources (OER), and how initiatives like Sylla can support universities and educators.
They also dive into global equity in higher education, particularly in regions with limited resources, and the future of open-access publishing.
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Host: Dr Jo Havemann, ORCID iD 0000-0002-6157-1494
Editing: Ebuka Ezeike
Music: Alex Lustig, produced by Kitty Kat
License: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
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