open washing
English
Noun
open washing (uncountable)
- Alternative form of openwashing
- 2016, Ken Udas, Helen Partridge, & Adrian Stagg, “Open Education Pratice at the University of Southern Queensland”, in Patrick Blessinger & TJ Bliss, editor, Open Education: International Perspectives in Higher Education:
- As a university we have for the most part stayed away from organizations and efforts that we perceive as “fauxpen” or engaging in “open washing”.
- 2017, Gill Hamilton, Fred Saunderson, Open Licensing for Cultural Heritage, page 159:
- Many cultural institutions making the move towards open practice struggle with the challenges of securing high-level 'buy-in' to support such initiatives; this case study also considers the institutional risks of 'open washing' and neglecting staff development in this area.
- 2020, Ke Zhang, Curtis J. Bonk, Thomas C. Reeves, & Thomas H. Reynolds, MOOCs and Open Education in the Global South:
- However, as with the environmentalism movement and the phenomenon of greenwashing, we are increasingly witnessing something that has been referred to as "open washing" (Openwashing, n.d.) or sometimes "faux-pen" (Searls, 2009). In simple terms, open washing involves a company using the language of open education to dress up what is otherwise a traditional, proprietary practice.
Verb
open washing
- present participle of open wash