Teaching Psychology Through Open Materials

November 26, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Kelvin Seifert has posted on places to find open educational resources relating to psychology.

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Wikipedia Volunteers Leaving

November 25, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Julia Angwin and Geoffrey A. Fowler are reporting in the Wall Street Journal that many Wikipedia volunteers are leaving in record number. Increasing layers of bureaucracy and fatigue over fighting are cited as possible reasons. From the article:

“People generally have this idea that the wisdom of crowds is a pixie dust that you sprinkle on a system and magical things happen,” says Aniket Kittur, an assistant professor of human-computer interaction at Carnegie Mellon University who has studied Wikipedia and other large online community projects.

Additional coverage on Slashdot. Thanks to Brian Lamb for the link.

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OER and Educational Development

November 25, 2009 · 1 Comment

Dave Cormier has posted on OER and educational development. Cormier questions the usefulness of OER repositories. From the article:

Being open need not be complicated, it doesn’t need to be organized, nor does it even need to be funded. It has to respond to a need that exists. Simple solutions may require a 10% concession from the educator, but a small concession to sustainability can be important.

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OER, Trademarks and CC BY

November 25, 2009 · 2 Comments

Jane Park is announcing the first in a series of “advanced topics” relating to Creative Commons. The document explains the relationship between rights, trademark and OER. From the post:

For OER organizations with a strong trademark, or with the plans and capacity to build and sustain one, this primer is a guide to understanding the relationship between your organization’s rights as a copyright owner using CC licenses (particularly CC BY) and your organization’s trademark rights within the context of open educational resources (OER). This primer is not relevant for OER creators generally, as trademark law only pertains to those entities with the capacity to build and sustain a brand.

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Language OER Lagging in Canada?

November 25, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Steve Kaufmann has a new post criticizing Canada for its lack of OER relating to foreign languages. From the post:

Then I returned to Vancouver, back to earth, back to Canada, where a language “cosa nostra” decides what learners are allowed to do.

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Response to Defining ‘Open’

November 25, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Last week OEN reported on a post by David Wiley defining openness. Stephen Downes now has a post in response. From Downes’ post:

My perspective is that each of these, and large swaths of Wiley’s own position, represent efforts by corporations to own what we might call free and/or open content, and to make it not free.

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BYU Units Adopt Open Access

November 25, 2009 · Leave a Comment

David Wiley has a new post announcing that BYU’s Instructional Psychology and Technology department and library have adopted open access policies. From the post:

I am giddy with excitement to see some of my own published articles beginning to appear in BYU’s institutional repository – they now have an open, permanent, curated home and I can link to them with confidence.

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Future OCW Webinars

November 25, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Meena Hwang has a new post listing upcoming OCW webinars.

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P2P Foundation Citations

November 25, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Mark Bauwens has posted a list of citations on P2P Foundation’s approach to politics.

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Innovative OER Projects Presentation

November 23, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Stian Haklev has posted a recording of his presentation on “innovative” OER projects. From the post:

…I decided to focus more on why these different projects were set up, what their purpose is, who runs them, and how they are sustained financially.

Note: YouTube is listed among the repositories, though it is only free, not open.

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