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Monthly Archives: October 2009
Chat with Stephen Downes
Jane Park at Creative Commons has posted an interview with Stephen Downes, a noted open education researcher (often linked to by this blog). Downes discusses several topics, including the role of OER in education and the Creative Commons noncommercial clause. From the interview:
The community is part and parcel of the process, and OER is the consequence of doing other activities that creates, almost if you will, a chapter of learning materials and open resources, in the process of doing other work.
Posted in Open Education
Tagged cc, CC licenses, creative commons, higher education, oer, open content, Open Education, openness
OCW and Sustainability
Marc Perry at The Chronicle of Higher Education has a new article on OpenCourseWare and sustainability. Perry provides perspectives from David Wiley and Steve Carson, among others. From the article:
“With the economic downturn, I think it will be a couple of years before Yale or other institutions are likely to be able to make substantial investments in building out a digital course catalog,” says Linda K. Lorimer, vice president and secretary at Yale, which is publishing a 36-class, greatest-hits-style video set called Open Yale Courses. Over the long term, she argues, such work will flourish.
Lisa Chamberlin also summarizes the article and asks for opinions.
Posted in Open Education
Tagged higher education, ocw, oer, open content, Open Education, open learning, openness
Open Training Resources
Tony Hirst has a new post explaining the need for “Open Training Resources.” Hirst seems to be suggesting that Open Training Resources are more task-centered, as opposed to OER, which is about nebulous educational purposes. From the post:
So here’s where I’m at – OERs are probably [possibly?] not that useful. But open training materials potentially are.
Note: OpenEdBlogger has taken the wrong meaning from Hirst’s articles before. Clarifying comments are welcome if that is the case.
Posted in Open Education
Tagged e-learning, oer, online learning, open content, Open Education, openness
IOC Issues Take-Down Notice for CC Flickr Photo
Joanna Smith at thestar.com is reporting that a Flickr user has been ordered by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to remove a CC-licensed photo of himself at the olympics. The IOC indicates that part of the problem with the photo is that he licensed it to a third-party (Creative Commons). From the article:
When Giles [the Flickr account holder] asked for clarification on the original letter Thursday, Frédérique Reynertz of the IOC sent a second email to say that one of the photos with a Creative Commons licence “was recently reused in England for commercial purposes.”
More information available on the Flickr user’s blog.
Posted in Open Education
Tagged cc, CC licenses, commons, copy right, copyright, creative commons, open content
Open Ed. Literacies
Mike Bogle has a new post on “open education literacies.” Bogle suggests that limitation of OER is the lack of learning network around it, and therefore open education literacy should be about building a learning network around it. From the post:
Mind you I’m not trying to be prescriptive about what open educational literacies are in any definitive sense. They could range anywhere from a complete replication of a classroom environment (physical or virtual) to a loosly linked network of global enthusiasts using distributed technologies.
Posted in Open Education
Tagged e-learning, ocw, oer, online learning, open content, Open Education, openness
Esther Wojcicki Scheduled to Speak on Open Education
Steve Hargadon is announcing that Esther Wojcicki, a member of the Creative Commons Board, will be speaking on open education on Oct. 21. The talk will be available through Elluminate. From the post:
Esther is Chair of the Board of Creative Commons and a strong advocate of Open Education Resources and Creative Commons licensing. She is a 2009 MacArthur Foundation Research Award receipient on the Student Journalism 2.0 project (http://sj.creativecommons.org/). She has won multiple awards including California Commission on Teacher Credentialing, 2002 California Teacher of the Year, and 2009 Columbia University Scholastic Press Association Gold Key Award.
Posted in Open Education
Tagged commons, creative commons, oer, Open Education, openness, presentation
OER in the UK
Richard Woods at the Times Online has a new article on learners using OER. The article fairly broad, but does have some success stories with iTunes U. From the article:
As governments struggle to fund traditional university places — and this weekend 170,000 UK students starting a new university year are still waiting for loans to come through — is the internet ready to open up the cloisters of academe?
Thanks to Sharon Flynn on Twitter for the link.
Posted in Open Education
Tagged commons, higher education, oer, online learning, open content, Open Education
Sustaining Open Source Curriculum
Barbara Kurshan at the Huffington Post has a new blog post on Curriki’s business model, and by extension open source curriculum projects in general. Kurshan discusses several funding sources such as sponsorship and membership fees. From the post:
In a freemium scenario, Curriki would give away our content to the majority of our users as the way to encourage at least some of them to purchase value-added premium features and services. The assumption, as suggested by Peter Jackson, is that if 5% of our users upgrade to premium, we’ll be able to cover our marginal costs.
Posted in Open Education
Tagged oer, online learning, open content, Open Education, sustainability
Google Book Settlement News 10/12/09
- Consumeraffairs.com has an article on Sergey Brin defending the settlement.
- Open Book Alliance with quotes Google’s Dan Clancy (Director of Google books) as suggesting ad placement is not out of the question.
Posted in Open Education
Tagged google, Google's Settlement, open content, openness, policy, public domain
