Mark Bauwens has posted a list of citations on P2P Foundation’s approach to politics.
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Monthly Archives: November 2009
Innovative OER Projects Presentation
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.
5 Reasons to Dislike iTunes U
Jim Groom has a new post giving five reasons he dislikes iTunes U. From the post:
…ITunesU is not a place for community, context, or collaboration. What is interesting about the web is not that you can get something, but that you can participate and dialogue around something.
Google Book Settlement News 11/23/09
PC World explains the new settlement timeline now that Google has submitted a revised settlement.
Posted in Open Education
Tagged google, Google's Settlement, policy, public domain
Recap of P2P U Workshop
Jane Park has posted, on the blog “Opinions of Open,” a recap of a Peer-to-Peer University meeting in Berlin. From the post:
I think in the end that is the crux of P2PU, that it’s made up of and run by volunteers–people who are willing to risk their time and effort to realize a vision that may not be realizable.
Posted in Open Education
Tagged ocw, oer, online learning, open, open content, Open Education, open-teaching, p2pu
Survey on the Use of Digital Repositories
Gavin Baker at Open Access News is reporting on a survey on the use of digital repositories and open access. Unfortunately, the PDF is not open access, so Baker’s summary will have to suffice. From the post:
About 28% said that they sympathize and try to help out by providing open access to their research materials as much as they possibly can.
Posted in Open Education
Tagged higher education, journal, library, OATP, open access, open content, openness
Observations on OER
Cathy Anderson has a new post giving her thoughts on OER. The post discusses social networking, OER reuse and other related issues. Note that some of the repositories listed in the post are free, but not necessarily permissively licensed. From the post:
I have often heard the statement made…there is no evidence or research that demonstrates that any institution uses OER for development of a course much less a program. There is also no research demonstrating whether or not individuals use OER to facilitate their informal learning and whether or not they have sought to have that learning validated. I have yet to delve into any research so am not certain whether or not these observation are credible or not.
CC Chair Responds to NY Times Article
Last week the New York Times ran an article on teachers selling educational resources online. Mike Linksvayer has pointed to response at The Huffington Post from the Board Chair of Creative Commons, Esther Wojcicki. From Wojcicki’s post:
Professor McDonald need not worry because most teachers tend to share lesson plans and resources freely within departments, within school districts and on teacher community sites. But they don’t sell them. At least in 25 years of teaching, I have never bought a lesson plan from another teacher and don’t know any colleagues who have.
Sustaining Open Access Databases
The journal Nature has posted an editorial on sustainability and open access databases. From the editorial:
Governments must ensure that at least one of their national funding agencies has money specifically set aside for the long-term support of bioresource infrastructures.
Thanks to Gavin Baker at Open Access News for the link.
Posted in Open Education
Tagged higher education, Internet, journal, library, open access, research
Limitation of Liability in Creative Commons
Rick Stafford has a new post comparing Creative Commons to the GNU license. Stafford notes software licensed using Creative Commons does not have any clause limiting liability. From the post:
The issue of liability is not present in the creative commons license – potentially this means that if OER software damaged an end users computer in any way, then the provider of the software could be liable for damage.
Posted in Open Education
Tagged cc, CC licenses, copy right, copyright, open source
