David Wiley has a new post asserting that innovation occurs best when it changes the system from within. From the post:
Imposing your will on bits and bytes is “easy.” Leading an established institution through the valley of the shadow of reform and up the opposite bank toward innovation is “hard.” But it is absolutely critical work, and precious few people are in positions that afford them opportunities to provide this kind of leadership.
Ahrash Bissell has a new post on how much educational use actually constitutes fair use under the law. Bissell argues that the definition of use is too vague to be useful in guiding practice. From the post:
I suspect that many people who espouse this desire for universal “educational fair-use rights” are basing this desire on a feeling that education is different, somehow.
Posted in Open Education
Tagged cc, CC licenses, copy right, copyright, creative commons, higher education, K-12, Open Education, policy
Heather R. Pena has published a paper on successes and challenges in in adopting and developing OER. From the article:
Many leading institutions in higher education adopted the OER platform and face many challenges in this modern day world including: the rapid growth of technology, globalism, licensing, economic, social and the constant competition among leading higher institutions in order to provide free access to educational resources.
Thanks to EprintsELIS for the link.
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Tagged higher education, oer, open content, Open Education, open educational resources, openness
The Open Book Alliance is announcing that the revised settlement submission has been delayed until Friday, Nov. 13. From the post:
Meanwhile, our position on the settlement has not changed — a revised proposal that does not meet or exceed certain requirements will threaten the rights of all, the livelihoods of many, and the rule of law.
Posted in Open Education
Tagged google, Google's Settlement, openness, policy, public domain
Michael Adeyeye has posted video of a presentation on open education in South Africa.
Posted in Open Education
Tagged higher education, oer, open content, Open Education
Curriki has posted presentation material related to OER in middle schools. The presentation was given at National Middle School Association 2009.
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Tagged K-12, oer, open content, Open Education, presentation
Tony Hirst has a new post explaining the direction of JISCPress.The design could have implications for future OER platforms. From the post:
The platform can also be regarded as republishing – or re-presenting – each section (i.e. page) and each paragraph as an independent entity.
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Tagged e-learning, Internet, online learning, open source, openness
Philipp Schmidt, Christine Geith, Stian Håklev and Joel Thierstein have published an article on peer-to-peer assessment in the latest issue of IRRODL. From the abstract:
This paper makes the case for a peer-based method of assessment and recognition as a feasible option for accreditation purposes. The peer-based method would leverage online communities and tools, for example digital portfolios, digital trails, and aggregations of individual opinions and ratings into a reliable assessment of quality.
Last week OEN reported on an open access conference in Ghana. Recently Akokoraaba Adansi Pipim published a lengthy letter to Ghana’s president outlining benefits to embracing open source software for education. From the letter:
The current brief seeks to bring home a few take-aways from the lessons of the past few decades, based on summation and extrapolation of observations extending at least a century and a half into the past. Two significant forces are explored: IT policy, especially with regard to adoption of free and open source software, and learner-focused education.
Thanks to OLPC on Twitter for the link.
The Community College Consortium for Open Educational Resources (CCCOER) has a new post summarizing the definition of “super OER.”
