Tony Hirst has a new post suggesting that the Open University start a prepress. From the post:
Given that the OU is a publication house, publishing research and teaching materials as a way of generating income, I wonder if there is an opportunity for the Library to support the research publication process providing specialist support for research authors, including optimising them for discovery!
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Tagged e-learning, oer, online learning, open content, openness
Last month Jessica Pryde published an article on the future of open libraries in the November issue of Open and Library Class Journal. From the article:
This paper will discuss the current state of open educational resources and the potential of a universal over-arching initiative containing materials produced for and by libraries. The author will discuss this initiative’s potential materials, users, layout, and sustainability. The author concludes with the belief that granted the appropriate and adequate planning, funding and membership, this sort of initiative is plausable in the future.
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Tagged higher education, library, oer, open content, Open Education, openness
Richard Poynder has posted a retrospective on open access in 2009. From the post:
And the bad news? There remains some doubt as to the efficacy of the mandates being introduced. Indeed, it is not even clear that many of the claimed mandates amount to much more than pious declarations.
Thanks to Gavin Baker at Open Access News for the link.
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Tagged higher education, journal, library, OATP, open access
Dana Oshiro at ReadWriteWeb is reporting that Flat World Knowledge is being used in over 400 colleges. From the post:
As of this coming September, more than 40,000 college students at more than 400 colleges will access the publisher’s e-learning services and textbooks.
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Tagged copy right, copyright, higher education, oer, open content, Open Education, open textbook, open textbooks
Mike Masnick has posted on an IT contractor who put a copyright notification in a script that executed an SQL query. From the post:
…the district had contracted out the process to a guy who charged them $500 per year, to basically write and then run an SQL query that exported the data. Each year, all he had to do was change the date, but he still charged them $500.
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Tagged copy right, copyright, Internet, K-12, open source, openness
Jane Park at Creative Commons is announcing ccLearn’s support for the TEDxNYED conference. The conference will focus on education and will take place Mar. 6 in New York City. From the post:
You’ve all heard of the TED Conference (Technology, Entertainment, Design), the annual meeting of great minds with amazing 20 minute speeches that share what they’ve been doing with their lives. But not all of you may have heard of TEDx—spinoffs off TED that are independently organized around a central theme or idea.
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Tagged creative commons, e-learning, higher education, K-12, oer, online learning, open content, Open Education
James Robinson at The Guardian is reporting that the BBC will be opening some of its journalism courses to the general public. Some internal training will be available for a fee. From the article:
The website is part of the BBC College of Journalism, which has been running for three years as an internal BBC resource. It teaches basic journalistic skills as well as ethics and values. The site will be available free within the UK, and by subscription elsewhere.
Thanks to Erica Friedman for the link.
Christopher Dawson at ZDNet is reporting that Stephen Covey, author of 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, will make electronic copies of two of his books exclusive to the Kindle. This move may be a hint at future exclusivity deals. From the post:
So why do we care here in the land of Ed Tech? Because Amazon uses a closed format and highly restrictive DRM that matters little to business travelers flying at 40,000 feet, but matters a lot to schools and libraries.
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Tagged Internet, open source, open textbook, open textbooks, openness
Allison Domicone is announcing that Twitter will be matching donations to Creative Commons next week. From the post:
Creative Commons uses Twitter to engage directly and efficiently with people worldwide who care about participatory culture and the innovation and social good that come from it.
Video of Andy Beggan (University of Nottingham) at Open Learning Conference 2009 is now available.
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