Dan Robles at ConversationalCurrency has posted on “open source” education. Robles argues that the current higher education system is outdated and the currency of degrees are waning. From the post:
With the cost of a college degree spiraling upward and the value of the degree spiraling downward, the market will tip in favor of the alternative education measurements.
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Tagged e-learning, higher education, oer, online learning, open content, Open Education
The OCW Consortium has posted video of a presentation given by Larry Cooperman (UC Irvine OCW) on the “Hub and Spoke Model for Enhanced Discoverability.”
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Tagged ocw, oer, open content, Open Education, open learning, openness
The University of Delaware is announcing the launch of its iTunes U portal. From the press release:
“iTunes U has two faces: Public and private. Anyone can access the public side. The private side is for people, such as students, who are enrolled in a class that is not open to the public,” Hyde [IT Academic Technology Services (IT-ATS)] said.
Steve Kolowich at InsideHigherEd has a new article on “open access” encyclopedias besides Wikipedia. From the article:
Like a lot of free-content sites, most of these encyclopedia projects are still grappling with funding anxieties.
Thanks to Gavin Baker at Open Access News for the link.
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Tagged OATP, oer, open access, open content, Open Education, openness
Cameron Parkins at Creative Commons is reporting that a guidebook to Google Wave has been released CC BY-SA. From the post:
This means the book is not only compatible with Wikipedia (allowing it to be imported to and exported from the encyclopedia), but also free to share, sell, and reproduce online – a decision that is already bearing fruit in the form of a full Japanese translation.
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Tagged cc, CC licenses, commons, copy right, copyright, creative commons, google, Internet
Peter Suber at Open Access News is reporting that 26 universities in Finland have adopted an open access mandate.
Leigh Blackall has posted on developing a new copyright policy for the University of Canberra. Blackall discusses his decision to promote CC BY as a compromise to more radical ideas. From the post:
At the very least, a CCBy default will encourage and help publishing staff to negotiate the retention of their own rights to republish, and will assist in the promotion of open access to important and largely publicly subsidised research information.
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Tony Bates is reporting that OER Africa is now part of SAIDE (South African Association of Distance Education). As a result, SAIDE is now launching a new OER policy. From the post:
SAIDE will become a member of the Open CourseWare Consortium and other relevant fora as appropriate in order to ensure that it becomes increasingly connected to networks of common interest in the area of OER.
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Glyn Moody has posted on copyright holders arguing against a new international treaty regarding accessibility. From the post:
In fact, *nothing* is being taken, it’s simply that these people wish to enjoy their rights to read as others do – something that has been denied to them by an industry indifferent to their plight. And which author would not be happy to extend the pleasure of reading their works to those cut off from it by virtue of physical disabilities?
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Tagged commons, copy right, copyright, education, higher education, K-12, policy
Last month OEN reported on a webinar regarding open textbooks. Slides (PDF) are now available from that presentation.
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