Martin Weller has posted on the difference between “big OER,” which are projects like MIT OCW, and “little OER,” that are individual projects. From the post:
I’ve come to appreciate the value of university generated OERs, because they help address the three factors I set out above and also because they have one crucial advantage over the sort of user-generated, web 2.0 resource listed previously, namely status.
Commentary by Stephen Downes. Link provided by Judy Baker.
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Tagged commons, ocw, oer, open content, Open Education, openness
Designer City, USA has posted 50 links to OpenCourseWare courses for web designers/developers. Thanks to Delicious50 for the link.
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Tagged ocw, oer, online learning, open content, Open Education
Two days ago OEN reported on an article at The Tech as well as accompanying commentary by David Wiley. Wiley has a new post with some clarifications. Steve Carson comments below the post. From the post:
If MIT OCW is going to adopt a “Click to Enroll” business model, then chances are that we can stop worrying about its sustainability.
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Tagged higher education, ocw, oer, open content, Open Education
eGov Monitor is reporting that the Latvian government is now allowing open source applications to be taught in introductory computing classes.
Glyn Moody is reporting that Europe’s Information Society has released a new report recommending openness. From the post:
I wouldn’t describe it as a gripping read, but there’s a huge amount of detail that may be of interest to those pondering on what may be, especially the role of openness there.
Lorna Campbell has posted on the advantages and disadvantages of using RSS to post OER repository content. From the post:
One early requirement that has emerged is the need for bulk deposit and a request from some projects that this may be partially fulfilled by ingest of RSS feeds. Sounds simple enough but as with all such requirements the devil is in the detail.
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Tagged higher education, oer, open content, Open Education, openness
Yesterday OEN reported on a notice sent out by the Obama administration asking for public comment on open access. Fosters.com has noted that the request extends beyond education and applies beyond education. The Gov Monitor has also posted what appears to be a press release from the Department of Education offering more details. From Fosters.com:
Open government is not the work of any single office.
Thanks to schoolteaching on Twitter for one of the links.
John Robertson has posted on version control for OER. Robertson argues that in the case of OER, maintaining distinctions and enforcing them is too difficult. From the post:
Proposal: those releasing OERs should not invest undue effort in attempting to maintain version control over copies of their material other than those they directly manage.
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Tagged higher education, ocw, oer, open content, open learning
Katharine Ball has published an article analyzing how well open access business journals are being indexed. From the article:
With the larger, mainstream commercial databases, Ebsco’s Business Source Complete is the only one that indexes a significant number of the DOAJ sample.
Thanks to Gavin Baker at Open Access News for the link.
The Open Book Alliance is announcing President Sarkozy’s opposition to the revised book settlement.
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Tagged google, Google's Settlement, openness, public domain
