Esther Wojcicki has posted a retrospective on Creative Commons in 2009. From the post:
Education is the pathway out of poverty and Creative Commons (CC) licensing makes it possible to share educational materials (and all creative works) online for free. Their impact worldwide is significant. The licenses allow for legal sharing of text, video, photos, audio, art, music online using one of six free licenses.
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Tagged cc, CC licenses, commons, copyright, creative commons, openness
Michael Feldstein has posted on vendors who incorrectly use the term “open.” From the post:
I don’t claim to have any definitive answers as to what should be labeled “open” under what circumstances, but I would like to explore the concept a bit further by reflecting on the ways and degrees to which Oracle’s PeopleSoft Campus Solutions (CS), the SIS platform that I happen to work on, may be “open”.
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Tagged e-learning, higher education, Internet, open source, openness
Jane Park at Creative Commons is reporting that the website Vital Signs is moving to CC BY. The website is a collaborative effort between researchers and junior high students. From the post:
The new site “provides a digital platform, including social networking tools, to facilitate a fluid exchange of knowledge between students and experts. It changes each student’s relationship with science from distant spectator to thoughtful participant.”
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Tagged e-learning, K-12, oer, online learning, open content, Open Education
George Siemens has posted expressing concern for the current state of copyright. From the post:
My biggest concern is that copyright is beginning to take the highest place in legal hierarchy, suberting personal freedoms.
Karen Fasimpaur has a new post asking which open platform would be best for open textbooks. From the post:
While Moodle seems like a good LMS for my purposes, it seems like we’d need a front-end development CMS to host content in.
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Tagged K-12, oer, open content, Open Education, open source, open textbook, open textbooks, openness
David Wiley has a new post outlining “OER’s Quadrant,” which is a way of measuring the value of open educational resources. This post is a follow-up to his previous one on the “golden ratio.”
Stephen Downes is reporting that WikiEducator will be holding its Learning4Content workshop. The workshop will cover using WikiEducator and Moodle.
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Tagged commons, e-learning, online learning, Open Education, openness
Simmi Aujla at The Chronicle of Higher Education: Wired Campus is reporting that Amazon.com will be starting a trade-in program for textbooks. The program is seen as competing for bookstores. The implications for open textbooks is unknown, though changes in buy-back rates may affect financial benefit arguments.
Thanks to Cable Green for the link.
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Tagged Internet, oer, open content, Open Education, open textbook, open textbooks
Melissa Reeder is announcing that eBay is now a corporate sponsor of Creative Commons. The sum of the donation is unspecified, though their ongoing donation campaign widget is indicating a $30,000 increase from a few days ago.
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Tagged cc, CC licenses, commons, copy right, copyright, creative commons, ebay
Peter Suber at Open Access News is announcing that the Dec. issue of SPARC Open Access Newsletter is now available. From the newsletter:
In Germany, the backlash against the Google settlement spilled over into backlash against OA. In March some anonymous scholars posted the Heidelberg Appeal, a jeremiad against the Google settlement with an aside against OA. To date, the document has collected over 2,600 signatures.
