Joss Winn has tweeted about The Really Open University (ROU). From the “About” page:
The Really Open University exists everywhere, it will not be a one-off event, but an ongoing process. It will be non-hierarchical, making a start at breaking down traditional student-teacher dichotomies. We wish to engage with other communities in Leeds, and beyond. This will form part of a transformation of everyday life.
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Tagged e-learning, higher education, Internet, online learning, open, open accreditation, Open Education, open-teaching, openness
Amy Vernon has a new post on open source platforms for online testing in Utah. From the post:
Utah ended up using open source more by accident than design. A group of technology consultants working with rural districts in the state were asked by teachers in those districts to help create some online practice tests.
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Tagged commons, copy right, copyright, K-12, open source, openness
Matthew Miller is reporting on William Reusch, a former Chemistry professor at Michigan State University who wrote an open textbook. From the article:
“I no longer had a research laboratory or any grad students, so I wanted to keep busy with doing something,” said Reusch, 78, who worked as a chemistry professor at Michigan State University for more than 40 years before retiring in 2000.
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Tagged e-learning, higher education, online learning, open textbook, open textbooks
Alex Kozak has a new post on the Sunlight Foundation’s “Design for America” contest. Submissions must be openly licensed. From the post:
Their goal is “to make government data more accessible and comprehensible to the American public” by encouraging designers, artists, and programmers to reimagine government websites and to visualize government data and processes.
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Tagged cc, CC licenses, commons, copy right, copyright, creative commons, government
Steve Kolowich has published an article on OpenCourseWare at Saint Michael’s College, a liberal arts college. From the post:
It could be several years before the college moves to formalize any sort of open-courseware plan; the faculty have not yet been consulted, and getting them to buy in to the plan could take some massaging.
Commentary by Keith Hampson. Link provided by the aptly named Twitter user GoldDiggin.
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Tagged e-learning, higher education, ocw, oer, online learning, open content, Open Education, openness
Victoria Stodden has published an article in the most recent issue of the Journal of Science Communication on the implications of a more commons-based review of scientific papers. From the abstract:
The notion of a scientific “peer” is blurred with the advent of lay contributions to science raising questions regarding the concepts of peer-review and recognition.
Cameron Parkins has a new post announcing that resources found at Google Code University are now licensed CC BY. From the Google Code University home page:
This website provides tutorials and sample course content so CS students and educators can learn more about current computing technologies and paradigms. In particular, this content is Creative Commons licensed which makes it easy for CS educators to use in their own classes.
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Tagged e-learning, ocw, oer, online learning, open content, Open Education
Wesley Fryer has a new post on the necessity of open licensing for educational resources in the context of the upcoming wave of tablet products. From the post:
A second essential for learning in this touch interface, hyperlinked world of mixed media will be OPEN LICENSING of content. All learners should not only understand the utility of Creative Commons for media remixing, we should also understand its value for content SHARING and repurposing.
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Tagged e-learning, oer, online learning, open content, Open Education
Michael Feldstein has a new post indicating that a mobile version of Moodle is in development. From the post:
Just a day after I noted that the main difference we are aware of between the Moodle mobile clients and the forthcoming Blackboard Mobile Learn client is that Blackboard plans to have native apps for Android and Blackberry, the Moodle folks announce progress on a native Android app. Let the arms race begin!
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Tagged e-learning, online learning, open source, openness
Barry Klawans has a new post discussing the factors that have driven open source acceptance. From the post:
If we accept that the question “What is driving IT’s acceptance of open source?” is the wrong one, what is the right question? In this instance, the obvious is also the correct answer: “What is driving the business stakeholder’s acceptance of open source?”
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Tagged commons, copy right, copyright, open source, openness
