Jane Park has posted an interview between her and a graduate student interested in Creative Commons. From the interview:
Personally, I think there might be a future in the open innovation models that are sprouting up within companies or collaborations between companies, as limited patent licenses may allow exchange and innovation since they are similar in concept to the “some-rights-reserved” model for content.
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Tagged cc, CC licenses, commons, copy right, copyright, creative commons, higher education, ocw, oer, open content, Open Education
Rob Reynolds has a new post on the relationship between open textbooks and critical literacies. From the post:
Of course, as the textbook or e-textbook evolves, so too will our understanding of courses in general.
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Tagged ocw, oer, online learning, open textbook, open textbooks
Allison Domicone has a new post reminding people that the ccSalon on open education will take place next Monday in San Francisco. From the post:
Bring a friend, come meet CC staff, and enjoy a refreshment as we explore the challenges facing the future of learning and how to harness the power of the internet and digital technologies as forces for good in education.
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Tagged conference, ocw, oer, open content, Open Education
“Agent Kristin” has a new post pointing to an article last year by Cory Doctorow. Agent Kristin points out that it is critical authors communicate to publishers their intent to give away content freely. From the post:
There are some contractual things you need to keep in mind before you post stuff for free or embrace Creative Commons or pursue other online experiments.
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Tagged cc, CC licenses, copy right, copyright, creative commons, open content, openness
Whitney Bryen has posted an article on methods that CU-Boulder are using to save money on college textbooks. From the article:
Some students are so determined to cut the expense, which various sources estimate between $400 and $800 per semester, that they spend hours researching the cheapest options before deciding if and where to purchase.
Kent Anderson has a new post asserting that PLoS lost an opportunity to make a difference in journal publishing. From the post:
Then, very quickly, PLoS underwhelmed — it went old school, publishing a good traditional journal initially and then worrying about traditional publisher concerns like marketing, impact factor, author relations, and, of course, the bottom line.
Heather Morrison has a new post on what would happen if Elsevier’s $2 billion profit for 2009 was used towards open access. From the post:
If the total profit from Elsevier and Lexis-Nexis is added together and converted to U.S. dollars, the total is $2,075m. Divided by the estimated worldwide scholarly article output of 1.5 million articles per year (Björk et al, 2008), this comes out to $1,383 U.S.
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Tagged higher education, journal, library, OATP, open access, openness
“kdawson” has a new post about a study concluding that fair use generates $4.7 trillion for the US economy. From the post:
The report claims that fair use — an exception to the copyright law that allows limited use of copyrighted materials — is crucial to innovation. It adds that employment in fair use industries grew from 16.9 million in 2002 to 17.5 million in 2007 and one out of eight US workers is employed by a company benefiting from protections provided by fair use…
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Tagged commons, copy right, copyright, Open Education, openness
Scott Travis is reporting that Florida’s Board of Directors is moving forward with Orange Grove Text Plus, an open textbook initiative. From the article:
The titles available are a small fraction of the thousands used by professors and students in the state, so it’s unlikely the initiative would make a huge dent in students’ textbook bills. But Florida officials hope professors will increasingly consider using these books.
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Tagged higher education, open content, Open Education, open textbook, open textbooks, policy
Several people have noted that an OER infoKit has been released by JISC. From the introduction:
JISC and the Higher Education Academy are collaborating on the Open Educational Resources programme, aiming to support UK higher education institutions in sharing their teaching and learning resources freely online across the world. These resources showcase the high quality of UK higher education and our vision is that they will be used, reused and repurposed globally.
Thanks to Sue Hickton for the link. Take a look at the OER Handbook as a complement.
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Tagged e-learning, higher education, JISC, ocw, oer, online learning, open content, Open Education, openness
