Resourceshelf points out a new article on open access in Canada. From the abstract:
Most of these initiatives are library-based or are connected to libraries in some way. This article presents some examples of these activities, along with progress highlights from the past year.
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Tagged journal, library, OATP, open access, Open Education
Michael Feldstein has a new post comparing Moodle 2.0 with Blackboard. From the post:
Developing a good LMS is hard and I happen to think that both development teams have done some good work on improving their respective platforms. Nevertheless, it’s hard not to feel a little bit of that frustration of the edupunks when looking at these highlights.
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Tagged e-learning, online learning, open source, openness
Recursos Educacionais Abertos has a new post about upcoming UNESCO workshops in Sao Paolo. Thanks to Pedro Paranagua for the link.
Steve Carson has a new post pointing out that Bill Gates praised MIT OpenCourseWare at a recent presentation. From the post:
He says he’s watched the lectures from 11 of our 33 courses with full video lecture recordings, and has his sights set on two more.
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Tagged higher education, ocw, oer, open content, Open Education, openness
Jane Park has a new post describing a move by Facebook to reuse Wikipedia content on its community pages. From the post:
Earlier this week, Facebook announced its launch of community pages, pages based on topics of interest to the community that are not maintained by a single author. Single author pages include band or company pages that intend to promote that band or company.
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Tagged cc, CC licenses, commons, creative commons, e-learning, oer, online learning, open content, Open Education, openness
Two days ago OEN reported on the Federal Research Public Access Act, which would mandate the release of U.S. federally-funded under certain circumstances. GenomeWeb has published an article providing context around the proposed legislation. From the post:
“Our colleagues deal with restricted access every single day” and they “have to make do without information that would help our research,” Ward [University of Vermont Professor] explained. “Every academic institution faces this problem, from the best public institutions down to the small liberal arts colleges and community colleges.”
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Tagged copy right, copyright, journal, library, open access, openness, policy, research
Alan Levine has a new post noting that the web site GigaOM has been providing hit-and-miss attribution for Creative Commons licensed photos. From the post:
GigaOm has provided neither attribution nor is it sharing in a like manner.
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Tagged cc, CC licenses, copy right, copyright, creative commons, ocw, oer, open content, Open Education, openness
Jared Stein has linked to two Moodle 2 development videos. Leigh Blackall has a new post on BIM, a marketing tool for Moodle. From Blackall’s post:
Without a doubt, this add on to Moodle will greatly assist teachers trying to use blogs with large cohorts of students, and trying to fit that teaching and learning practice in to existing paradigms of assessment and administration through Moodle.
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Tagged e-learning, online learning, Open Education, open source, openness
Trent Batson has posted a wide-ranging article on using open educational resources in higher education. From the article:
OERs should be considered an essential part of the learning mix.
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Tagged higher education, ocw, oer, open accreditation, open content, openness
OEN has posted several times on open textbooks in Texas. This new post from Texas Insider provides a summary.
“People have gotten used to getting content given to them in a nice package – 40 minutes this, 40 minutes that,” said Neeru Khosla, who runs California-based CK-12, one of the first nonprofits to provide free, customized digital content to schools via the Internet. “Students today have different learning styles. There’s no reason why we have to have a fixed image in our mind.”
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Tagged e-learning, oer, online learning, Open Education, openness
