Janet Moore is announcing a special issue of The Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks. From the announcement:
This special issue will explore the phenomenon of Open Educational Resources. Papers should present a research study, an analysis, or detailed case study of OERs, including data where possible. Papers might focus on the evolution, present situation, or expected future of OERs including implications for online education where appropriate.
Thanks to Bethany Bovard for the link.
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Tagged higher education, oer, open content, Open Education, research
Peter Linde has published a case study of open access at Blekinge Institute of Technology (BTH). From the post:
BTH’s OA-policy has neither meant a dramatic increase in published full-text articles in our publication database nor in OA-journals, in spite of the support for parallel publishing the library has offered since a year back.
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Tagged higher education, journal, library, OATP, open access
The UK Centre for Legal Education has posted slides entitled “OER: Why they matter.”
Richard Poynder has a new post interviewing Professor Subbiah Arunachalam about making the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) open access. From the post:
I have been talking about and promoting open access for nearly a decade and indeed it has become a passion. Some of my friends, eminent academics and researchers, refer to me jokingly as “Mr Open Access of India.”
The Hospitality, Leisure, Sport and Tourism Network has announced that they will be submitting a proposal to Higher Education Academy/JISC. The proposal is for the release of open educational resources related to the London 2012 Olympic games. From the announcement:
Our intention is to identify up to twenty individuals who will be funded, if our bid is successful, to lead development of resources in one or more of the above areas in relation to a particular theme.
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Tagged e-learning, JISC, ocw, oer, online learning, open content, Open Education
Just a note there is a blog dedicated to news about open textbooks in higher education.
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Philipp Schmidt has a new post asking for recommended readings about “OER beyond content.”
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Creative Commons announces the new Catalyst Grants program! CC will invest up to $100,000 (via grants ranging from $1,000-$10,000) to provide seed funding to projects around the world devoted to increasing access and openness.
With the Catalyst Grants program, Creative Commons will seed activities around the globe that support our mission. Our goal is to scale our community’s efforts and support them in becoming self-sustainable. Through a rigorous public review and transparent evaluation process, the best proposals, submitted by CC Jurisdiction Teams and the broader community, will be selected to receive $1,000–$10,000 to make their ideas a reality.
OER is one of the issues they are expecting to cover. More at Catalyst Grants Program
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Scott Leslie has a new post asking what the most successful formal OER project might be? From the post:
I’m not hoping to spark a definitional skirmish – lord knows we’ve all seen enough of those. But I am sincere in wanting examples, however you choose to define the terms. Because from where I’m sitting, the projects that fulfill the criteria of “successful” “formal” “OER” projects are few and far between, yet I remain absolutely personally committed to the causes of education and open sharing.
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Tagged e-learning, higher education, ocw, oer, online learning, open content, Open Education
Flat World Knowledge has issued a press release stating that its textbooks are in full compliance with the Higher Education Opportunity Act. From the post:
HEOA is a law that seeks to make higher education more accessible to students. One of its primary goals is to reduce the cost of textbooks for college students. Adopting Flat World Knowledge textbooks not only helps universities comply with HEOA, but also helps them meet the spirit of the law, by providing textbooks that are available for free online, and in low-cost print, audio and downloadable versions.
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Tagged e-learning, higher education, oer, open content, Open Education
