David Wiley has posted a reminder that the call for proposals for Open Education Conference 2010 is closing this weekend.
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OpenEd Call For Papers Closing This Weekend
Posted in Open Education
Tagged higher education, ocw, oer, open content, Open Education, openness
Open Textbook Slides
Cable Green has uploaded slides by Nicole Allen regarding open textbooks.
Posted in Open Education
Tagged oer, open content, Open Education, open source, open textbook
20% of World’s Journals Are Open Access
Heather Morrison, The Imaginary Journal of Poetic Economics, has a new post stating that 20% of journals worldwide are open access. From the post:
The Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) has just announced a list of milestones, including exceeding 5,000 journals. This is more than 20% of the world’s scholarly peer reviewed journals, estimated at ~ 23,000 according to Ulrich’s.
Thanks to Ninth Level Ireland for the link.
Posted in Open Education
Tagged copy right, copyright, higher education, journal, library, online learning, open access
Novell OpenCourseWare
Eric D. Huntsman of Novell has posted an introductory article about OpenCourseWare at his company. From the post:
In 2007, Novell became the first corporate, for-profit software company to join the Open Education Movement, posting 10 of its training courses online-also free of charge.
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Tagged elearning, ocw, oer, online learning, Open Education, openness
Udemy
George Siemens has a new post on Udemy, a website that assists teachers in building their own online course. From the post:
…after the Ning experience, it’s difficult to trust a newcomer that doesn’t have a way for data export.
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Tagged e-learning, online learning, Open Education, openness
“Academic Capitalism”
Leigh Blackall has a new post on “academic capitalism.” From the post:
I’ve been a change agent in education for quite some time now.. one thing that has troubled me for almost all that time is that the rhetoric and the actions of education don’t fit together. Susan picks this up also:
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Macmillan and Wired Magazine Representation on Creative Commons Board
Jane Park has a new post announcing two new members of the Creative Commons board. From the post:
We are thrilled to announce today that Annette Thomas, CEO of Macmillan Publishers Ltd, has joined the Creative Commons Board of Directors, and that Melanie Cornwell, former Editorial Projects Director of Wired magazine, has joined CC staff as Vice President of Strategy.
Posted in Open Education
Tagged cc, CC licenses, commons, copy right, copyright, creative commons
The Blackboard Ambassador
Steve Kolowich has written on Ray Henderson, President of Blackboard. From the article:
The culture of openness in academe, which has given rise to open courses, open repositories and open-access journals, has probably given open-source learning-management systems such as Moodle and Sakai a boost, Henderson says, though he points out that those systems still own a relatively tiny share of the market.
Posted in Open Education
Tagged e-learning, online learning, Open Education, open source, openness
OpenCourseWare For Special Education
“Miranda” has posted 50 OpenCourseWare links for special education teachers. Thanks to Vicki Davis.
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Tagged e-learning, ocw, oer, online learning, open content, Open Education
