Kelly Truong is reporting that Princeton U. will be shutting down its University Channel, which was a collection of videos about public policy. The web site is licensed CC BY-NC-ND.
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Monthly Archives: July 2010
Abandoning Print for Open and Digital
Anya Kamenetz has a new post suggesting print textbooks should be eliminated.
Posted in Open Education
Tagged e-learning, higher education, K-12, oer, online learning, open content, Open Education, open textbook, open textbooks, openness
Rulings and Policy Favoring User Rights
Jennifer Howard has a new post notes that the U.S. Copyright Office has announced exemptions for professors circumventing digital rights management protection under certain circumstances. From the U.S. Copyright Office’s text:
Motion pictures on DVDs that are lawfully made and acquired and that are protected by the Content Scrambling System when circumvention is accomplished solely in order to accomplish the incorporation of short portions of motion pictures into new works for the purpose of criticism or comment, and where the person engaging in circumvention believes and has reasonable grounds for believing that circumvention is necessary to fulfill the purpose of the use in the following instances:
(i) Educational uses by college and university professors and by college and university film and media studies students;
Stephen Downes has a related post on related ruling.
Posted in Open Education
Tagged commons, copy right, copyright, fair use, openness, policy
OpenLearn Site Redesign
Tony Hirst has a new post explaining OpenLearn’s new site redesign. From the post:
First up, and with a beta launch today, the new OpenLearn site makes an appearance, including integration of content from the Open2.net site. As I understand it, the new OpenLearn website amounts to something akin to the “public service educator” presence of the OU
Posted in Open Education
Tagged e-learning, higher education, oer, online learning, open content, Open Education, OpenLearn, openness
Interview With Joi Ito
Oliver Lindberg has written an article on his interview with Joi Ito, CEO of Creative Commons. From the post:
The biggest challenge now is to get people to use Creative Commons licences correctly. “It’s like writing valid HTML – most people can’t do it,” says Ito.
Posted in Open Education
Tagged cc, CC licenses, commons, copy right, copyright, creative commons, open content, Open Education
Moving Beyond Creative Commons
Glyn Moody has a new post on Move Commons. From the post:
…I was therefore delighted to come across Move Commons (MC), “a simple tool for initiatives, collectives and NGOs to declare the core principles they are committed to.” It works in almost the same way as the CC licences, allowing you to specify exactly what your “core principles” are…
Posted in Open Education
Tagged cc, CC licenses, commons, copy right, copyright, creative commons, openness
Sustainable Practice in OER
Joss Winn has a new post on a recent talk he gave titled “Sustainable Practice in OER.” From the post:
Under those three headings, I have highlighted a couple of other ideas worth engaging with by ‘open educators’. They are ‘mass intellectuality’ and ‘commonism’, both of which have been developed in the area of political critical theory.
Posted in Open Education
Tagged e-learning, ocw, oer, online learning, open content, openness
Building a History of OCW
Steve Carson has a new post asking for help in building the history of OpenCourseWare. Stephen Downes responds.
Posted in Open Education
Tagged e-learning, higher education, ocw, online learning, open content, Open Education, OpenCourseWare
On Private Blogs and Openness
D’Arcy Norman has a new post on students who want to blog privately. From the post:
The open web is an incredible force multiplier. Students (and faculty) can say something, and have it spread around the world and accessed by anyone. Which is great, unless that short circuits the kinds of risk taking behaviours that make for really meaningful learning experiences.
Posted in Open Education
Tagged higher education, oer, open content, Open Education, openness
New Textbook Affordability Provisions Come into Effect in the US
Nicole Allen has issued a press release announcing that new textbook affordability provisions have come into effect. From the press release:
Publishers must offer unbundled versions of textbooks. “Bundling,” or the practice of packing textbooks with CDs, pass-codes and other ancillaries that often go unused, can increase costs 10-50% according to PIRG research. From now on, students will have the option to purchase only the items they need.
Posted in Open Education
Tagged higher education, open textbook, open textbooks, openness, policy
