Scott Leslie has a new post on tracking open educational resources. From the post:
…my main focus is how to generate some data on OER usage after it has been downloaded from a repository.
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Tracking OER
Posted in Open Education
Tagged commons, e-learning, ocw, oer, online learning, Open Education, openness
PBS TeacherLine to Use Moodle
PBS TeacherLine is announcing that it is moving to Moodle. From the post:
PBS TeacherLine® (www.pbs.org/teacherline), the premier provider of online professional development services for preK-12 educators, has converted to Moodle for its online course management system.
China’s e-Book Copyright Problems
Mike Clendenin has a new post on disputes in China regarding e-Books. From the post:
In some cases, agents purport to represent a collection of content providers, but often overstate the true size of their library, leaving the licensee open to additional claims.
Posted in Open Education
Tagged commons, copy right, copyright, open content, open textbook, open textbooks, openness
Openness and The Journal of Open and Distance Learning
“cel4145″ writes a short complaint about The Journal of Open and Distance Learning being available only through a paywall.
Posted in Open Education
Tagged higher education, journal, library, OATP, open access, openness
Brazil, DRM and Public Domain
Cory Doctorow has a new post discussing a new law in Brazil that prevents the use of DRM to lock up content in the public domain. From the post:
It’s a fine and balanced approach to copyright law: your software locks have the power of law where they act to uphold the law. When they take away rights the law gives, they are themselves illegal.
Posted in Open Education
Tagged commons, copy right, copyright, openness, policy, public domain
MIT OCW Hits 2,000
Steve Carson is announcing that MIT OCW has reached 2,000 courses. From the post:
Since the site was launched in 2002, OCW materials have been visited on the MIT site or partner translation sites 98 million times by an estimated 70 million visitors from around the world.
Posted in Open Education
Tagged cc, CC licenses, commons, e-learning, oer, online learning, open content, Open Education, open learning, openness
Wikimedia Staff to Expand
Noam Cohen is reporting that Wikimedia is planning to expand its staff. From the article:
By hiring more employees and raising more money, the foundation hopes to nearly double the number of unique visitors to the site by 2015, to 680 million a month…
Posted in Open Education
Tagged commons, Internet, oer, open content, Open Education, wikimedia, Wikipedia
Open Source Production Model
Tony Hirst has a new post on producing OER through an open source production model. From the post:
In short: maybe we shouldn’t just be releasing content created in a closed process as Open Educational Resources (OERs); rather, we should be producing them in public using an open source production model?
Posted in Open Education
Tagged e-learning, higher education, ocw, oer, online learning, open content, Open Education, open source, openness
Establishing Creative Commons Through Court Cases
Andres Guadamuz has a new post commenting on the recent U.S. lawsuit filed involving Creative Commons. From the post:
There seems to be a myth that free and open licences, including CC, require court cases in order to prove that they are enforceable.
Posted in Open Education
Tagged cc, CC licenses, commons, copy right, copyright, creative commons, openness
Discovery Deficit
Cameron Neylon has a new post on the task of sorting through large amounts of open content. From the post:
The great strength of the web is that you can allow publication of anything at very low marginal cost without limiting the ability of people to find what they are interested in, at least in principle. Discovery mechanisms are good enough, while being a long way from perfect, to make it possible to mostly find what you’re looking for while avoiding what you’re not looking for.
Posted in Open Education
Tagged commons, e-learning, Internet, ocw, oer, online learning, open content, open learning
