Jeane Quentin has a new post on “remixing education.” From the post:
Not exactly something you’d expect a traditional publisher to condone. But could it be a learning tool that engages kids where they’re at?
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Remixing Education
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Tagged higher education, ocw, oer, open content, Open Education, openness
Washington State Community and Technical Colleges Go CC
The Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges (SBCTC) has passed a resolution requiring all content produced through competitive grants to be openly licensed. From the post:
All 34 Colleges will benefit by having access to digital software, educational resources (e.g., courses, textbooks and journals) and knowledge funded through competitive funding. Digital products from competitive grants will be shared in online repositories for easy access to high quality educational resources.
Thanks to Cable Green for the link.
Posted in Open Education
Tagged cc, CC licenses, commons, copy right, copyright, creative commons, open content, Open Education, openness
2008 Higher Education Opportunity Act Takes Effect
Charles Dervarics has a new post on the 2008 Higher Education Opportunity Act taking effect July 1. From the post:
While the new rules cannot directly influence pricing, student and consumer groups say they will give students more information and more time to look around for the best prices.
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Tagged higher education, open textbook, open textbooks, openness
Connexions to Offer ePub
Katherine Fletcher has a new post announcing that Connexions will be offering ePub versions of its collections. Note that textbook publisher CK12 also has ePub. From Fletcher’s post:
EPUB is supported by the major mobile devices and e-book readers including Apple’s iPad and iPhone, Sony’s eReader, and enTourage’s eDGe.
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Tagged Connexions, e-learning, higher education, K-12, online learning, Open Education
David Pogue on Copyright
David Pogue has a new post discussing copyright in the context of classical sheet music. The post is of interest in that it is the second post in the NYT on copyright affecting ordinary consumers. Randy Cohen also has a post on the ethics of copying an e-book. From Pogue’s post:
You’d think it’d be pretty easy to live within the copyright laws, or at least to understand them: if you want something of value, you pay for it.
“Tyranny of Credentials”
Brian Frank has a new post on the “tyranny of credentials.” From the post:
By complaining about the “tyranny of credentials” I was aiming at the stranglehold that that whole way of thinking has on the theory and practice of learning. I mean, there are some things that are best learned in classrooms, some things that are best learned through apprenticeships, etc, and then there are things we can only learn by taking responsibility for mastering them ourselves.
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Flatworld Knowledge CEO on the Future of Textbooks
Jeff Shelstad, CEO of textbook publisher Flatworld Knowledge, has a new post on the future of textbooks. From the post:
Cash-strapped, tech-savvy students who yearn to be treated like consumers are left with few alternatives. In an effort to survive financially, they turn to used books, rentals, online piracy sites, and a robust gray market of low-cost international editions, all of which hurt authors and bookstores.
Posted in Open Education
Tagged higher education, ocw, oer, open content, Open Education, open textbook, open textbooks, openness
Review of BigBlueButton
D’Arcy Norman has a new post giving a review of BigBlueButton, an open source synchronous learning program. There has been increased interest in BigBlueButton after Blackboard announced its purchase of Wimba and Elluminate. From Norman’s post:
So far, it looks pretty darned impressive.
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Tagged e-learning, higher education, online learning, open source, openness
Behind University of South Florida’s Open Content
Bridget McCrea has a new post on the success of the University of South Florida use of open content. From the post:
Years before most institutions of higher education would start paying attention to the “open content” concept, the University of South Florida’s mechanical engineering department was already in the throes of setting up its own “come one, come all” approach…
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Tagged e-learning, higher education, ocw, oer, online learning, open content, Open Education, openness
U.S. Creative Commons Case
Glyn Moody has a new post commenting on a recently filed case regarding use of content licensed Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs license (CC BY-NC-ND). From the post:
The paucity of court cases is not because people think the licences are irrelevant or obviously invalid, but the opposite: because the received view is clearly that both the GPL and CC licences are so well written and so strong that it would be foolish to challenge them in them court.
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Tagged cc, CC licenses, copy right, copyright, creative commons, open content, openness
