Dave Cormier has a new post on possible use cases for open courses. From the post:
I think there’s a middle ground somewhere where we can bring in people who aren’t exactly ‘opposed’ to the idea of openness to understanding the power of supporting networks and network creation.
Link and commentary by Stephen Downes. Gabi Witthaus expands on Cormier’s thoughts.
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Mike Linksvayer has posted an interview with author Lewis Hyde, who has written a new book Common as Air. From the interview:
I am obviously someone who cares about gift-exchange and sharing in the creation of knowledge and culture but I am also a bit of a contrarian and thus find that sometimes I want to underline the complications that necessarily arise around gift-exchange in our current situation.
Robert Darnton at the New York Times reviews the book.
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George Siemens reacts to an article on open courses that was placed behind a pay wall on The Chronicle of Higher Education website. From the post:
I haven’t read the article. I’m sure it’s good. But it’s against the grain of what I wanted to communicate about openness.
D’Arcy Norman posts similar thoughts.
Victor Yu has posted an interview with Richard Baranuik, founder of Connexions. From the interview:
In 1999, frustrated by the fact that there was no appropriate textbook for my class, I considered writing my own. But on careful reflection, i realized that
the educational publishing system was broken and that writing a new book and publishing it through this system would not make a meaningful impact.
Thanks to Daniel Williamson for the link.
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Steve Carson announces that MIT OCW was listed by Time magazine as one of the best websites of 2010. From the post:
“It’s truly remarkable to see MIT OpenCourseWare listed beside these other well-known sites,” says Professor Shigeru Miyagawa, chair of OCW’s Faculty Advisory Committee. “It really speaks to the impact the site is having not only on the individuals who use it, but on the culture of the Web as a whole.
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Jane Park has a new post noting that the Peer-2-Peer University is starting its third round of courses. One of the courses is “Copyright for Educators.” From the post:
Sign-ups for all other courses are available at http://p2pu.org/course/list. The deadline to sign up is September 8, and courses will run until October 27th.
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Tagged commons, copy right, copyright, e-learning, online learning, open learning, open-teaching
Taulant Ramabaja has a new post on open educational resources at the American University in Kosovo. From the post:
Another big issue, or at least an issue for me, was the lack of coherent OER platforms and standards. Most of what has gotten out onto the web has s far been driven by personal initiative of some open minded intellectuals.
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Columbia Univesity has posted a panel discussion on paying for open access on YouTube.
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David Wiley has a new post summarizing the state of open education in Utah. From the post:
Open education seems to be getting some traction here in Utah.
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Rodd Lucier has posted slides explaining Creative Commons to educators.
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