David Wiley has a new post addressing some of the points raised by Jaron Lanier, author of You are Not a Gadget. From the post:
It seems to me that Lanier’s question is one of how can we leverage the technology that’s available to us while being very careful to preserve, protect, and value our humanity.
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Tagged e-learning, ocw, oer, online learning, open content, Open Education, openness
Mary Ann Bitter has posted an interview with Glen Moriarty, CEO of NIXTY, an e-learning website. From the post:
In my mind NIXTY has the potential to truly contribute to the open education movement.
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Tagged e-learning, ocw, oer, online learning, open content, Open Education, open learning, open-teaching, openness
The University of the People has issued a press release announcing a partnership with the Clinton Global Initiative to educate in Haiti. From the press release:
Over a three year period, UoPeople will accept 250 qualified Haitian students to study online with their peers around the world, utilizing the institution’s resources to earn an Associate’s Degree in either Business Administration or Computer Science.
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Tagged higher education, ocw, oer, open content, Open Education
Stian Haklev has a new post on the four purposes of open educational resources. From the post:
This part of my thesis is based on a framework that I have gradually developed over the last year and a half. It began with reading Mike Caulfield’s blog post Openness as reuse, and openness as transparency, where he contrasted the purposes of MIT OpenCourseWare and CMU’s Open Learning Initiative.
Thanks to Daniel Dominguez for the link.
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Tagged higher education, ocw, oer, open content, Open Education
UNESCO has announced an upcoming discussion on OER policy and capacity. From the announcement:
The three forums are scheduled for the period September – November 2010 and will be organised in sessions of a week each, each week focusing on a different broad theme. For each forum knowledgeable persons (discussants) have been identified to draft short papers that will be used in introducing the theme.
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Tagged commons, copy right, copyright, ocw, oer, open content, Open Education, policy
Audrey Watters has a new post comparing OER to legos. Some readers may be reminded of the learning object debates of the late ’90′s. From the post:
My point: I want teachers, students, (ed-)tech folks to be able to build cool stuff. And okay, the LEGO analogy only goes so far.
Kevin Smith has a new post on copyright and folklore in Ghana. From the post:
Another issue is very clearly dealt with by the Ghanaian law — the issue of who owns folklore. In section 4 of the attached document, the law states that “the rights of folklore are vested in the President on behalf of and in trust for the people of the Republic.”
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Tagged copy right, copyright, openness, policy, public domain
“cel145″ has a new post discussing why teachers don’t create or alter open textbooks. From the post:
Teachers generally don’t create textbook materials for their classes. I don’t know if I’ve ever heard another teacher say to another, “I wrote this reading for my students as an alternative to a textbook chapter or other materials I have found online to use as readings.” It just doesn’t happen.
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Tagged K-12, ocw, oer, open content, Open Education, open textbook, open textbooks
Eric Hellman has a new post on libraries acquiring eBooks. From the post:
…I got feedback that publishers would be very hesitant to sell off ebook rights; publishers view their intellectual property rights as “part of the company” and divesting of this rights would be a “liquidation strategy”.
Glen Moriarty has a new post on certifying learning with open educational resources. From the post:
Certifications provide one such avenue. Their value is inherently tied to the individuals or organization doing the certification. These people or institutions are vouching for the students they are vetting through the process of endorsing their learning.
Thanks to Stephen Downes for the link.
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Tagged higher education, ocw, oer, online learning, open accreditation, open content, Open Education
