Jason Hibbets has a new post explaining open standards. From the post:
Proprietary organizations would have you think that the free format is the risk here. But it’s not.
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Explaining Open Standards
Posted in Open Education
Tagged commons, Internet, Open Education, open source, open standards, openness
Wales Wins Gottlieb Duttweiler Award
Dean Wilson has a new post noting that Jimmy Wales, one of the founders of Wikipedia, has won the Gottlieb Duttweiler Award. The award has a cash prize equivalent of $104,000.
Posted in Open Education
Tagged ocw, oer, open content, open learning, openness, Wikipedia
OERs Just Learning Objects
John Robertson has a new post comparing open educational resources to learning objects. From the post:
OERs are much more diverse, to roughly borrow from how Creative Commons’ DiscoverEd approaches the topic – it’s a resource, with an open license, that someone has declared to be useful to be useful for educational purposes.
Thanks to Stephen Downes for the link.
Posted in Open Education
Tagged cc, CC licenses, commons, copy right, copyright, creative commons, oer, open content, Open Education, openness
Gates Foundation Requires CC BY for Grant Materials
Timothy Vollmer has a new post noting that the Gates Foundation is requiring grant materials to be licensed CC BY. From the post:
Adopting CC BY is precisely aligned with the overarching goals of foundation funding and initiatives such as the Next Generation Learning Challenges.
Posted in Open Education
Tagged cc, CC licenses, copy right, copyright, creative commons, openness
The Cost of Keeping Material Out of the Public Domain
Mike Masnick has a new post discussing the cost of keeping material out of the public domain. From the post:
The main assumption is often that there’s no “cost” to keeping works protected by copyright. In fact politicians have, at times, even argued that copyright doesn’t have an impact on price of works, as they argued in favor of copyright extension.
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Tagged cc, CC licenses, commons, oer, open content, Open Education, openness
Open Source Publishing
Beverly Pearl has a new post on open source publishing. From the post:
Print-on-demand self-publishing companies abound. The trouble with most of them–if you want to stick with open source–is that they either require proprietary (Windows or MacOS) components or their support for PDF input is intended only for skilled, technically-competent users
Posted in Open Education
Tagged ocw, oer, open content, Open Education, open source, openness
Learning Without the Teacher
Rebecca Fernandez has a new post on learning without the teacher. From the post:
I figured out GWBasic one summer: just a bored preteen messing around with a computer and a manual. Several years later, I was figuring out HTML and CSS the same way. I can hardly remember another time in my school years when I was more engaged in learning something.
Posted in Open Education
Tagged e-learning, higher education, K-12, online learning, open content, Open Education, openness
CBC Bans Use of CC Licensed Music
The Canadian Broadcasting Channel (CBC) has banned the use of music licensed with Creative Commons on its podcasts. Reaction from Michael Giest, Stephen Downes, Slashdot, Arstechnica and Creative Commons.
Posted in Open Education
Tagged cc, CC licenses, creative commons, Internet, open content, policy
OER Fellowships
The Project TIGER blog is announcing short-term OER fellowships. From the post:
The Fellowship consists of distance learning elements and a one week intensive residential course in Milton Keynes.
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Tagged higher education, ocw, oer, oer fellowships, open content, Open Education
The Public Domain Mark
Diane Peters has a new post announcing the Public Domain Mark, a way to indicate that materials are in the public domain. From the post:
The Public Domain Mark is a further step on the path towards making the promise of a digital public domain a reality,” said Michael Carroll, a founding board member of Creative Commons and a law professor at American University.
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Tagged commons, copy right, copyright, creative commons, public domain
