Cheryl A. Kerfeld and Liza Gross have published an article on upcoming open education articles in PLoS Biology. From the article:
While most articles will focus on such instructional tools and approaches, we’ll also feature innovative open-education initiatives and strategies that, wherever possible, draw on research reported in open-access journals.
Thanks to Jung Choi for the link.
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Tagged commons, higher education, journal, library, OATP, oer, open access, open content, Open Education, openness
“Rex” has a new post wondering whether the increase in digital scholarly articles will result in DRM being used. From the post:
These are areas where publishers could really do something to create a quality product that authors and editors can not. Perhaps I am wrong to be cynical, but I think they might take the easier route and make PDFs less useful, rather than more useful.
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Tagged higher education, journal, library, oer, open content, Open Education, openness
Joi Ito has a new post introducing Creative Commons new fundraising campaign. From the post:
A legion of Creative Commons (CC) Superheroes is already at work, using our amazing tools to save people from failed sharing all over the planet.
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Tagged commons, copy right, copyright, creative commons, Open Education, openness
Robert Darnton has published his opening remarks given at Harvard regarding the creation of a National Digital Library. From the remarks:
…in practice, most of humanity has been cut off from the accumulated wisdom of the ages.
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Tagged commons, copy right, copyright, Internet, library, oer, open content, public domain
A white paper has been posted on e-journal archiving in the UK. Thanks to Stephen Downes for the link.
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Tagged e-learning, higher education, JISC, journal, library, online learning, openness
George Siemens has posted a presentation on complex learning environments as part of an ongoing open course.
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Tagged cc, CC licenses, commons, copy right, copyright, creative commons, Open Education, open learning, openness
Marc Perry has a new post on how the Gates Foundation is planning to spend its money. From the post:
We’ll issue a set of challenges this fall around shared open-core courseware, around learning analytics, around blended learning, and around new, deeper forms of learning and engagement using interactive technologies.
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Tagged e-learning, higher education, ocw, oer, online learning, open content, Open Education, openness
Allan Smithee has a new post about digitizing books in Japan. From the post:
A few enterprising firms are setting up shop to digitise selected paper books into e-books for individual customers. But lawyers for the Japan Book Publishers Association (JBPA) say the practice violates Japanese Copyright Law.
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Josef Ohlsson Collentine begins the first of three posts discussing copyright. From the post:
In the first part I will give a very brief history of copyright and fair use, followed by why copyright no longer is fit for our society.
Tal Niv has a new post discussing types of contributions Creative Commons makes to society at large. From the post:
So after carefully analyzing what CC actually does, I came up with a three-part categorization of the range of CC activities. This categorization is based on size really, and I came up with it thinking about what CC does through a contribution lens.
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Tagged cc, CC licenses, commons, copy right, copyright, creative commons, open content, openness
