David Humphrey has a new post explaining how an open video lab at the Mozilla Drumbeat Festival went. From the post:
Our goals for the Open Video Lab were simple to state, harder to guarantee: show people what you can do with HTML5 and , , , CSS3, etc.; link film people with developers with storytellers with designers with educators;
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Donatella Della Ratta has a new post about adoption of Creative Commons in the Middle East. From the post:
CC communities throughout the Arab World displayed their rich culture and commitment to openness this past week in Lebanon and Qatar, showcasing creative works, inter-regional collaboration, and a focused dedication on legal and copyright issues in the region.
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Leigh Blackall has a new post on why he is doing an open PhD. From the post:
For me, submitting to a PhD is not as straight forward as it may be for others. Aside from the extra workload, pressure and uncomfortable status that everyone in the process must face, I have published a lot of criticism generally at the mechanisms of Higher Education, not excluding the PhD.
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Stephen Downes has a new post discussing the deinstitutionalization of education. From the post:
People today are beginning to realize, I think, that the solution of the problem of institutional excess does not lie in the creation of more institutions. The solution to the problem of the corruption of mass movements does not lie in the creation of yet another mass movement.
Asheesh Laroia has a new post relating an OpenHatch meetup in Philadelphia. OpenHatch is a project to teach about open source. From the post:
Much feedback was positive. One student said about contributing to open source, “You made it feel a lot more doable.” He continued, “You don’t have to be a pro programmer to help or contribute something.”
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Michael Feldstein has posted slides comparing Moodle to Sakai from a trainer’s perspective.
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D.D. Guttenplan is reporting on higher education institutions that put forth OpenCourseWare for marketing purposes. From the article:
“My deep belief is that as academics we have a duty to disperse our ideas as far and as freely as possible.” [Professor Rebecca Henderson]
Thanks to Rakesh Rajani for the link. Also, Samantha Wilson on NYU’s OCW effort (thanks to Atul Sabnis for the link).
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Timothy Vollmer has posted an interview with Eric Frank, founder of open textbook company Flat World Knowledge. From the post:
For the most part, when the average faculty member hears “open textbook,” it means nothing to them. In some cases, it has a positive connotation, and in other cases, it’s negative. When it’s negative, the primarily concern is one of basic quality and sustainability.
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John Gautam has a new post on Creative Commons licenses. From the post:
As an organization, we did spend some time choosing a license and, from our perspective, a choice between openness and sharing which reduced to a choice between the Attribution and Attribution-Share-Alike license.
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Curriki has posted a list of open educational resource search engines.
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