Michelle Thorne has a new post about harmonizing languages at Creative Commons. From the post:
You’ll see the harmonized translations available now on our license deeds. Please note again that the deeds are not legally operative; instead, they play a critical role in helping ensure our licenses are understandable and accessible to users.
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Tagged cc, CC licenses, copy right, copyright, creative commons, open content
George Siemens has a new post announcing an open course on “Learning and Knowledge Analytics”.
Posted in Open Education
Tagged open content, open course, Open Education, open learning, open-teaching, openness
Mike Masnick has a new post discussing recent support by Harvard Crimson staff to get tougher on copyright infringement at Harvard. From the post:
Most people create and innovate not to get “intellectual property” but because they want to create and get work out there, or because they have a general need to innovate.
Algot Runeman has a new post discussing the use of proprietary software in K-12 classrooms because they are “standard.”
When schools install expensive learning tools on school computers, are they making it easier for the students or more difficult?
Lawrence Lessig has a new post announcing Cathy Casserly as the new CEO of Creative Commons. From the post:
Cathy has an extraordinary reputation among foundations and the Open Educational Resources community. She has had extensive experience coaxing creators and educators into a more sensible and flexible manner for creating and sharing their work.
Note: In this post Lessig also makes an plea for donations to Creative Commons. Apparently they are $200,000 behind their fund raising goal.
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Tagged cc, CC licenses, copy right, copyright, creative commons, ocw, oer, open content, Open Education, openness
“petermr” has a new post on why he avoids the NC clause in open licenses. From the post:
There is every evidence that in code specifically NC is less useful than BY. If code were constrained by BY from adoption then the community would have moved to NC. But that prevents huge take up by other sectors.
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Tagged cc, CC licenses, commons, copy right, copyright, creative commons, open content, open source, openness
Joel West has a new post “contrasting open standards, open source, and open innovation.” From the post:
Thus to pay the bills, there has to be value capture somewhere: everything has some level of openness and some level of proprietary–ness1.
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Tagged Internet, open content, open source, open standards, openness
George Siemens has a new post discussing some concerns about Massive Open Online Courses. From the post:
If we strive to make the courses easier to offer, we will likely place some constraints on the tools and processes.
Commentary by Stephen Downes.
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Tagged e-learning, higher education, moocs, online learning, open content, Open Education, openness
Michael Geist has written an article about Canada, copyright and education. From the post:
The tipping point toward using technology as a replacement may have come this year when Access Copyright, the copyright collective that licenses copying on Canadian campuses, demanded a significant increase in the fees associated with photocopying articles and producing printed course packs.
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Tagged commons, copy right, copyright, e-learning, higher education, K-12, online learning, openness, policy
Heather Morrison has a new post on measuring the growth and success of open access. From the post:
Why success rather than sustainability or cost-effectiveness?
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Tagged higher education, journal, library, open access, open content, Open Education, openness
