Stephen Downes and David Wiley are participating in debate regarding the commercial use of open educational resources.
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Monthly Archives: April 2011
Favoring Commercial Use of OER
Posted in Open Education
Tagged commons, e-learning, higher education, ocw, oer, online learning, open content, Open Education, openness, sustainability
Using CC0 for Public Domain Software
Mike Linksvayer has a new post on why it isn’t a good idea to using the CC0 license for public domain software. From the post:
We hadn’t set out with CC0 to improve on public domain dedications for software. However, since the release of CC0, we’ve been approached a number of times about using CC0 to dedicate software to the public domain. While we were happy to hear of this unanticipated demand, we wanted to tread very carefully so as to not create any unintended consequences for the free software ecosystem.
Note: Mike Linksvayer clarifies that it is actually acceptable to use CC0 for public domain software.
Posted in Open Education
Tagged CC0, commons, Open Education, open source, openness, public domain
OER in the Writing Center
“cel4145″ has posted a video discussing the use of open educational resources in the writing center.
Posted in Open Education
Tagged e-learning, higher education, ocw, oer, open content, Open Education, openness, writing
Economics of Open Learning
Bernd Remmele has posted an article on the economics of open learning. From the article:
The article explores the possibility of finding marketable services in relation to the selection function, arguing that degree-providing institutions can offer learners credits for the competences acquired during open learning, in other words, re-formalizing the process.
More Yale OCW
Dan Coleman has a new post noting that Yale has released 10 more open courses.
Posted in Open Education
Tagged commons, e-learning, higher education, ocw, oer, online learning, open content, Open Education, openness
Sugar Labs to Use OER
Stephen Downes notes that Sugar Labs will be using open educational resources in program related to One Laptop Per Child.
Posted in Open Education
Tagged e-learning, K-12, ocw, oer, open content, Open Education, openness
Go Open Access
Stephen Downes has a new post linking to a humorous video on open access.
Posted in Open Education
Tagged higher education, library, OATP, open access, openness
Jim Groom and the DS106 Interview
Jim Groom has posted his response to a series of questions given to him by a student in the UK. From the interview:
And the take away? None of this would have happened if the course wasn’t open and the networks weren’t in place.
Posted in Open Education
Tagged ds106, mooc, open course, openness, thebava, wejamecono
Instructure Receives Investment Money
Several websites are reporting that the LMS company Instructure has received $8 million in funding. The company’s LMS, Canvas, is open source. Coverage from ReadWriteWeb, ZDNet Education and the Wall Street Journal.
Google Copyright School
Jennifer Martinez has a new post reporting that Google is requiring copyright violators to watch a video on copyright before they are allowed to upload to YouTube again.
