Stephen Downes has a new post linking to a video introducing gRSShopper, which is open source personal aggregation/publishing software.
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Open Course Participation
Alan Levine has a new post chiding people for apologizing when sporadically participating in open courses. From the post:
There is no “sorry” in an open course. The “open” means you enter when you want and exit when you want and in between you do what you want. Are we that conditioned to think that we are letting someone down when we put other priorities above doing coursework for which we get no credit?
Posted in Open Education
Tagged e-learning, ocw, oer, online learning, open accreditation, open course, openness
Flat World Knowledge Releases Customization Platform for Their Textbooks
Flat World Knowledge has issued a press release announcing a “Make It Your Own” textbook customization platform.
Posted in Open Education
Tagged commons, ocw, oer, open content, Open Education, openness
OCW Efforts in Higher Ed
Mark Jaycox has a new post providing an overview of recent OCW efforts in higher education. From the post:
The Open University plans to develop free, open courseware that will aide students in meeting prerequisite math courses. The program, called “Bridge to Success” (B2S), will use high-quality open educational material, like MIT’s Open Courseware, to combine multimedia content with traditional pre-algebra concepts.
Posted in Open Education
Tagged e-learning, higher education, ocw, oer, open content, Open Education, openness
Linking Research Papers to OER
Nick Sheppard has a new post on linking research papers to open educational resources. From the post:
With such an approach, is there perhaps an opportunity to tie research and OER more closely together at an institutional level (if this isn’t politically naive!) and contribute to research led teaching?
Posted in Open Education
Tagged higher education, ocw, oer, open content, Open Education, openness, research
Copyright and Vagueness
Bradley E. Abruzzi has published an article discussing the relationship between copyright and the “vagueness doctrine.” From the abstract:
The Constitution’s void-for-vagueness doctrine is itself vaguely stated. The law does little to describe at what point vague laws – other than those that are entirely standardless – might be unconstitutionally vague. Rather than explore this territory, the Supreme Court has identified three “collateral factors” that affect its inclination to invalidate a law for vagueness…
Thanks to Christine A. Corcos for the link.
Social Inclusion Through OER
Gráinne Conole has started a page on Cloudworks to discuss social inclusion through open educational resources.
Posted in Open Education
Tagged commons, e-learning, higher education, oer, online learning, Open Education, openness
Incentives to Use OER
A mindmap has been posted on incentives to use open educational resources.
Posted in Open Education
Tagged commons, ocw, oer, open content, Open Education, openness
Pay Per View Access Model Rejected
Paul Jump has a new post on a recent report about alternate models of journal publishing. From the post:
The report rejects a number of alternative proposals for wider access put forward by publishers. These include offering UK-wide access licences for subscription journals, which it deems too expensive for universities, and “pay-per-view” models, which are considered unlikely to lead to substantial increases in access.
Note: OEN is indebted to the OATP project on Connotea for many of its open access stories.
Access to Scientific Knowledge
George Siemens has a new post on Lawrence Lessig’s recent focus on open access. From the post:
An academic doesn’t get paid to produce an article – at least not directly. She publishes because it’s part of her work and her research. However, once published, access to her work is essentially blocked as only those libraries and universities that have purchased access can make the article available to students.
Related: a post at Discover magazine on how to access scientific papers for free.
