Richard Hall has a new post responding to David Wiley’s recent post on OER and capitalism. From the post:
…we cannot abstractly throw a concept like openness and hope that it can/will humanise capital.
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Response to OER and Capitalism
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Tagged commons, ocw, oer, open content, Open Education, openness, policy
More on SCORM and OER
Greg DeKoenigsberg has a new post discussing what SCORM might mean for OER supported by the U.S. federal government. From the post:
The choice of license requirement has enormous implications, which will doubtless by examined and re-examined over the coming months. The excitement in the open education world about the licensing requirement has, however, been somewhat tempered by the imposition of SCORM as a technical requirement.
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Tagged higher education, ocw, oer, open content, Open Education, openness, policy
Open Ed, Open Access and Capitalism
David Wiley has a new post on open education, open access and its relation to capitalism and socialism. From the post:
You bought and paid for a computer game, but you never got to play it. You bought and paid for a research article, but you never got to read it. This violates the fundamental idea of a market – that if you buy one, you should get one.
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Tagged ocw, oer, open content, Open Education, openness, policy
Reaction to $2 Billion for OER
Many posts, tweets and other forms of online buzz surrounding the US Government approval of $2 billion for open curriculum for online schools.
- Leigh Blackall “That crisis comes closer, as does the opportunity:
- “I am a customer of publishers in a different way from the way I am a customer of the government.”
- Dave Cormier “The PROBLEM with throwing lots of money at a problem is that it attracts a number of people who aren’t otherwise interested in the problem you currently have.”
- Geoff Cain “Where is the innovation?”
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Tagged cc, CC licenses, e-learning, higher education, ocw, oer, online learning, Open Education, openness, policy
Belgian and Isareli Courts Find in Favor of CC Licenses
Matt Liebenson has a new post noting two cases, one in Belgium and one Israel, that found in favor of Creative Commons licenses. From the post:
These cases together highlight some important fundamentals about how CC licenses operate. First and foremost, our licenses operate in conjunction with copyright, not in lieu of copyright. This means that if the terms of the CC license you have applied to your music or other creative work are violated, as the judge concluded in the Belgian case, the result is copyright infringement and nothing less.
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Tagged cc, CC licenses, commons, creative commons, openness, policy
US Gov Approves $2 Billion OER Expenditure
Timothy Vollmer has a new post noting that the U.S. Federal government has approved $2 billion for development of open educational resources. From the post:
Beth Noveck, professor of law and former U.S. Deputy Chief Technology Officer and Director of the White House Open Government Initiative, said, “The decision to make the work product of $2 billion in federally funded grants free for others to reuse represents a historic step forward for open education.
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Tagged commons, higher education, ocw, oer, open content, openness, policy
Fair Use Uncertainity Inhibiting Libraries
Michael Kelley has a new post about a recent report by the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) which claims that fair use is inhibiting libraries. From the post:
For example, the interviewees revealed that they often determine which digital projects to pursue based not on scholarly needs but mainly on whether the materials are in the public domain and, thus, free of copyright questions.
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Tagged commons, higher education, library, open content, openness, policy
Harvard Newspaper Supports Copyright Clampdown
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.
Canada’s Copyright Tipping Point
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
OER a Priority for US Gov Grants
Creative Commons tweets a link to “Supplemental Priorities for Discretionary Grant Programs”, which indicates that OER is one of those priorities.
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Tagged e-learning, oer, online learning, open content, Open Education, openness, policy
