Open Education

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “Open Education”

• Shuttleworth Foundation on CC BY

  
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  Jane Park at Creative Commons has posted an interview with Karien Bezuidenhout, Chief Operating Officer at the Shuttleworth Foundation. From the post: Well, I think, to begin with, we were open to the commercial angle because in the greater Shuttleworth group we’re the only nonprofit entity. We’ve got venture ...
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• Open Access Publisher Introduces Usage-Based Author Royalties

  
  Open Education News — Authority: 140
  Gavin Baker notes that the publisher Sciyo has introduced usage-based author royalties. He notes that it would take 23,500 downloads to offset publishing costs.
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• Internet Textbooks for Home Schooling

  
  Open Education News — Authority: 140
  John J. McGeough has posted on how he recommends developing textbooks for home schooling. From the post: This really isn’t hard. And doing this can save you a tremendous amount of money in the long run.
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• Illusion of Quality in K-12 Textbooks

  
  Open Education News — Authority: 140
  Jane Park has posted on the “illusion of quality” in K-12 textbooks. From the post: Most teachers do little more than assign reading, only to lecture later on the same reading, and as a result, most students do not retain what they have read, if they have read at all. There’s also a related article at the ...
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• Modeling a Paradigm Shift

  
  Open Education News — Authority: 140
  Mike Linksvayer is reporting on a recent publication by Carliss Y. Baldwin and Eric von Hippel on “modeling a paradigm shift.” From the post: If you’re interested in the theoretical case for the ascendancy of innovation and creativity in the commons — and for policy that does not cripple the commons — ...
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• Guide to OCW Consortium

  
  Open Education News — Authority: 140
  Rachael Holtz at CollegeStats.org has posted a “guide” to the OCW Consortium. From the post: The OCW strives to build a network of colleges that offer free and open digital publication of high-quality educational materials organized as courses. Over 200 higher-education institutions currently are cooperating in ...
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• Creative Commons Turns 7

  
  Open Education News — Authority: 140
  Mike Linksvayer has posted on his personal blog that Creative Commons is now seven years old. From the post: Approximately US$1 million loss in funding over the last 18 months is attributable to the financial meltdown. Fortunately an unexpected major gift this year helped make up for half of this loss. Together ...
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• Open Textbooks Alleged to be “Grave Concern”

  
  Open Education News — Authority: 140
  Geraldine “Tincy” Miller has posted arguing against a bill in Texas to use open textbooks. From the post: The effects of this bill run deep. It will eliminate materials that are aligned with state standards and will allow questionable resources into the system that will be there for years to come.
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• Blackall Starts “Open PhD”

  
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  Open education proponent Leigh Blackall is now starting an “open PhD.” From the announcement: I submitted an expression of interest to the University of Canberra to undergo a Doctor of Philosophy by Publication. I am still coming to terms with the whole PhD thing, but needless to say it will be openly ...
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• Google Book Settlement News 12/19/2009

  
  Open Education News — Authority: 140
  Librarians ask for Google Book oversight. Reuters. Open Book Alliance. French court rules against Google
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• Talis Angel Fund Deadline Extended

  
  Open Education News — Authority: 140
  Chris Clarke at Talis Education is announcing that the deadline for funding proposals has been extended to Jan. 31. From the post: If you’ve already submitted, and would have benefited from more time, don’t worry – you can resubmit at any time up to the new deadline – just resend your proposal to ...
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• OLnet Fellowships

  
  Open Education News — Authority: 140
  Fellowships are now available through OLnet for persons researching open educational resources. Applications are due by Jan. 18. Thanks to sbskmi on Twitter for the link.
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• University Prepress at Open University

  
  Open Education News — Authority: 140
  Tony Hirst has a new post suggesting that the Open University start a prepress. From the post: Given that the OU is a publication house, publishing research and teaching materials as a way of generating income, I wonder if there is an opportunity for the Library to support the research publication process providing ...
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• Future of Open Libraries

  
  Open Education News — Authority: 140
  Last month Jessica Pryde published an article on the future of open libraries in the November issue of Open and Library Class Journal . From the article: This paper will discuss the current state of open educational resources and the potential of a universal over-arching initiative containing materials produced ...
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• Open Access in 2009

  
  Open Education News — Authority: 140
  Richard Poynder has posted a retrospective on open access in 2009. From the post: And the bad news? There remains some doubt as to the efficacy of the mandates being introduced. Indeed, it is not even clear that many of the claimed mandates amount to much more than pious declarations. Thanks to Gavin Baker at ...
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• Open textbooks in More Than 400 Colleges

  
  Open Education News — Authority: 140
  Dana Oshiro at ReadWriteWeb is reporting that Flat World Knowledge is being used in over 400 colleges. From the post: As of this coming September, more than 40,000 college students at more than 400 colleges will access the publisher’s e-learning services and textbooks.
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• Copyrighting an SQL Query

  
  Open Education News — Authority: 140
  Mike Masnick has posted on an IT contractor who put a copyright notification in a script that executed an SQL query. From the post: …the district had contracted out the process to a guy who charged them $500 per year, to basically write and then run an SQL query that exported the data. Each year, all he had to do ...
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• ccLearn Sponsoring TEDxNYED

  
  Open Education News — Authority: 140
  Jane Park at Creative Commons is announcing ccLearn’s support for the TEDxNYED conference. The conference will focus on education and will take place Mar. 6 in New York City. From the post: You’ve all heard of the TED Conference (Technology, Entertainment, Design), the annual meeting of great minds with amazing ...
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• BBC Announces Journalism Classes

  
  Open Education News — Authority: 140
  James Robinson at The Guardian is reporting that the BBC will be opening some of its journalism courses to the general public. Some internal training will be available for a fee. From the article: The website is part of the BBC College of Journalism, which has been running for three years as an internal BBC ...
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• Author Sells on Kindle Exclusively

  
  Open Education News — Authority: 140
  Christopher Dawson at ZDNet is reporting that Stephen Covey, author of 7 Habits of Highly Effective People , will make electronic copies of two of his books exclusive to the Kindle. This move may be a hint at future exclusivity deals. From the post: So why do we care here in the land of Ed Tech? Because Amazon ...
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