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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “open content”

• 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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• Six priorities for Canadian e-learning in 2010

  
  Tony Bates — Authority: 430
  © Wikipedia Summary of my priorities 1. A requirement for all newly appointed full-time instructors in public Canadian post-secondary educational institutions to have a formal certification in teaching in post-secondary education, to be in place by September 2012. This would include both pedagogical and ...
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• The arriving choice for poor kids in inferior schools

  
  Golden Swamp — Authority: 111
  This week, Congress voted to end a proven program that was sending achieving District of Columbia students to private schools where they were successful students. The Washington Post headline called it ‘Duplicitous and Shameful’ in a report that begins : The waiting is finally over for some of the District of ...
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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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• 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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• Solipsis: Welcome to the Metaverse

  
  P2P Foundation — Authority: 511
  Solipsis is an online 3D game-type world - not dissimilar to more well known virtual worlds such as Second Life, Eve Online or World of Warcraft.  Not dissimilar but also totally different…  Let me explain - they are similar in the sense that both Solipsis and the examples above are 3D worlds that users can ...
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• Dreaming the Dream

  
  Simple Pleasures part 4 — Authority: 106
  The Dream Realised (courtesy of me) Some great news just in at Channel 4 HQ – the Big 4 sculpture on the doorstep of the Richard Rogers designed home of C4 has been given an extension of 5 years by the planning department of Westminster City Council. The public artwork – a 50-foot-high metal ‘4′ – ...
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• Mellon Foundation “Merges” RIT Program

  
  iterating toward openness — Authority: 480
  I received a communication from the Mellon Foundation today announcing that they’re “merging” the Research in Information Technology Program (RIT) with their Scholarly Communications Program, and that Ira and Chris are both leaving the Mellon Foundation. I won’t attempt to second guess why the restructuring is ...
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• Network laws emerge the true and unbiased as peer review falters

  
  Golden Swamp — Authority: 111
  Open online science emerges to make prominent the links loved by experts and inquirers. This new selection process is a gift of the internet that is fundamentally superior to peer review by a selected few of articles before they are published. To illustrate how network laws affect online study subjects, I keep posting ...
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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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• 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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• Currency of the Degree

  
  Open Education News — Authority: 140
  Dan Robles at ConversationalCurrency has posted on “open source” education. Robles argues that the current higher education system is outdated and the currency of degrees are waning. From the post: With the cost of a college degree spiraling upward and the value of the degree spiraling downward, the market will ...
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• Hub and Spoke for OCW

  
  Open Education News — Authority: 140
  The OCW Consortium has posted video of a presentation given by Larry Cooperman (UC Irvine OCW) on the “Hub and Spoke Model for Enhanced Discoverability.”
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• Education is overdue dealing with the data deluge

  
  Golden Swamp — Authority: 111
  It is unacceptable to teach standardized dabs of school subjects to youngsters who will be confronted in their careers by the data deluge described in Science Times this week : In a speech given just a few weeks before he was lost at sea off the California coast in January 2007, Jim Gray, a database software ...
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• U of Delaware Publishing on iTunes U

  
  Open Education News — Authority: 140
  The University of Delaware is announcing the launch of its iTunes U portal. From the press release: “iTunes U has two faces: Public and private. Anyone can access the public side. The private side is for people, such as students, who are enrolled in a class that is not open to the public,” Hyde [IT Academic ...
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• “Open Access” Encyclopedias

  
  Open Education News — Authority: 140
  Steve Kolowich at InsideHigherEd has a new article on “open access” encyclopedias besides Wikipedia. From the article: Like a lot of free-content sites, most of these encyclopedia projects are still grappling with funding anxieties. Thanks to Gavin Baker at Open Access News for the link.
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• SAIDE Launches OER Policy

  
  Open Education News — Authority: 140
  Tony Bates is reporting that OER Africa is now part of SAIDE (South African Association of Distance Education). As a result, SAIDE is now launching a new OER policy. From the post: SAIDE will become a member of the Open CourseWare Consortium and other relevant fora as appropriate in order to ensure that it becomes ...
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• Author’s Perspective on Open Textbooks

  
  Open Education News — Authority: 140
  Last month OEN reported on a webinar regarding open textbooks. Slides (PDF) are now available from that presentation.
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• Kiss Me Not

  
  Authspot — Authority: 560
  Kiss Me Not Image via Wikipedia Image via Wikipedia Image via Wikipedia Image via Wikipedia   That’s why I haven’t been kissed In a million years.   Nor will anyone kiss me   In the next million.   No regrets   My foul mouth   Keep your ...
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