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The Cetis13 Conference is just days away and excitement is mounting to fever pitch. Or something. Sadly, if you haven't already booked your place at the conference, you've missed the boat. Don't despair though!
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Times Higher Education Inside Higher Ed: Big push for open access Times Higher Education The NIH's openness is now the default across the federal government, said Heather Joseph, the executive director of the Scholarly Publishing and Academic...
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While there's no doubt that copyright licensing is a mess that is often holding back key innovations online, it's a bit worrisome to hear about how the EU Commission is exploring the issue. It has set up a "Licenses for Europe"...
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The scope of open education gets ever broader, from the production, use and reuse of open textbooks, to the use of open educational resources (OER) for teacher education in developing countries, to the use of Creative Commons-licensed content in some MOOCS. But are these activities driven by and infused with a ‘spirit of open’ – an ethos connected with the use, adaptation and reuse of OER that is distinctive and which can be identified amongst educators, learners, academics and institutions?
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In fall of 2011, I took a new approach to the Project Management course I teach each year. I wanted my students to gain hands on experience managing a project, I wanted them to feel the pressure of...
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[From Cable Green to OER Advocacy Group] Creative Commons (CC) is in the final stages of preparing draft 3 of 4.0 for public comment. I want to call your attention to an open proposal (not yet incorporated in the draft or in any way committed to by CC) that would benefit from your input at this time, as it would have the potential to impact the OER and OA communities if it advances. At issue is whether to require licensors to undertake an affirmative representation and warranty that they have secured all rights the work subject to the CC license. This means that licensors would be required to assert that they have all the necessary rights to publish the content under a CC license. Introducing an affirmative representation and warranty on the part of the licensor would be a change from how CC licenses have operated since version 2.0, which places the responsibility on the side of the user of the CC licensed work, who must do the diligence to ensure that he/she has all the necessary rights to use the licensed work. (Note that there have been several proposals in the making, this is a general statement for purposes of eliciting feedback.) Introducing an affirmative representation and warranty on the part of licensors would be a change from how CC licenses have operated to date, with the exception of the version 1.0 licenses which contained such a provision. That provision was removed from the licenses at version 2.0, and has remained absent since. The reasons for that change in policy are collected and explained at the link below. http://wiki.creativecommons.org/4.0/Disclaimer_of_warranties_and_related_issues
CC is only evaluating this proposal at this stage. As part of that evaluation, it would be good to understand from the OER and OA communities, what impact, if any, the inclusion of an affirmative undertaking would have for 4.0 uptake by OER and OA providers and users (who often become providers in turn when they remix and share CC licensed resources).
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OER Daily, by Andreas Link: updated automatically with a curated selection of articles, blog posts, videos and photos. Follow on (follow along) from Andreas's lively Scoop.it page on OER
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Forum hears doubts about uncollaborative and ‘imperialist’ initiatives
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Earlier today, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton unveiled the Open Book Project (remarks, project page, press notice), an initiative to expand access to free, high-quality educational materials in Arabic, with a particular focus on science and technology. These resources will be released under open licenses that allow their free use, sharing, and adaptation to local context.
Open Praxis is a peer-reviewed open access scholarly journal focusing on research and innovation in open, distance and flexible education
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As we start the new year and survey the open education landscape, it's hard not to conclude that openness has prevailed. The victory may not be absolute, but the trend is all one way now - we'll never go back...
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Why most of what currently excites the ed-tech world is hot air: MOOCs, Learning Analytics and Open Education Resources, amongst other fads. I already know what my new year’s resolution will be. As...
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So it seems the Open University press office must have had an embargoed press release lined up for midnight, with a flurry of stories – and a reveal of the official press release on the OU si...
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European Commission - Press Release - European Press release Brussels/Strasbourg, 20 November 2012 Commission. Mention of OER within wider strategy on education in the face of 23% youth unemployment: "Technology, in particular the internet, must be fully exploited. Schools, universities and vocational and training institutions must increase access to education via open educational resources. " Androulla Vassiliou, Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth, said: "Rethinking education is not just of question of money: whilst it is true that we need to invest more in education and training, it is clear that education systems also need to modernise and be more flexible in how they operate to respond to the real needs of today's society. Europe will only resume sustained growth by producing highly skilled and versatile people who can contribute to innovation and entrepreneurship. Efficient and well-targeted investment is fundamental to this, but we will not achieve our objectives by reducing education budgets." Rethinking Education calls for a fundamental shift in education, with more focus on 'learning outcomes' - the knowledge, skills and competences that students acquire. Merely having spent time in education is no longer sufficient.
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