"Connexions is an environment for collaboratively developing, freely sharing, and rapidly publishing scholarly content on the Web. Our Content Commons contains educational materials for everyone - from children to college students to professionals - organized in small modules that are easily connected into larger collections or courses. All content is free to use and reuse under the Creative Commons "attribution" license. "
Interesting points about who will own access to classics and out-of-print books (i.e., information) once they are digitized for the web...
"We speak to Brewster Kahle, founder of the non-profit internet library Archive.org. He's among critics warning Google could end up with a monopoly of access to information and exclusive license to profit from millions of books."
Firefox's bookmark shortcuts are criminally underused. It just makes sense to me to hit CTRL-L (or CTRL-T and then CTRL-L if I want a new tab) and type "g chris lott" to ego surf or "flickrcc dancing monkeys" to search for Creative Commons licensed images on flickr, etc. Here's a list of my current collection of bookmark shortcuts and the key words I use, some of which you might find useful
For anyone interested in more background on the foundations of OER, licensing, etc. this is David Wiley's course. Lots of good readings and excellent discussions.