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Read the full text - download available. Issue is MOOC as a "tool" for educators and learners, not as an end in itself - so assessment strategies must be above and beyond test scores, satisfaction and completion rates.

Don't get seduced by retention/persistence rates - it's about the design principles, stupid!

Comment by Tim Vollmer, Manager of Policy and Data for Creative Commons: "...a handy, human-readable reference guide for academic authors, publishers looking into supporting Open Access, and policy makers and funders adopting open policies that require Open Access to research that is funded through the public purse... focuses primarily on describing the spectrum of Open Access policies for journals. An increasingly important and related area is the sharing of data associated with the research process. Open data have the potential to facilitate enhanced scientific collaboration and reproducibility, but it is not yet settled, from both a legal and technical perspective, how this wealth of data that leads to the creation of scholarly work will be shared. And current research suggests an approach whereby articles are licensed under an open license (preferably CC-BY), while data associated with the article are dedicated to the public domain using a tool such as the CC0 Public Domain Dedication. In this way, researchers clearly communicate-in a comprehensive manner-the rights and permissions available to users for both the text and the data." Read more at http://blogs.plos.org/blog/2012/10/01/tim-vollmer-of-creative-commons-on-howopenisit/

Free quiz generator for any not-for-profit use; Flash-based; 3 different quizzes (a) for whiteboard/projector use, (b) mini quiz with reading text, e.g., mini-webquest, (c) mini-quiz to be added to an existing page

Should I use this generator to build the copyright crash course? It's Flash-based so won't work on iPad/Touch/Phone, right?

An open educational resource modeling how to write an open educational resource... by having you read it and learn from it at your own pace you can write your own OER unit.

Intro with learning outcomes; Definition of open learning and OERs; Planning an OER unit; Creating an OER; Pedagogy inc social constructivism; Communicating; Evaluating open learning

An example of a faculty-centered open educational resource for the celebration of local cultures. "The Project on New York Writing seeks to generate significant new research and teaching about New York's relationship to American and global literatures and cultures.... The Project will offer students of New York literature and culture resources with which to interpret the palimpsest that is New York, to help them make sense of the myriad narratives that the city generates. One of the Project's chief aims is conservancy: we hope to preserve the history of New York writing for future generations. But another aim is the promotion of innovation: we hope to encourage all whom the Initiative serves to add to the living culture of city, reading and rewriting its narratives, enlarging the literary construct that is New York."

Started in 1997 by Thomas Luxon, English Prof at Darmouth College, supported by the college and the special collections archivists but also by State Farm Companies Foundation as well as Milton publications' editors. Currently all of Milton's poetry (in 4 languages) and selections of his prose - almost all are fully annotated and with introductions by his students.