OER Resources

Article by Marc Parry on Unlocking the Gates (Princeton University Press), a new book by Taylor Walsh, is a research analyst with Ithaka S+R, the research division of the nonprofit Ithaka consulting group, which supported the project together with the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.

at George Mason University's Center for History and New Media - funded by Alfred P Sloan Fndtn

Interesting look at using private class blogging as a means for learning about IP and copyright.

Fantastic browser add-on that pulls the Creative Commons license for CC content on websites and allows you to share that license information easily with the re-purposed content, as either html or plain text.

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Great idea!

A response, in many ways, to Anya Kamenetz's critique of the readability/accessibility of Downes' work.

Openness as a literacy

"The Center for Democracy and Technology is a non-profit public interest organization working to keep the Internet open, innovative, and free. As a civil liberties group with expertise in law, technology, and policy, CDT works to enhance free expression and privacy in communications technologies by finding practical and innovative solutions to public policy challenges while protecting civil liberties. CDT is dedicated to building consensus among all parties interested in the future of the Internet and other new communications media."

Mellon Fndtn $ to study educational uses of content in the digital age, including "(i) student use, collection, and creation of diverse content (e.g. web pages, images, video, and audio); (ii) digital activity by other types of established institutions (e.g. public broadcasting; museums); (iii) educational content assembled and presented outside of any traditional institution, particularly on the internet (e.g. the Red Hot Jazz Archive; the Victorian Web); and (iv) grass-roots open source educational projects (e.g. Wikipedia; the online Samuel Pepys Diary)." Also addressing legal obstacles for good practices and effective use of digital media.

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U.S. National Archives now making high-resolution images of Ansel Adams' public-domain National Park Service photos public via Wikimedia Commons

Open social networking for faculty - connect with recognized leaders in a discipline and collaborate with peers through virtual Guest Lectures

Includes video from UNESCO where Dr. Pongi asks planners of the OER university to find sustainable and scalable solutions to these key questions: - How can OER be best harnessed to train the millions of teachers needed? - What partnerships and interventions are necessary to support OER quality assurance and acceptance? - What specific types of OER content should we prioritise? - A wealth of content exists. How can an effective "clearing house" function that supports quality, cataloguing, information dissemination and other key tasks be operationalised? also Sir John Daniel, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Commonwealth, highlights two strategic questions for the planning of the OER university: - How can the "OER university" give students every element of possibility to draw on the rich environment of knowledge in their learning? -How can the "OER university" provide routes to credible certification so that learners and society can have confidence in the robustness in their knowledge and skills?

Creative Commons produces an e-book with stories of open content and cc-licenses.

Begins September 2011, the "Mother of All MOOCs" by Downes and Siemen.

Excellent essay on CC for educators - answers what, why, how

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A general roadmap of legal issues specific to podcasting (vs. EFF's Blogger's Rights) - orig published 2006, last updated Jan 26, 2010

Legal guide regarding free speech, political speech, anonymity, freedom from liability

Largest source for etextbooks; best way for materials to be accessible for ADA