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blogpost about business, revenue models and sustainability of Open Educational Resources.

Andy Lane (Open University) on the sustainability of Open Educational Resources

My paper at Ed-Media 2008. Abstract; In 2007, Delft University of Technology started Delft OCW (Open Courseware), a project with the objective of publishing educational resources online. This paper focuses on the future of this project, and describes the results of the research on its sustainability. The advice includes (i) the development of a more decentralized environment for Open Educational Resources (OER), (ii) the involvement of other OER projects, educational institutes, private organizations, and end-users, (iii) the management and support of this environment through tools and protocols, and (iv) deploying various business and revenue models to address the full potential of the project.

The case for a socially responsible business model based on the logic of free/libre and open source software. In essence, we propose a hybrid of existing licenses that captures most of their benefits while mitigating most of their costs. It also permits both non-profits and for-profits to become self-sustaining.

interesting blogpost, but great discussion about the OLPC...

Meat the Truth is the very first documentary to address the relationship between livestock farming and climate change. Previous films on global warming, such as Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth, have failed to address this issue despite the fact that livestock production is responsible for 18% of all greenhouse gas emissions worldwide. The film also addresses the issues of the impact of livestock farming on water shortages and the unequal distribution of food resources.