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Open resources / institutions / initiatives in (mainly) Aotearoa

"This is an initiative from the University of Otago, the University of Auckland, Wellington Institute of Technology, the University of Canterbury, and supported by Telecom NZ.  It is an open access national virtual world grid based on open source software.  It operates on NZ-based servers hosted at Otago, Auckland and Canterbury Universities, and leverages other national investments in IT infrastructure through deployment on the high-speed KAREN (Kiwi Advanced Research and Education Network). The grid has been set up with an academic focus and will be used for research and education, as well as for proof-of-concept application deployments and testing.  The objectives of the NZVWG initative are to: Undertake both experimental and routine use of virtual worlds in teaching and research;Develop engaging, interactive in-world content customised for NZ use; andDevelop new context-specific plugins enabling interaction between the virtual and real (non-virtual) worlds. "

"The Connexions Consortium is a group of organizations and individuals, including the world's foremost leaders in education, who work together to advance open source educational technology and open access educational content. Members join the Consortium to work and exchange ideas with other members"

RT @CC_Aotearoa: Got ideas for Open Access Week, Oct. 22-28? Join the discussion on our collaborative Google doc: http://t.co/Tb19eaHn #yam

Open is not all it seems when you still have to pay for it!

Can we start to connect this with Moodle? Is it possible? "Now, all of your Google Sites content can be accessed using the Google Data protocol. That means porting over an old webpage or backing up an existing site got much easier! In fact, check out our open-source Google Sites import/export tool that does just that. So what can you do with the Google Sites API? Glad you asked! The API supports most of the functionality found in Google Sites, which includes the ability to: * Retrieve, create, modify, and delete pages and content. * Upload/download attachments. * Review the revision history across a site. * Display recent user activity."

"Now, all of your Google Sites content can be accessed using the Google Data protocol. That means porting over an old webpage or backing up an existing site got much easier! In fact, check out our open-source Google Sites import/export tool that does just that. So what can you do with the Google Sites API? Glad you asked! The API supports most of the functionality found in Google Sites, which includes the ability to: * Retrieve, create, modify, and delete pages and content. * Upload/download attachments. * Review the revision history across a site. * Display recent user activity."

Tohatoha report on OA in NZ and call to make it universal.

Info about a new open source academic publishing house looking to be scholarly and multimedia friendly.

A lot of Moodle courses that are open resources. You will need to create an account to access some.

Article arguing that MIT should make a bold move to promote Open Access to honour Aaron Swartz.

Why Blackboard purchase  of Moodlerooms and Netspot is about data access

OER and OA - what does it mean for HE? - Terry Anderson

Publishers of humanities and social science journals could go bankrupt if all academic papers became freely available after six months, a report >>commissioned by publishers<< has warned.

Short news piece.

Webinar schedule for Open Access Week 18-22 October, 2010. (Good promotion for Otago Polytechnic).

Open textbook from Tony Bates on integrating technology into teaching - free download in a range of formats

NZ Govt framework for open licensing of govt docs.