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"If you want to find out why people might become engaged in OER and Open educational practices (OEP) then you might like to look at the Motivations section. If you are interested in looking at the range of models and approaches adopted for OER Release then the Models page may be useful for you. If you want to know about the impact of the HEFCE funding then we have an Impact section. We have drawn together some critical factors to support OEP for those that want some tips on how to go about this themselves. We have a section that highlights tensions and challenges around OEP and the OER journeys section provides an interesting look at the wider context and how the HEFCE-funded initiatives fit into that. We also offer recommendations. If you contributed to our surveys, polls and interviews then we have a series of supplementary appendices and you can look at out methodology and evidence pages - all available from the main report page http://bit.ly/HEFCEoerReview. We have also produced a summary briefing paper."

This Guide comprises three sections. The first - a summary of the key issues - is presented in the form of a set of 'Frequently Asked Questions'. Its purpose is to provide readers with a quick and user-friendly introduction to Open Educational Resources (OER) and some of the key issues to think about when exploring how to use OER most effectively. The second section is a more comprehensive analysis of these issues, presented in the form of a traditional research paper. For those who have a deeper interest in OER, this section will assist with making the case for OER more substantively. The third section is a set of appendices, containing more detailed information about specific areas of relevance to OER. These are aimed at people who are looking for substantive information regarding a specific area of interest.

Interesting post from the always interesting Michael Feldstein on BB shaving bits of the LMS to run as stand alone services in the cloud. The only core bits of an LMS are the gradebook and identity management...

Interesting conversation. Some interesting times ahead, some which may be outside of Martin's control.

New Zealand publications on copyright of interest to librarians

Interesting use of Inkling market prediction software to poll website vistors. More information at http://markets.nitle.org/

list of interesting or developing LMSs, be great to take a look at their features and see where some plugs could be filled in Moodle, esp where relevant to UOW

list of interesting or developing LMSs

Very interesting article on the use of Twitter to organise in the classroom and the insights to power and hierarchy that this event reveal.

Interesting tool to create an aggregated resource - in this case on digital media literacy

"The Public Domain Review is a not-for-profit project dedicated to showcasing the most interesting and unusual out-of-copyright works available online.  All works eventually fall out of copyright - from classic works of art, music and literature, to abandoned drafts, tentative plans, and overlooked fragments. In doing so they enter the public domain, a vast commons of material that everyone is free to enjoy, share and build upon without restriction.  We believe the public domain is an invaluable and indispensable good, which - like our natural environment and our physical heritage - deserves to be explicitly recognised, protected and appreciated.  The Public Domain Review aims to help its readers to explore this rich terrain - like a small exhibition gallery at the entrance of an immense network of archives and storage rooms that lie beyond. "

Interesting post on the language of copyright. Should we say 'downloaded a copy' or should we say 'manufactured a copy'?

Apart from the name dropping, there are a couple of interesting links. 

Interesting post on why CC-BY is more valuable than CC-BY-NC, in fact why the latter is seriously restrictive in an academic context.

some interesting stats on what happens in 60 seconds on the Internet, with some growth projections

Class2Go is an open source platform(LMS?) is to be integrated with the edX platform and released on Github from June 1 2013. Will be interesting to see what its like...

Interesting points on video production values.

Interesting - A US academic says that Coursera should run a MOOC on how its own business model could ruin education!

Interesting approach! Google created video on various tech support things like changing your wallpaper or creating a strong password.

The net is tangled. You can't avoid evil (well companies you don't like) because of the background hosting. Interesting read.

Twitter visualisation of the network of the Boston bomber. Interesting comment on harassment, privacy, publicness, etc.