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Kyle's a student at San Jose State University who was threatened with a failing grade for posting the code he wrote for the course -- he wanted to make it available in the spirit of academic knowledge-sharing, and as code for potential future employers to review -- and when he refused, his prof flew into a fury and promised that in future, he would make a prohibition on posting your work (even after the course was finished) a condition of taking his course.

A post from Tim Hunt about plagiarism in general and OUs policies for coping with it, and looking at the problem that some folks thing a technological solution is all thats required

A post from Tim Hunt about plagiarism in general and OUs policies for coping with it, and looking at the problem that some folks thing a technological solution is all thats required

Short post from Howard Jarche reminding us that we need to get better at managing our knowledge in the knowledge economy.

Post about using Google Reader. Basic but some handy tips.

Another insightful post from Jim Groom on moocs and personal agency in a digital world.

Short post on building knowledge through small contextualised groups.

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

Lou McGill post on OERs - doc linked at page bottom.

Great post by Sue Waters on how to scaffold students into blogging.

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.

Post that includes lists of public domain sites for images, music, etc.

Post on using Moodle conditions to unlock badges and Easter Eggs in a course.

Excellent post on the blindness of the majority to discrimination on their part - often unintended but still existing because of their position of power.  It's something that we need to be conscious of since we all come from a position of being white, middle class, and majority male. It's not what we do in the office (but still needs to be applied there!) but how we think about the people we support and also how they might design for their classes.

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

Great post exploring the fractured world of CC licensing and why this author is sticking to CC-BY (Part 1 of 2)

Great post exploring the fractured world of CC licensing and why this author is sticking to CC-BY (Part 2 of 2)

Clark sets the cat among the pigeons with this post arguing that Moocs are the best thing since sliced bread. He's always prepared to mix it up and there are some astute observaions in here. What is missing is what the landscape will look like in 1 or 2 years.

Post by Chuck Severance on why he feels CC-BY has failed. Some good comments too. This is an area that still needs to be worked out but whether that's by new licenses or by 'letting go' I'm not sure.

Great post from Mark Smithers bemoaning the ownership of social media by marketing gurus in universities

"I was roused from my teaching this week by the cacophony of tweets and blog posts on the merits and pitfalls of tweeting another scholar's ideas (the most cited ones authored or collected by Roopika Risam, Tressie McMillan Cottom, Kathleen Fitzpatrick and Adeline Koh), culminating in "The Academic Twitterazzi" on Inside Higher Ed"