MyBlogLog

The Home for Engaged Publishers & Readers

Subscribe

Topic: open content

New with Topic: open content


Jure Cuhalev
Jure Cuhalev posted a blog entry
Wikimania 2008 wrap-up notes
Wikimania 2008 was a blast. Here are just a few more bits of information that didn’t have a place in other posts.Image...
 
<em>akipta</em>
akipta shared an item
The weirdness of copyright
I've written a chapter for a book with James Dalziel and we are asked to sign a copyright form. Now, I usually just sign these, but I've been getting fussy about this stuff recently. So, I actually read this one, and when you analyse it, there are a...
 
Nate Olson
Nate Olson bookmarked a link
Internews International - Home
'Association of over 30 non-governmental media organizations working together to support freedom of expression around the world.' Est. 1996 in Paris. Eric Johnson, Exec Director.
 
<em>opencontent</em>
opencontent posted a blog entry
The “Wiley Wiki Design”
I probably would not have named this the ‘Wiley Wiki Design’, but when someone like Leigh names something after...
 
Jure Cuhalev
Jure Cuhalev posted a blog entry
Heather Ford - The future of the commons [Wikimedia 2008 notes]
Image by skyfaller via FlickrTraditional approaches to solving global problems: Treaties and conventions...
 
<em>opencontent</em>
opencontent posted a blog entry
More FWK in the Media
Everyone involved with a university understands the problems with the textbook industry, but it’s encouraging to see...
 
<em>opencontent</em>
opencontent posted a blog entry
Taking Online Learning Offline: Now That’s High-Tech!
There’s a really interesting company here in Utah valley called Agilix that’s doing some intriguing work in support...
 
Crispy
Crispy shared items
Openness - catch my disease
Post title pinched from Ben Lee - Catch my diseaseI'm in Barcelona for the last FLOSScom meeting and I'm presenting at the Free Knowledge Free Transfer conference. The talk I was going to give was about using open source approaches in education, but...
The weirdness of copyright
I've written a chapter for a book with James Dalziel and we are asked to sign a copyright form. Now, I usually just sign these, but I've been getting fussy about this stuff recently. So, I actually read this one, and when you analyse it, there are a...
 
Nogbad
Nogbad shared an item
Future of content vid with annotations
Accusations of flogging dead horses may well be justified, but just in case you thought my Future of Content was some randomly assembled clips, the annotated version is now up on YouTube (again you have to click through to see the annotations).So,...
 
Lantz
Lantz shared an item
Learn A Foreign Language
If you have a desire to learn an exotic language like Twi, or even a less than exotic language like French, then look no further! The FSI Language Courses website is dedicated to making the American taxpayer’s dollar work for YOU, a citizen of the...
 
szavanna
szavanna posted a blog entry
” Howl’n free music - Jackal and Wolf
Charlie - from Jackal and Wolf contacted me a few days back. He asked me if we could make their music available on our Freedom...
16 days ago OpenCafe | Topics: open art, Freedom..., Open..., Open Content
 
<em>opencontent</em>
opencontent posted a blog entry
OpenEd 2008 Submission Deadline Extended til 7/4/2008
For those of you that contacted us about problems submitting by the June 30 deadline, we’ve extended the submission...
 
<em>opencontent</em>
opencontent posted a blog entry
OpenEd 2008 Paper Submission Ends Today!
If you have an idea, project, paper, or any other form of activity (believe me, we’re open to nontraditional!)...
 
Christy
Christy shared an item
Just to recap: we can find what we need, but will we find you?
Traveling without moving by FredArmitageI have largely suppressed my memories of being UBC’s ‘learning objects project coordinator’ 5 or 6 years back. But I do vividly recall the drive to develop a robust form of “federated search” that would...
 
Nate Olson
Nate Olson bookmarked a link
Public Intellectual Property Resource for Agriculture (PIPRA) - Home
'Supports agricultural innovation for both humanitarian and small-scale commercial purposes. We bring together intellectual property from over 40 universities, public agencies, and non-profit institutes...' Alan Bennett, Exec Dir. Based/Davis, CA.
 
jeffmcneill
jeffmcneill posted a blog entry
Meaningful Homework Assignments in an Open Content world
No quizzes, no examsI don’t do quizzes anymore, or exams. Most of the assignments are of the kind “interact with...
 
Joe Wilson
Joe Wilson bookmarked a link
ZaidLearn: University Learning = OCW + OER = FREE!
All content is free - it is human bit and how we structure programmes that matter .l
 
<em>opencontent</em>
opencontent posted a blog entry
Moving to BYU
It is with mixed emotion (but certainly a huge amount of excitement!) that I write today to tell you that I have accepted a...
 
<em>opencontent</em>
opencontent posted a blog entry
Accreditation and the Catholic Church
Had a fabulous time presenting virtually for Brian Lamb today at the UBC Town Hall today. In response to one of the questions...
 
<em>opencontent</em>
opencontent posted a blog entry
Calculating Your EduCarbon Footprint
As long as we’re enjoying this recent era of new word creation (c.f. “edupunk“), I’ll throw out the...
 
<em>opencontent</em>
opencontent posted a blog entry
OpenEd 2008 Submissions and Scholarships!
Hear ye, hear ye! The Open Ed 2008 presentation submission system is online. (A nod to the great folks at SFU who produce the...
 
Nate Olson
Nate Olson bookmarked a link
Stephen Mihm - Boston Globe - Everyone's a historian now
25 May 08. 'As archivists submit to the wisdom of crowds, they're finding that the result is both richer and more complicated than mere accurate identification...'
 
<em>opencontent</em>
opencontent posted a blog entry
OHSU Charter Documents
Several readers have asked or emailed about access to the Open High School of Utah’s charter application documents. They...
 
more...