Like many (well many in the educational technology world anyway) I saw Chuck Severance’s blog post yesterday about deciding to stop using Creative Commons licensing for high value stuff and to reissue his content with All Rights Reserved. I found the post sad but understandable. With an Open license you give up some/ most control … Continue reading »
I had the privilege of spending last week at the Sloan C and Merlot Emerging Technologies for Online Learning conference (et4online). I wrote a little about it in advance and wanted to take note of some of what I saw, heard, and was provoked and stimulated by while it was still fresh. As predicted in my pre-conference post, my conference was all about open, MOOCs, accessibility, and ePortfolios. Continue reading »
Following on from my general blog post about OpenEd12, there’s lot’s of the conference that I’m not going to comment on – too much time has passed. However, for me at least, there were two presentations that highlighted pivotal issues and which have shaped how I’m thinking back on the year. One from Rory McGreal and … Continue reading »
I had the privilege to attend the Open Education conference again this year. It was, as ever, a whirlwind of enthusiasm, activity, and challenge. Scott Leslie and many others did an amazing job of conference organization. Many others have already offered their feedback or commentary (and in a more timely fashion), for example: Audrey Watters … Continue reading »
I’m at OpenEd12 this week and tweeting away when wifi permits. I’ll talk more about the conference later (and Gardner Campbell’s keynote), but a quick note about two presentations earlier that didn’t get tweeted. I hope to develop my thoughts about this more later but if you’re interested in shifts in Higher Ed, the presentations … Continue reading »
The 6th Sloan C Emerging Technologies for Online Learning International Symposium has just launched their call for presentations: http://sloanconsortium.org/conference/2013/et4online/call-for-presentations The conference is April 9-11, 2013 in Las Vegas. The call for presentations, posters, and workshops closes December 10th. “The Emerging Technologies for Online Learning International Symposium, a joint Symposium of Sloan Consortium and MERLOT, is … Continue reading »
As a complement to the work Gema has been doing on the role of Libraries and Librarians in OER Initiatives, Nancy Graham & Jane Secker have recently released a report on Information Literacy OER and established a mailing list to support the further development of the network. From their announcement: “Following a survey earlier this … Continue reading »
Yesterday JISC CETIS and CAPLE published a research report by Gema Bueno-de-la-Fuente, Stuart Boon, and myself investigating the role of Libraries and Information Professionals in Open Educational Resource Initiatives. The report is the output of Gema’s sabbatical research stay at the University of Strathclyde. Links to Gema’s blog post about the report and the report. The report highlights … Continue reading »
A quick round up of some posts I’ve read in the past few days. OER developments in WA There is a bill under discussion in the WA state legislature to require course content developed with state funding to be made available under an open licence. It’s far from passing but that a government body which … Continue reading »
“The responsibility of acquiring books was the libraries and you might therefore think of extending the libraries role to…educational resources in general” (Nikoi, 2010). An introduction to our visiting scholar Gema Bueno de la Fuente and a survey about academic libraries role in OER initiatives. Continue reading »
