David Bushnell, in his article entitled “Understanding Copyright and Licenses”, writes “Understanding copyright and licenses allows us to do what we do best: be creative.” (http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2011/06/14/understanding-copyright-and-licenses/) and he’s right–everything we create is built on the knowledge and ideas of others. Yet, I would bet that most people have almost no understanding of copyright and licensing, and most believe it’s simply… (more…)
Monthly Archives: January 2012
A new year and a new venture. I’m currently enrolled in the Open Education course hosted by David Wiley: http://openeducation.us/welcome and working my way towards some badges. I’ve begun a study group to work through this course with me: The OER Taskforce for the ESC Center for Distance Learning. We will earn badges together, and at the same time work… (more…)
- A critical look at education: assessment of learning, institutional assessments, and assessments of the education system
Open Education Week: March 5 – 10, 2012
The OpenCourseWare Consortium announces the first annual Open Education Week from March 5-10, 2012. Open Education Week is a global event that seeks to raise awareness about the benefits of free and open sharing in education, especially Open Educational Resources (OER). OER are high-quality, free and open educational materials that offer opportunities for people anywhere in the world to share, use and reuse. “The vision of the open education movement is to create a world in which the desire to learn is fully met by the opportunity to do so, where everyone, everywhere, is able to access affordable, educationally and culturally appropriate opportunities to gain whatever knowledge or training they desire.-
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