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Two new platforms to rival Apple ebook platform recently announced
There was quite a bit of activity recently over the announcement by Apple of iBooks Author. Now two other platforms are gaining some profile regarding their offerings. To me, it just shows à al Christensen, how ripe the market is … Continue reading
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Tagged copyright, Elearning, eresources, higher education, OER, online, publishing, university
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OER Panel gathers to assess state
There have been many attempts at OER over the years, and technologies have always played a part in forming the basis for innovation and breakaway from currently dominant models. The Center for American Progress hosted a panel that looked at … Continue reading
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Tagged accreditation, education, eresources, OER, publishing, university
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Fair Use Principles
A useful article which gives some basic education for fair use in academic and commercial settings. Academics potentially enjoy some of the greatest benefits of U.S. copyright law’s doctrine of fair use — which lets them use copyrighted material without … Continue reading
British University Libraries tooling up for publishing evaluation
I wrote about some British Universities taking a stand against two of the big deals from academic publishers and how their proposed hikes in rates were breaking the system. Now the group has developed and released a tool that will … Continue reading
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Aaron Schwartz rough handedness from Feds at behest of MIT raising alarm bells
I first wrote about Aaron Schwartz when it went public about what he was alleged to have done, and again with protests against his arrest and Aaron’s own writings about his cause. Now more information is coming out and it … Continue reading
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Tagged copyright, digital, eresources, higher education, OER, online, open access, publishing, research
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MOOCs still growing – Natural evolution of Open Courseware?
The first MOOC was created by Dave Comier and Bryan Alexander in 2008. Now there is a new MOOC coming from the University of Illinois – Springfield on the future of education that should be interesting to anyone interested in … Continue reading
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Tagged digital, education, higher education, LMS, MOOC, OER, online, open, VLE
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Chinese Apologise to Yale over misuse of eresources
I wrote earlier about how a Chinese University had taken five Open Yale Courses translated into Mandarin, and pushed them out as a physical textbook. It was causing quite a bit of upset at Yale, anyway. Well, the Chinese publisher … Continue reading
University study finds 75% of students ready to use iPad rather than textbooks
Dian Schaffhauser writes on how Abilene Christian University just ran a three week experiment with iPads to gauge student receptivity to using them in lieu of paper based textbooks. 75% said they would switch, but only if at least half … Continue reading
More OER controversy
The eresources topic has been high on the agenda much of late, but here is a different twist. A Chinese University has taken Yale OERs and published them in print form. Yale is less than pleased. Tweet
Eresource debate continues over fees
I have been writing on the recent flare up of the ER/OER debate, and how the commercial publishers have been quick to point out that recent government grants in the US are wrong to push CC public resources. But, interestingly, … Continue reading
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Tagged DRM, education, eresource, OER, online education, publishing
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