Tag Archive for 'self-organizing communities'

My Commission Testimony (Updated 06 Feb 06)

Next week I have the opportunity to present a few remarks to the US Secretary of Education’s Commission on the Future of Higher Education. Since I had to submit my comments ahead of time, they’re actually done, and I thought I would share. I would greatly appreciate any thoughts you have, as I don’t actually talk to the Commission until next Friday. (UPDATE 06 Feb 06: I have included the new Introduction and Summary as delivered to the Commission.)

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Understanding the CC License Selection Behavior of Flickr Users

I’ve put up a new paper draft exploring the patterns in CC license selection behavior by users on Flickr. You can access it here:

Understanding the CC License Selection Behavior of Flickr Users

I’d love to hear what you think. I mean to clean it up for “formal publication” after I get your feedback…

Learning Communities Catalyst

Spotted over at Stephen’s: “Learning Community Catalyst”:http://www.lcc.edu.au/. Haven’t looked closely yet; this is a bookmark. =)

OSOSS - Crisis / Response

Many people know that I am extremely interested in the growth and emergence of “Slashdot”:http://slashdot.org/. In addition to keeping the “evolution of moderation on Slashdot”:http://opencontent.org/blog/mod-evolve/ archive, I try to be a student of the archive and what it can teach us about catalyzing the growth of really large, really active online communities. This short foray explores a crisis-response model of large community growth.
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The goal isn’t to have well-trained employees

From Stephanie Allen and co’s new blog, “COP^2″:http://www.reusability.org/blogs/steph/ — “At the end of the day, employers do not want well-trained employees; they want employees who do their jobs well.” Looks like some fun research to follow over the summer.