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Of Computers and Treadmills

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Perhaps someone has made this analogy before, but it occurred to me last night that computers are like treadmills. Each year, schools across the country buy tens of thousands of computers. LIkewise, each year individuals across the country buy tens of thousands of treadmills. My guess is that these two pieces of hardware are used … Read more

OER-related Position at QFI

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Qatar Foundation International has a new posting for an ICT Officer that mentions OER specifically. I know some of the people at QFI and they’re fabulous. This sounds like a great opportunity for someone… Officer, Information Communications Technologies A critical element of QFI’s developmental approach is to apply the best & most appropriate technologies to … Read more

The OER Meal Deal

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Mike from Creative Commons repeats a question I asked in a recent post: I wonder what the delta is between clearing copyrestrictions adequately such that materials can be published on the web under an open license and just adequate clearance such that materials can be published on the web by an institution? Steve gives us … Read more