Draft Language for cc.edu

So, after a very long delay, here is the draft language of the Creative Commons license option for permitting only educational uses:


You may not exercise any of the rights granted to You in Section 3 above except in satisfaction of both of the following conditions:

(i) You do so in a manner that is directly related to and of material
assistance to the primary teaching and learning activities of an educational institution, and

(ii) You do so solely for educational purposes.

An “educational institution” is a school or other organization primarily
and directly engaged in facilitating teaching and learning.

Rationale below. Please direct comments to the cc-education list.

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LOs, Formal Languages, and Grammars

The notion of analogizing learning objects as words seems to be getting popular again. “Learning objects, formal languages, grammars, and instructional design”:https://opencontent.org/docs/lo_grammar.pdf quickly summarizes my thinking on the topic and goes on to argue that formal grammars (ala linguistics or computer science) can be used to describe certain scenarios of learning objects use in a … Read more

IT Faculty Opening at USU

We have an Assistant / Associate Professor opening in Instructional Technology at Utah State University. The full announcement is here: “http://personnel.usu.edu/W2-123-03.htm”:http://personnel.usu.edu/W2-123-03.htm. Come work on learning objects, online communities, and other fun stuff in a great environment with a new research lab, great doctoral students, and lots of research opportunities.

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