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Down on Openness

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<grump mode=”on”> I’m feeling grumpy today. Must be the jet lag. Why do people think that open source licenses are a kind of magic pixie dust? Here’s a little thought…. Let’s call it Wiley’s Anti-openness Thought Experiment (WATE): A major publisher publishes a beginning algebra textbook which is not very effectively designed. Most faculty avoid … Read more

Open Education 2007: Conference call for papers

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Call for Papers Open Education 2007: Localizing and Learning Center for Open and Sustainable Learning at Utah State University Conference dates are September 26-28, 2007 Submission deadline is May 18, 2007 Conference Themes For the first several years our field focused on content production and content licensing. Today, there are thousands of full university courses … Read more

Attending the Mellon Meeting in Princeton

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Mellon Foundation Annual Grantees Meeting Begins: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 at 9:00 AM Ends: Fri, 30 Mar 2007 at 1:00 PM Location: 282 Alexander Street Princeton, NJ 08540 USA The annual meeting of the Mellon Foundation RIT grantees and others as invited. Also looks like another great group of people this year! Tags: mellon, open … Read more