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Getting Axiomatic in Spanish

October 5, 2006September 13, 2006 by opencontent

Pedro Pernias from the Departamento de Lenguajes y Sistemas InformÃ¡ticos de la Universidad de Alicante (you may know as the author of CMS4OCW used by the UNIVERSIA consortium) has let me know that he has finished translating Getting Axiomatic about Learning Objects into Spanish and posted on his Contenidos Abiertos website. Pedro is doing many … Read more

Open access threatens national security

September 6, 2006 by opencontent

One of the most amazing quotes I’ve seen in a while comes from Allan Adler, vice president for legal and government affairs of the Association of American Publishers, in an article about Open Access to Research. [Mr. Alder] rejected the idea that taxpayer financed research should be open to the public, saying that it was … Read more

Come to the Open Education Conference!

May 12, 2006May 11, 2006 by opencontent

Many of you have come before, and it’s back again! The USU Open Education Conference is coming up September 27-29, 2006 here in Logan, Utah. The Call for Papers is still open – http://cosl.usu.edu/conferences/opened2006/ – come talk about the cool things you’re doing related to Open Education!