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It’s a much better name than cc.edu: Creative Commons is seeking an Executive Director for CC Learn, a new division that will focus on education, broadly defined — from kindergarten to graduate school, to lifelong learning. The mission of this new division will be to promote vigorous networks of Open Educational Resources: materials offered freely … Read more

Steve Carson writes about a recent survey of Japanese attitudes toward open education projects at universities (like OCWs). I have to agree with his selection of a favorite bit from the survey: Q9: What should be the scope of the universities that open up their lecture materials? (Sample size=1,050) Just well-known public and private universities … Read more

Unknown Quantity: A Real And Imaginary History of Algebra Author: John Derbyshire Year: 2006 Publisher: Joseph Henry Press ISBN: 030909657X This was an absolutely fascinating book that I had a very difficult time putting down each night… Many hours of sleep lost to its pages! The book wanders through lots of territory, including rings and … Read more