My Current View on the CC-NC Licensing Option Controversy in OCWs

1. It’s an empirically verifiable fact that the greater number of rights a license reserves, the more people are willing to adopt the license. At the extremes of the continuum, almost everyone takes an “all rights reserved” approach while almost no one takes a “no rights reserved whatsoever” approach. The middle cases can be quickly … Read more

Debunking Myths about Homeschoolers

The U.S. Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences has released the latest version of their report The Condition of Education. Of interest to homeschoolers like myself – who in many communities are looked upon as backward, less-educated, lower-income weirdos – is the section on homeschooling: In 2003, there were no measurable differences in rates … Read more

A Cry for Help!

Everyone, I’m currently working on a literature review of “everything related to learning objects.” The normal sources (Eric, Education Fulltext, Digital Dissertations, etc.) have turned up around 250 articles, but these sources list nothing from many of you. The databases tend to be largely constrained – rather unfortunately – to peer-reviewed works. Having been through … Read more