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OpenCourse.org, and an OLS update

March 10, 2004 by opencontent

Here’s another SourceForge for educational materials project — http://opencourse.org/. They’ve beaten us to the punch and actually opened their doors to three projects! Congratulations to the OpenCourse team, who are funded by NSF/NSDL monies. Our EduCommons project (funded by the Hewlett Foundation) won’t be ready for several months yet. It’s good to see good ideas … Read more

cc.edu voting

February 12, 2004 by opencontent

We’re currently voting on what should go into the draft license which will be launched as the public beta. We’d love your feedback – please leave comments with clear yeas or neas to the proposed license options below by 10:00 MST Friday.

Downes to Keynote USU IT Institute

February 2, 2004 by opencontent

Hot on the heels of news about Lessig, Stephen Downes has accepted our invitation to provide the opening keynote for the 16th annual Utah State Univeristy Instructional Technology Institute, ?Reusable media, social networks, and openness in education.? Remember, the conference dates are September 1-3, 2004. We’re hoping to see many of you there!