ccLearn is starting up a project to create a database for University
copyright ownership policies in a Semantic MediaWiki format.  I should be
able to give you all more information about that soon so that you could use
it and/or contribute to it, but it isn't quite ready yet.

- Alex

On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 10:30 AM, Kevin Donovan <[email protected]> wrote:

> I really do like this idea and the idea of a stand-alone Open
> University Report site sounds great.
>
> My main concern (outside scalability) is the criteria by which we
> judge. Ideally, it would be objective so we could cross index schools,
> but what would those be besides Y/N indicators?
>
> On 4/27/09, Wesley Chen <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Parker: One of the kids you might remember meeting when I was at
> > Dartmouth on Sat night worked on GreenReportCard.org a little while back.
> > Looking at that site tonight has given me the idea that we should try to
> > create a similar score card with a set of standardized grading criteria
> > (e.g. administration, licensing, Open Access, etc.).
> > The way our wiki article is structured right now is clunky, and the
> > information is admittedly incomplete. How about creating a rundown for
> each
> > school similar to the way GRC does it? It's easier (and more fun) to read
> > and write, plus I think it would be far more appealing to the non-FC
> crowd
> > comparing colleges or to those already attending but looking to identify
> > areas of improvement at their school.
> >
> > Do you think the report card portion of OU should spin off and become its
> > own project and web site? Baby steps first, of course, but I think moving
> in
> > that direction could have great potential.
> >
> > — W
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 8:31 PM, D Parker Phinney
> > <[email protected]>wrote:
> >
> >> so, some schools are ending for summer very soon.  we still have a good
> >> 5 weeks here at dartmouth, and we plan on spending part of that time
> >> getting together our OU status report (once controversially referred to
> >> as a "report card") together.
> >>
> >> i encourage other chapters to try to do the same by the end of the
> >> school year.  it would be great to get some kind of press release or
> >> blog post together early this summer showing where we are and what we've
> >> done.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> http://wiki.freeculture.org/Open_University_individual_university_status_and_information
> >>
> >>
> >> an incomplete report is better than a nonexistent one.
> >>
> >> --
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> >> madebyparker.com
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