I looked for some confirmation that it's actually CC-BY (not -NC or -ND) in the sources, but couldn't find it. If it's true, then this would be really big news! Timothy, can you say where you got that piece of information?
Thanks, -Karl Timothy Vollmer <[email protected]> writes: >FYI - > >http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/in-victory-for-open-education-movement- >blackboard-embraces-sharing >http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2011/10/19/in_wake_of_pearson_openclass_ >unveiling_blackboard_announces_oer_support > > > One key to Blackboard’s new “Share” feature is a partnership with > Creative Commons, which offers licenses for free content. When > professors choose to make their courses free, they will be > presented with options to easily attach a Creative Commons > license, something they otherwise would have to do manually. Cable > Green, director of global learning for Creative Commons, says that > incorporating a sharing option within Blackboard will have a > significant impact on the number of professors who make their > course materials free. Mr. Green says he is in discussions with > other companies that make course-management systems to persuade > them to add similar features to their products. “My goal is to > have this kind of option in every commercial learning-management > system and also open-source ones,” he says. > > > >-- >Timothy Vollmer >http://creativecommons.org/about/people/#timothyvollmer >phone = +016086982403 | skype = timothyvollmer | tw = @tvol > >Please donate to the CC Annual Campaign, going on >now! https://creativecommons.net/donate _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.freeculture.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss FAQ: http://wiki.freeculture.org/Fc-discuss
