Hey Karl: Sorry, I should've linked to the press release. Here it is:
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/blackboard-launches-new-open-education-initiatives-132124278.html Cheers, tvol On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 1:14 PM, Karl Fogel <[email protected]>wrote: > 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 >
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