Hi Edward,
That's a very good example, and FLOSS Manuals is a great project.
The OER Foundation is looking to develop the educational equivalent for open
textbooks, study guides etc. A small commission from book sales and
distribution - eg 10% which as a non profit, we reinvest back into paying
a
California is certifying free digital textbooks, so here the original
source does not matter much.
FLOSS Manuals and Earth Treasury have as part of their business models
looking for development contracts for Free Software manuals and Free
replacements for paper textbooks. I was paid to participat
Vriendelijke groeten Jaap
You are very right -- in the case of most schools, national copyright law
assigns copyright to the school, and not the teacher. However, in tertiary
education this can be different, depending on institutional intellectual
property policies and/or something called "academi
In my country, the Netherlands, schools and universities buy the right
to use text (and other materials) for a reasonable sum, paid to an
institution that pays the publishers and authors.
Citations are free for everybody to make (mentioning the source) (this
is international copyricht law).
On N
Hi Jan, in addition to carrying CD's around, there is a significant social
impact associated with the freedom toaster concept.
The freedom toaster alerts society to the fact that they do not need to
purchase a non-free software license in order to have a fully functional
computer system. It inform
One remark from a publisher from the Netherlands. If someone is
working with a contact for a school (or any boss), in that contract
should be an agreement about copyrights. Most institutions do own the
rights of the texts of their workers if the workers write in working
hours. So the rights (copy
Hi Steve, and others
Great thread and very timely discussion :-). In many respects, this is the
*raison* *d'**être* of the OER Foundation --- an independent organisation
that provides leadership, networking and support for educators and
educational institutions in fostering the development of a s
Licensing fees for databases of expert information to support the students
learning and academic research are very expensive. If I understand this
correctly, the university has to pay a fee per password for access to the
propriatary databases such as DIALOG, LEXIS-NEXUS, APA.
"KRI/Dialog has doubl
Thank you so much, Bee! Wonderful applications of fantastic materials.
You are an inspiration!
On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 9:46 AM, Barbara Dieu wrote:
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> Hi Mary,
> Some time ago I used an article from the Times for a reading
> comprehension exercise and in order to have it online I had to ask fo
Thank you Steve for your analysis, observations, and information. I will
benefit from this as I work on creating materials.
On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 9:24 AM, Steve Foerster wrote:
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> Mary wrote:
>
> << My name is Mary Ziller and I recently joined your wonderful group.
> I hope to learn a lot wit
WAyne, Thank you f or the detailed and extensive response. I will follow up
on the helpful links you provided.
On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 6:24 AM, Wayne Mackintosh <
mackintosh.wa...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Mary,
>
> I see that our WikiEducator family is true to form providing links and
> resource pe
Thank you very much, Nellie. I great resource!
On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 5:01 AM, NELLIE DEUTSCH <
nellie.muller.deut...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Mary and others,
> Dr. Robert Diotalevi has publicly offered to help any educator with
> copyrighs issues. Please email him at and say you are a Wikieducator:
Yes, Rob! Thank you kindly. This will be perfect!
On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 4:23 AM, Robert Kruhlak wrote:
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> Hi Mary,
>
> Welcome. Would Wikinews (http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Main_Page) have
> articles that you would find useful? They are released CC-BY and use
> the MediaWiki software so would
Hi all,
I'm definitely just as excitable over this topic as everyone else.
There's so much to get excited about! The first thing that came to my
mind about the cost is that they probably tallied up every
microscopically detailed expense; that's what US schools do, afterall.
Also, some of t
Great discussion.
And i would have to agree with the point about roles, responsibilities
and the administrative processes cost big $$$. Also fold in the legal
costs of dealing with copyright confirmation / issues and there you go
15k burn. Certainly bodes well for OER and all the new approaches
t
I agree with PR,
Yet, I also think that there is a role for service organizations that
are already trusted in local communities to take on the role of
"vetting" and "certification". This is what we are doing with Open
Education related to Local Food Systems now...
On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 10:39
Hi All,
Interesting points - maybe we have to open another front in the drive to
embracing open education - PR. Perhaps amongst us, we can find PR friends of
open education, and help the wheels turn a bit faster.. I'm thinking opinion
pieces news items, articles, promotions, events, etc. .These PR
Hi Gene,
Your user page [[User:Geneloeb]] now contains some information about
the workshop. If you navigate to the bottom of the page you will see a
welcome message. There is a link to the pre-work and Day 1 activities.
The dates of the workshop are:
November 23 - December 4
It is also a good
Sam got this right, especially in US education - Right now people
"trust" the "brand" of MIT - the infallibility of anything that costs
a lot of money and has a great PR department.
Wikipedia, Connexions, MERLOT are free, so most of my colleagues are
unwilling to consider these as academically ri
Hi Steve,
I am glad I have found your post as it partly relates to my question (placed
on 'Apennyforyourthought"ning already online)and touches a very sensitive
subject of balance between the techers pay and their fear of truth on
matters related to the education.Would you be so kind and take a loo
Hi Jan
You have reminded us of the range of learners to be helped. Expanding
mobile phones capabilities bypass many of the problems that you
describe and we are seeing amazing progress there.
We can be working to immediately benefit learners in less challenging
situations. There is an enormous o
Hi Steve, greetings Wiki Educator
My name is Sam Rose
I am Director of Forward Foundation, partner in Future Forward
Institute, creator of open source http://socialmediaclassroom.com,
http://localfoodsystems.org and a member of http://p2pfoundation.net
a quick response follows:
On Sun, Nov 15,
Hi Steve,
Ahh, that's a good point - do you think a responsive letter to the editor
would be a good idea? You could point out the merits of using WE...
- Randy
On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 6:34 AM, Steve Foerster wrote:
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> Interesting article in the Guardian about OERs:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/yhf
Hi Bee,
Thank you for sharing this and I am anxiously waiting to see your work on
WikiEducator.
Let me know how I can be of help.
Warm wishes,
Nellie Deutsch
Sharing is Caring!
Doctoral Student
Educational Leadership
Curriculum and Instruction
Integrating Technology for Active Life-long Learning (I
Hi Mary,
Some time ago I used an article from the Times for a reading
comprehension exercise and in order to have it online I had to ask for
a special permission and stick it on the page (or else pay $ 2000 to
have it. See:
http://beespace.net/resources/hotpot/wtc1.html
Some published content
Interesting article in the Guardian about OERs:
http://tinyurl.com/yhf44oj
What got me was the part near the end where it's talking about MIT's
OpenCourseWare project and says, "But it costs the university between
$10,000 and $15,000 to put the material from each course online because
the materi
On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 03:05, Jan Visser wrote:
> Wayne and Kirby (others?),
>
> I agree regarding OLPC and the (limited) practice emerging from it. It’s a
> different use of the technology than what’s normally being done. Papert’s
> work from a long time ago is, I assume, still an inspiration f
Mary wrote:
<< My name is Mary Ziller and I recently joined your wonderful group.
I hope to learn a lot with you. I have a question that I would like to
ask the group. I searched the group archives on "copyright" and found
only one thread that did not answer my question: How much of a
newspaper a
After further reading I think I understand the concept better. But it's
still the problem that even when carrying CD's around to places like the
ones I described, the assumption is that you'll find some minimal
infrastructure and equipment there that allows you to play them. But I
agree, it solves
Wayne and Kirby (others?),
I agree regarding OLPC and the (limited) practice emerging from it. It's a
different use of the technology than what's normally being done. Papert's
work from a long time ago is, I assume, still an inspiration for those
alternative uses. It's therefore different also fro
On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 11:40, kirby urner wrote:
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> My impression is there's a huge amount of free content if (a) you have
> access to the Internet and (b) you have enough education to know how
> to read and study the materials, find your peer groups, organize a
> learning experience resulting
Hi Mary,
I see that our WikiEducator family is true to form providing links and
resource people to assist with your copyright questions. Copyright is a
complex topic and especially when transcending international boundaries.
Apology for the long email -- but this post may be useful for future mem
Hi Rob,
Thanks for this - it's a great little gem, and demonstrates why
interoperability of content is so important to the sustainability of our
open education ecosystem.
- Randy
On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 1:23 AM, Robert Kruhlak wrote:
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> Hi Mary,
>
> Welcome. Would Wikinews (http://en.wikinew
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