Hi, Thanks! However, I don't think my Dean is going to wade through an entire book, or research literature. I need something that is pithy and designed for administrators who don't have a lot of time on their hands. I think she is more interested in open access educational materials, but since she has heard the term "open source" as part of the HFOSS acronym quite frequently in recent weeks, she is curious about that too.
It is really important to have short, appealing resources designed for administrators since those are the people we need to get on board. BTW, I report to a different dean than does Florin Catrina. We are a largish school :-). Thanks for the heads up, though. I knew he was doing a webwork server, but did not realize that this tied to open source. Thanks, Bonnie MacKellar -----Original Message----- From: Jason Aubrey [mailto:aubre...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2011 9:05 AM To: Bonnie MacKellar Cc: tos@teachingopensource.org; Florin Catrina Subject: Re: [TOS] request for references on open source and creative commons in academia Hi Bonnie, First, +1 to the "Opening Up Education" book. Also, this program http://www.openaccessweek.org/ focuses on promoting open-access research literature. Also, you might be interested to know that in your mathematics department, Florin Catrina runs a webwork server (open-source online homework system). Jason 2011/4/12 Bonnie MacKellar <macke...@stjohns.edu>: > Hi, > > > > I usually lurk on this list but read with interest, especially since we are > about to dive into a summer project as part of the HFOSS initiative. > > > > My Dean has suddenly become interested in the topic of open access to > academic materials, partially because of my involvement with HFOSS. She has > been asking me for material that she can read. The Dean is NOT in computer > science, or any technical field for that matter, so I need to give her > something at an appropriate level. It needs to be something that a Dean > would find compelling, and that would make her feel that this is a movement > worth supporting. I have heard Hal Abelson speak about Creative Commons and > other efforts, but I can’t find a reference that really sums things up in a > compelling way. Does anyone here have any good references? I think that > getting deans and other top administrators on board is going to be very key > to the our ability to integrate open source and open licenses into academia. > > > > Thanks, > > Bonnie MacKellar > > St John’s University > > _______________________________________________ > tos mailing list > tos@teachingopensource.org > http://teachingopensource.org/mailman/listinfo/tos > > _______________________________________________ tos mailing list tos@teachingopensource.org http://teachingopensource.org/mailman/listinfo/tos
