CCLearn and Open.Michigan are working together to study the ways in which copyright law plays a role in the practices of those who create or help facilitate the creation of Open Educational Resources (OER). It is our goal to develop a deeper awareness of the degree to which OER practitioners and users grapple with copyright […]

As both the hiring and the fall teaching cycles get underway, we’re seeing a rash of articles in the Chronicle about various forms of Academic fraud. Today’s “Strange Tales From the Trenches” by Daniel J. Ennis and Arne R. Flaten (http://bit.ly/8ms1F) follows, for example, last Saturday’s “Should You Discuss Your Work in Progress?” (http://bit.ly/fEUk5) by […]

If you are one of those people who believe in the power of individuals to create, participate, and contribute to bring forth change in open education, you may want to take into consideration the Talis Incubator for Open Education. This angel fund is for individuals or small groups with projects that cultivate open education, and […]

As news of the devistation in Taiwan and China comes in from Typhoon Morakot, our thoughts are with the people in the affected areas and our friends there in the open education community.   The OOPS team in Taiwan has taken open sharing to a new level with the blood drive they’ve undertaken to help the […]

I am pleased to announce the eduCommons 3.2.1-final release, available now for download at educommons.com. The past 8 months have been a transition period, as the eduCommons project has moved toward a sustainable, community supported model of development. This release includes numerous contributions from all over the world, including code contributions for OpenSearch support, OAI-pmh […]