The Creative Commons license enables us to share content but not lose it to the public domain. The enabling nature of Creative Commons is such that it quickly allows us to show others what they can and can’t do with
An OER Road Trip
Recently read an interesting post by Sheila Macneill from The Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) regarding her recent “OER Road Trip” in the United States. Sheila draws on several very different institutions’ experiences and highlights the similarities between them, and
Milestones of the Movement: OER Championed by President Obama
A creative commons image by scott361 On July 14th, 2009 President Barack Obama announced his commitment to the global OER movement. The proposed ‘Online Skills Laboratory’ will provide freely available open and online courses to the nation and presumably the
Ten Reasons Institutions Should Freely Share Online Content
On the issue of “Why OER?” I came across this fairly comprehensive list fromeLearn Magazine. From the institutional point of view many ‘big picture’ benefits can be realized. Read the entire article “The World is Open for a Reason: Make