I’m brainstorming ideas for short video vignettes for the open writing space. The idea is to have short (1-2 min.) interviews with writers of all types on a variety of topics, ideally topics that would help inspire or develop other
MozOpenEdCourse Week 1
Just got off the initial web conference for MozOpenEdCourse. One initial impression is that both the course content and the group participants are very diverse. Of course, this has its pluses and negatives. In a six week course, though, I
Open Ed course – Mozilla/ccLearn
I am participating in another open ed course, this one co-organized by Mozilla, ccLearn and P2PU. Here are the various course pages and forums for anyone interested in following along: Course outline Course discussion group A few interesting things about
Making publicly-funded work open
The 2009 Consolidated Appropriations Act signed by Obama this week includes a provision that makes permanent the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Public Access Policy. This policy requires NIH-funded research to put electronic copies of their peer-reviewed research into a
Open source and OER at NECC 2009
I am excited to be presenting two sessions on open content at NECC in DC this summer: Open-Licensed Content: The Missing Piece Monday, 6/29/2009, 8:30am–9:30am (BYOL) Open Educational Resources: Share, Remix, Learn Tuesday, 6/30/2009, 12:30pm–1:30pm in Open Source Lab Other