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New Creative Commons' publication "The Power of Open": free download
Creative Commons has published a new open book, "The Power of Open" with an introduction by Cathy Casserly, CEO and Joi Ito, Chair of Creative Commons. It explains the history and derivation of all the creative common open licenses and shares dozens of inspiring stories about creative people sharing their work from education to music to art, etc ...
Visit http://thepowerofopen.org to download a digital version of The Power of Open or to find…
ContinueAdded by Una Daly on July 28, 2011 at 3:20pm — No Comments
Open Education Is Transforming the Way We Learn: Ray Schroeder Speaks to Education-Portal.com
Dr. Ray Schroeder, Professor Emeritus of Communication and the founding director of the Center for Online Learning, Research and Service at the University of Illinois at Springfield describes the three major forces coming together to promote open online educational resources:
- RAPID PROLIFERATION OF RESOURCES
- WORLDWIDE PEOPLE ARE GOING ONLINE
- INTERNET HAS BECOME THE PREFERRED MEDIUM
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ContinueAdded by Una Daly on July 5, 2011 at 6:00pm — No Comments
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Posted by Ann Agee on May 20, 2013 at 12:15pm
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Posted by Jacky Hood on April 21, 2013 at 9:30am
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Posted by Open Doors Group on October 3, 2012 at 1:30pm
COT Announces Principles Of Microeconomics And Principles Of Macroeconomics As Featured Books
Posted by Open Doors Group on August 18, 2012 at 8:30am
ODG/COT announces mentoring service at Online Teaching Conference
Posted by Open Doors Group on June 20, 2012 at 9:12pm
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Open Educational Resources on the California Community Colleges YouTube Site
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Open Education Site Dictionary
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New OER Logo
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WordPress and Pressbooks for Open Textbook Authoring
Posted by Blaine Victor Morrow on February 9, 2012 at 10:33am
Flat World Knowledge Offers New Criminal Justice OER Textbook
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Mentor Cloud and Open Doors Group / College Open Textbooks Partner to Facilitate Sharing Best Practices
Posted by Jacky Hood on January 26, 2012 at 8:00pm
Washington State Open Course Library hits 10,000 visitors in 11 Days
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COT Adopter Community Grant Awards Announcement
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