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Inclusive Learning, Free Images & More: ID Links 1/3/23

Experiencing eLearning

These are under an MIT open source license. Alan Levine explains the challenges with searching for Creative Commons licensed images via Google Image search. You can adjust the size, color, and stroke thickness before downloading. You have to really dig to be certain the images are licensed correctly.

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Open scholarship

Learning with e's

There is much talk about openness in education. Most of us by now are familiar with open learning , and many could describe their use of open source software such as Moodle, Mahara, Linux and Open Office. How many though, are familiar with the concept of open scholarship? Knowledge is like love.

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Be open

Learning with e's

In Lord of the Rings, the wizard Gandalf deliberated and wrestled long and hard to open the doors to the mines of Moria. In the story of Ali Baba and the 40 thieves, the mouth of the cave was opened by uttering the phrase ifta? ya simsim - 'Open Sesame'. So be open. Knowledge is like love. You know you want to.

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Course Creators Guide to Copyright and Intellectual Property

BrainCert

This involves comprehending the distinction between fair use and copyright infringement, as well as being mindful of licenses such as Creative Commons, which may permit limited uses of copyrighted materials. It is crucial to understand the basic principles of copyright and intellectual property law.

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The road is open

Learning with e's

My opening keynote focused on openness in education, and I made a call for more open scholarship and open educational practices. Image source by Stephan Rinke The road is open by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

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Open all hours #EDEN15

Learning with e's

Martin Weller's keynote presentation at EDEN 2015 Conference was entitled 'The battle for open.' A professor of educational technology at the British Open University, he has been an advocate of openness in education for many years, but he expresses doubts over the outcome of the battle. What are the core principles of openness?

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Opening up #learning: Access to knowledge

Learning with e's

Learning is opening up like never before. Open learning was originally used to describe the opening up on education to previously disenfranchised individuals - those who had not followed the traditional pathways to education. The British Open University for example, was nicknamed 'the university of the second chance'.

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