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Failure of Creative Commons Licenses

Tony Karrer

The one good thing that came out of it was that at least MIT recognized this failure and has additional information: MIT Interpretation of "Non-commercial" ": Non-commercial use means that users may not sell, profit from, or commercialize OCW materials or works derived from them. Commercialization is prohibited.

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Daily Bookmarks 04/02/2008

Experiencing eLearning

Overview of free science resources from NASA, the Smithonian, and MIT OCW. Kim Cofino’s suggestions for steps to take to build skills and a Personal Learning Network (PLN). First Steps Toward Becoming a 21st Century Educator | always learning. tags: 21stcenturyskills , digitalliteracy , education , pln , web2.0.

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Free Learning

Tony Karrer

When you produce advertising for massive distribution on network TV, you can afford to spend a lot of time and money to produce the ads. OCW, OER) as part of their internal learning. They can't afford to go into depth in niche areas because the costs would be too high for the return. Harold is drawing a parallel with Advertising.

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Survey on Extreme or Informal Learning

Jay Cross

One strand of this research is on the use of open educational resources, OCW, and popular learning portals like MIT OpenCourseWare and the MIT OpenCourseWare Highlights for High School. Writing it has reinforced my belief that the way to become a better learner is to construct a better network. Who are you connected to?

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Top 10 eLearning Predictions for 2010

Tony Karrer

The example they cite sounds like actually hacking – but I believe that we are going to see more and more employees taking initiative to end run the barriers in order to leverage networks, communities, and tools that extend beyond the boundaries of the organization. Lots of managers will choose to look the other way. A lot like Jack.

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11 Differences between a MOOC and an Online Course

ID Reflections

MOOCs enable building of PLNs (Personal Learning Networks). Related articles MOOCs: taxonomy of 8 types of MOOC A faculty perspective on OCW and MOOCs Reports from MOOC Research Hub' MOOCs require online collaboration and facilitation skills. Participating in a MOOC is a two-way process—participants are consumers as well as creators.