Browse: OER Community Type: Blogs and Wikis

Abject Learning - Brian Lamb's social learning and open education blog

• Abstract: Brian Lamb, at the University of British Columbia, and his weblog on social learning, online learning, and open education

• Subject: Social Sciences

Academic Commons

• Abstract: Sponsored by the Center of Inquiry in the Liberal Arts at Wabash College, Academic Commons shares these principles with the Center's exploration of liberal arts education: (1) Free exchange: open source technology and the free and open exchange of ideas, intellectual and creative work; (2) Heterogeneity: an understanding of, and sensitivity to, different modes of inquiry and their value for the larger academic enterprise; (3) Rational evaluation: a respect for evaluative processes that are anchored within professional expertise and are based on practices of open and rational deliberation.

• Subject: Science and Technology, Social Sciences
• Grade Level: Post-secondary

Andrew Ren's Blog

• Abstract: Mr. Rens is the Legal Lead for Creative Commons South Africa, and currently resides in San Francisco where he works on issues around access to knowledge, collaborative creative works and the Digital Divide.

• Grade Level: Post-secondary

Auricle

• Abstract: The e-learning team at Auricle have been using a private collaborative Weblog (blog) for a couple of years as a mechanism for communicating interesting information or problems and resolutions amongst the team. This blog, however, is an experimental public blog which will offer short articles, reflections, observations, or references on what we've found interesting, useful, challenging, and sometimes frustrating in the e-learning world. You'll be able to comment on the articles. If our blog proves useful as a resource we will invest more of our time in sorting out the look and feel.

Balazs Bodo's blog

• Abstract: Bodo Balazs, economist, assistant lecturer, researcher at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Department of Sociology and Communications, Center for Media Research and Education since 2001. Fulbright Visiting Researcher at Stanford Law School. Project lead for Creative Commons Hungary.
  
  His academic interests include sociocultural impacts of new media, media regulation, online communities. Leader of the development of several commercial internet applications as well as numerous academic research projects dealing with digital archives, e-learning and online communities.

Bavatuesdays

• Abstract: Jim writes regularly about his work as an instructional technologist–in addition to several other interests of his such as film, literature, and media of all kinds–on bavatuesdays.

• Subject: Humanities, Science and Technology
• Grade Level: Post-secondary

The Bazaar

• Abstract: The Bazaar is a community portal for people who want to use, exchange and share Open Source Software and resources to support learning

• Subject: Science and Technology

The Citizendium Project

• Abstract: The Citizendium (sit-ih-ZEN-dee-um), a "citizens' compendium of everything," will be an experimental new wiki project that combines public participation with gentle expert guidance. It will begin life as a "progressive fork" of Wikipedia. But we expect it to take on a life of its own and, perhaps, to become the flagship of a new set of responsibly-managed free knowledge projects. We will avoid calling it an "encyclopedia," because there will probably always be articles in the resource that have not been vouched for in any sense.

Code v2

• Abstract: The objective of Code v1 and Code v2 is to introduce and defend a particular way of understanding regulation, and to describe the trend that we should expect regulation in cyberspace to take.
  
  While Lawrence Lessig himself has strong views about preserving important liberties that cyberspace originally protected, this book does not push any particular set of values. Unlike Lessig's other books, The Future of Ideas, and Free Culture, this book has no particular political agenda.

• Subject: Arts, Business, Humanities, Mathematics and Statistics, Science and Technology, Social Sciences
• Grade Level: Post-secondary

CogDogBlog

• Abstract: Welcome to CogDogBlog, Alan Levine's place to bark about cool technology, web X.0 hype, weird web sites, photography, and other targets big and small.

Connectivism Blog

• Abstract: This site has been created to foster discussion on how our thinking, learning, and organizational activities are impacted through technology and societal changes.

Copyrighetous

• Abstract: copyrighteous is where I post scraps of text on a variety of topics. It's a grab bag of short reflections and ideas (usually humorous) and longer reviews and responses to things I read or have been thinking about. The more critical pieces tend to focus on issues of free software, intellectual property and copyright, and issues of free access to knowledge.

Copyright Advisory Network

• Abstract: The purpose of this site is to encourage librarians to discuss copyright concerns and seek feedback and advice from fellow librarians and copyright specialists. The Network is sponsored by the American Library Association Office for Information Technology Policy.

• Subject: Social Sciences
• Grade Level: Post-secondary

Copyright and Fair Use Blog

• Abstract: A blog on the website of The Center for Social Media and the Washington College of Law, American University. Fair use is the right, in some circumstances, to quote copyrighted material without asking permission or paying for it. It is a crucial feature of copyright law and what keeps copyright from being censorship. You can invoke fair use when the value to the public of what you are saying outweighs the cost to the private owner of the copyright.

• Subject: Science and Technology

Copyright Confusion Conquered

• Abstract: A blog entry that discusses and shares video from a Web seminar entitled "Yes, You Can Use Copyrighted Materials! Conquering Copyright Confusion." The Web seminar covered the NCTE Code of Best Practices for Fair Use in Media Literacy Education.

Darcy Norman Blog

• Abstract: I'm a software developer at the Learning Commons, which is a service department at The University of Calgary. My current primary role is as a software developer on the Pachyderm project, but I also get to spend some time playing with new technologies to support teaching and learning - including, but not limited to weblogs, wikis, podcasting, rss, and a few others. I also spend a fair amount of time thinking (and rethinking) about the concept of control and copyright, and how they might affect academia (What happens when a professor uses a wiki? a weblog? What would be the worst case scenario if someone that wasn't a registered student in a class and session was able to access the online resources for that class?)

Designed to Inspire

• Abstract: My name is Jennifer Maddrell. I am a graduate student at Indiana University studying in the Instructional Systems Technology department. I am taking the program "at a distance" so I can practice what I will one day preach.
  
  This site is my working journal and personal learning environment related to the loosely joined topics of instructional design, technology and online education.

Digging Digitally

• Abstract: Archaeology, data sharing, digitally enabled research and education. A weblog for archeology and the Internet, and semi-official news of the SAA Digital Data Internet Group.

• Subject: Science and Technology
• Grade Level: Post-secondary

E-Learning Queen

• Abstract: The E-Learning Queen explores all manner of online and distributed training and education, from instructional design to the construction and implementation of entire e-learning solutions. She finds real-world e-learning issues and applications particularly intriguing; in higher education, military, K-12, and corporate and humanitarian / not-for-profit realms.

• Subject: Science and Technology
• Grade Level: Primary, Secondary

e-Literate

• Abstract: Michael Feldstein is Principal Product Manager for the Academic Enterprise Initiative at Oracle Corporation. Michael is a member of eLearn Magazine’s Editorial Advisory Board and participant in the IMS. He is a frequent invited speaker on a range of e-learning-related topics. Most recently, he has been invited to speak on topics including e-learning usability, LMS evaluation methods, ePortfolios, and edupatents for organizations ranging from the eLearning Guild to the Postsecondary Electronic Standards Council, and has been interviewed as an e-learning expert by a variety of media outlets, including The Chronicle of Higher Education, the Associated Press, and U.S. News and World Report.