OER Matters: Articles and Reports

100+ Web 2.0 Ideas for Educators: A Guide to RSS and More

Abstract: As part of my presentation for the K12 Online Conference I am publishing this 50 page document. It is a combination of the 50+ RSS Ideas for Educators document and the Teaching Hacks wiki. It is geared towards an introduction to RSS, but carries on a bit further into topics such as tagging, social ... More »

2005 Program Evaluation Findings Report

Abstract: With 1,400 courses now available, MIT is delivering on the promise of MIT OpenCourseWare. We have heard from educators and learners around the world that they are benefiting from the materials offered freely and openly on the MIT OCW site. In order to understand how well MIT OCW is fulfilling its mission ... More »

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: ... More »

Anti-DMCA Website

Abstract: A site about the ramifications of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, with news, discussion forums and other information on the DMCA.

Blackboard vs. Moodle

Abstract: Blackboard vs. Moodle: A Comparison of Satisfaction with Online Teaching and Learning Tools

British University Launches Program to Expand Access to Educational Materials Online

Common Wisdom: Peer Production of Educational Materials

Commonwealth of Learning Publications

Abstract: A wide range of studies, reports and research documents have been published by the Commonwealth of Learning. Materials include monographs, curriculum and course development, training toolkits, directories, videos, and more. Most are available for download, free-of-charge, on this web site. Government ... More »

Commonwealth of Learning Speechs and Presentations

Abstract: Speeches and presentations by the Commonwealth of Learning officials. Archives from 1996 to present. Topics include new technologies, distance learning, and open universities

Copyright/copyleft: Myths about copyright

Abstract: This brief concept paper seeks to identify and interrogate some of the assumptions that underlie most media stories about copyright. The greatest success of the concept of copyright has been its successful elevation to the status of myth through the constant rendering of certain familiar figures (the ... More »

CoSN K-12 Open Technologies Website

Abstract: Welcome to the website for the new CoSN K-12 Open Technologies Leadership Initiative. The goal of this Web site is to help educators and technologists with the planning, evaluation, decision-making, and implementation processes associated with adopting Open Technologies in K-12.

Creative Commons and Educators: A marriage made in heaven?

Abstract: An article outlining some of the concerns and conflicts between Creative Commons and the Australian Copyright Owners Community, and discusses other publications regarding this conflict. The article is written by Delia Browne, an iSummit Scholar and the National Copyright Directory, Australian Schools ... More »

Critical Success Factors for Internet-Based Learning in Developmental Mathematics

Abstract: PLATO designed a study to explore "critical success factors for computer-based distance learning in developmental math programs" during the course of two academic semesters.

Cultural Responses to Open Licences and the Accessibility and Usability of Open Educational Resources

Abstract: This paper addresses some of the licensing issues raised by creating and licensing Open Educational Resources. Flexibility and ease in accessing educational resources, remixing and embedding them in other, more culturally specific materials, is central to the OER movement. Flexibility can only achieved ... More »

D-Lib Magazine

Abstract: D-Lib Magazine is a solely electronic publication with a primary focus on digital library research and development, including but not limited to new technologies, applications, and contextual social and economic issues. The magazine is published eleven times a year and is released monthly, except for ... More »

Digital Diploma Mills: The Automation of Higher Education

Abstract: In recent years changes in universities, especially in North America, show that we have entered a new era in higher education, one which is rapidly drawing the halls of academe into the age of automation. Automation - the distribution of digitized course material online, without the participation of ... More »

Distance Learning: Promise or Threat?

Abstract: Once the stepchild of the academy, distance learning is finally taken seriously. But not in precisely the way early innovators like myself had hoped. It is not faculty who are in the forefront of the movement to network education. Instead politicians, university administrations and computer and telecommunications ... More »

Europe starts to build an Open Access information network

Abstract: The EU is to network research papers across Europe to create a free public information resource.

First Monday

Abstract: First Monday is one of the first openly accessible, peer–reviewed journals on the Internet, solely devoted to the Internet. Since its start in May 1996, First Monday has published 638 papers in 112 issues; these papers were written by 756 different authors.

From Books to Bits

Abstract: Ian Brown describes the transition from paper-based to Web-based textbooks, and outlines a novel solution for the production of teaching material within academia.