The positive, often serendipitous news about the Open Course Library continues to appear. Shortly after our launch, the Saylor Foundation adapted 11 Open Course Library courses for use by self-learners. In the process they made the courses easier to access. You see, our first batch of courses were released as…
From Cable to Me to You
Flagrant reuse warning: I copied the following post from Cable’s blog because he said what I wanted to say 🙂 If you use Creative Commons licenses for your OER (or any other openly licensed creative work), you might want to check out: http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/32157 Please contribute to the new OER Policy Registry: http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/32072 New video…
A Big Day for Open Policy
Today was a big day for open policy, with important hearings in the Washington State House and Senate on measures requiring open licensing of courseware developed with state funds. State Representative Reuven Carlyle sponsored the House bill (along with a number of other representatives), and testified at both hearings. The…
CA’s Digital Open Source Library and WA’s Open Course Library
California Bill Pushes for Free Online College Books (via KQED MindShift) Here’s a quick summary of the bills (there are actually 2): • The first CA bill would create 50 open textbooks for high-enrollment college courses that would be free online and available in print for ~$20.  Book contracts would be…
Three Things You Should Know About the Open Course Library
It’s been 11 days since the launch of the Open Course Library and we had our 10,000th visitor today. The launch of these 42 courses was covered at least 67 times by reporters and bloggers, which will hopefully lead to increased faculty adoptions. The Student PIRGs has also written a…