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Karen CH writes: ” I have put up the following copyright page which  can be found at:  http://www.berkshirecc.edu/library_copyright_info Faculty and staff may not understand, especially in the digital world, that […]

Websites that offer or sell lecture notes are springing up across the Internet. Is this copyright infringement? Does it encourage students to cut class? And who do the notes belong […]

‘We are pleased to present this very topical issue of the International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning (IRRODL) on openness. Notions of open scholarship, open access publication, […]

What new technology would you like to know about?? Come to T&L 2.0, ask your questions, and together we can explore! On October 20, a small group experimented in the […]

Looks like some great resources here from NPR and PBS, with a focus on social/political/historical/health themes: http://forum-network.org/

Hype Cycle Redux

Here is a cleaner version of the Gartner Hype Cycle.  It’s a helpful model for understanding which technologies have made it into broad, mainstream use and therefore should be considered […]

"Opening Up Education" Remix Version

Opening Up Education, edited by Toru Iiyoshi and M.S. Vijay Kumar, has been reproduced on the Academic Commons site. This is well worth scanning and picking out articles of interest: […]

FAQ on the BCC Summer Institute, May 20-21 Q. Is it all about technology? A. It’s all about learning outside the classroom: first day focus is service learning, field trips, study abroad, […]

Math instructor Ed Crosson will be piloting a downloadable, modular statistics textbook from the Connexions website. The Connexions project is from Rice University and funded by the Hewlett foundation. All materials […]