Harnessing Openness to Improve Research, Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
In this report the Committee for Economic Development examines higher education through the lens of openness. Their goal was to understand the potential impact of greater openness on colleges and universities. Like other service industries such as finance or entertainment, higher education is rooted in information?its creation, analysis, and transmission and the development of the skills... more
Access to Open Educational Resources: Report of a UNESCO OER Community Discussion
UNESCO's international Community on Open Educational Resources has been active since 2005. It connects some 900 individuals in 109 countries to share information and discuss issues surrounding the production and use of Open Educational Resources ? web-based materials offered freely and openly for use and reuse in teaching, learning and research. The community returned to the issue of access... more
Otherwise Open Managing Incompatible Content within Open Educational Resources
This paper seeks to provide an overview of the problem posed by the incorporation of IC into otherwise open educational resources. This paper also describes a number of approaches to resolving this issue, including the reliance on jurisdictional copyright exceptions and limitations, and explores the trade-offs involved in adopting any one of these approaches. It is important to note that we... more
Academic tribes: reflections on teaching large classes
This article is a reflective essay on teaching a large class of undergraduate students at the University of Durban-Westville. The class consists of 280 students in the fourth year of university training for the teaching profession. more
Ways of Presenting Your Point of View
This module looks at how to help learners become confident and thoughtful presenters of ideas more
Reuse of material in the context of education and research
Sharing educational and research materials is high on the agenda of Dutch higher education and research institutions. It must be possible to use and reuse materials produced or collected at the institutions for educational and research purposes, or as the basis for the development of new materials. more
How to attribute Creative Commons licensed materials
The same basic principles apply to providing attribution across all CC licences. When attributing a work under a CC licence you should: ? Credit the creator ? Provide the title of the work ? Provide the URL where the work is hosted ? Indicate the type of licence it is available under and provide a link to the licence (so others can find out the licence terms); and ? Keep intact any copyright... more
Commonwealth of Learning Copyright Audit
To a significant extent, copyright law governs the production, dissemination and consumption of knowledge and culture. In an “information society” it is particularly important to ensure that the gates of learning are kept wide open. It is in this context that an examination of copyright law with respect to education becomes crucial. more
Copyright & A2K in Africa: Research Findings on Limitations & Exceptions from an Eight-Country Study
These findings are relevant not only to the study countries but also to the international copyright community and, most specifically, the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), whose Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) is involved in progressive development of copyright norms, policies and practices. ACA2K research is especially relevant to discussions on... more
Unlocking Knowledge, Empowering Minds: A collection of case studies about MIT OpenCourseWare
A collection of case studies about MIT OpenCourseWare more
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