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The Open High School of Utah Releases Open Educational Curriculum Under CC BY
by Timothy Vollmer UncategorizedToday the Open High School of Utah (OHSU) announced the release of ten semesters of openly licensed curriculum materials. The OER are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license. The resources are available via OHSU’s OpenCourseWare portal. From the announcement: Technology rules at Open High where their approach to learning embraces the idea that teaching shouldn’t…
Incentive Bill for 21st Century Skills
by Jane Park UncategorizedLast month, a bipartisan bill introduced in the U.S. Senate recognized the fact that students learning today need to be taught the necessary skills to succeed in this century—an age of new media, the Internet, and ever evolving technologies. The bill, introduced by Senator John D. Rockefeller IV, would “create a new incentive fund that…
EFF Teaches Copyright, without an agenda
by Jane Park Open EducationWhen it comes to copyright, our youth are too often bombarded with extremes. The entertainment industry giants propagate a skewed perspective by launching anti-copying educational programs, leaving out much of the balanced information necessary to cultivating user’s awareness about her real rights to a resource. This results in students thinking that they can react in…