OpenEd

Creative Commons ccLearn has launched OpenEd in support of the open education community.

OER goes to the next level: UN first tuition-free, online university

http://openeducationnews.org/2009/05/29/oer-goes-to-the-next-level-un-first-tuition-free-online-university/

Where Is the Open Education Movement Going?

Where Is the Open Education Movement Going? (from Educause Live)

Linked Data is Blooming: Why You Should Care

this Read/Write article (and TED video) are well worth your time...

Vancouver, BC Wants to be an Open City

What Vancouver Hopes to Accomplish (Read/Write)

The motion that was submitted to the city council points out several reasons why endorsing open data, open standards and open source policies is an good idea and city councillors has resolved to:

* Identify immediate opportunities to distribute more of its data;
* Index, publish and syndicate its data to the internet using prevailing open standards, interfaces and formats;
* Develop appropriate agreements to share its data with the Integrated Cadastral Information Society (ICIS) and encourage the ICIS to in turn share its data with the public at large
* Develop a plan to digitize and freely distribute suitable archival data to the public;
* Ensure that data supplied to the City by third parties (developers, contractors, consultants) are unlicensed, in a prevailing open standard format, and not copyrighted except if otherwise prevented by legal considerations;
* License any software applications developed by the City of Vancouver such that they may be used by other municipalities, businesses, and the public without restriction.

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Appropriate that the Open Education Conference conference is in Vancouver, BC this year ;)

Amazon plans big screen Kindle: Textbook margins are the real aim not saving newspapers

Bezos and his Kindle are going after the inefficiencies here. (ZDNet Article)

How a Student-Friendly Kindle Could Change the Textbook Market (Chronicle)