The Collaborative Consumption movement is growing: sharing is contagious! [03sep10]
Massive proliferation of books laid foundation for the country's industrial might. [31aug10]
..seems a direct attack to open & alternative licensing. [27aug10]
UPDATE: Presentations and papers are available on the workshop webpage.
Since many people were unable to reach Istanbul due to the present flight disruption over Europe, the workshop has been limited to Monday 19 April only and a video streaming service has been set up.
Most importantly, since live streaming has become an almost crucial need, we have changed the event venue: the Sozbir Hotel internet connection has been deemed not reliable enough.
The workshop is being held at the Ozyegin University, on the Asian side. A map with directions is available here.
The video stream is currently online at: http://www.elluminate.com/trial/p.go?pk=1T3RCNeJj0n6N5ag
Please be aware that simultaneous connection is limited to 25 users and you need to have the latest version of java installed on your PC.
Here you can test your java installation and, if needed, upgrade it: http://www.java.com/en/download/installed.jsp [19apr10]
The 8th COMMUNIA Workshop - Education and the Public Domain: The Emergence of a Shared Educational Commons - will be held in Istanbul (Turkey) on Monday 19 and (possibly) Tuesday 20 April 2010.
PLEASE NOTE: The workshop venue HAS BEEN MOVED to Ozyegin University, on the Asian side of Istanbul.(See below for more logistics details). A map and instructions on how to reach Ozyegin University are available here. If you reach Sozbir Hotel (the previous workshop venue) on Monday by 9:15 a bus will take you to Ozyegin University; otherwise, please take a taxi, it is a fairly short ride from Uskudar Ferry Terminal/Sozbir Hotel.
Pre-registration is required: COMMUNIA members please use this form (free of charge). NON COMMUNIA members can use this form (a fee is foreseen).
Prof. James Boyle, renowned scholar of the public domain, will provide a keynote speech titled: "The Glorious Open Educational Revolution! (And why it hasn't happened yet)".
Indeed: why is it taking so long to have a worldwide, vibrant open commons of educational material? Important successes have been scored, to be sure, but all in all far less than we could have expected ten years ago, considering the nature of education and the general inclination of educators towards openness.
What have been - and are - the main obstacles on the way to implementing something apparently so natural? What can we do to remove them, both by smarter operation on the ground and by appropriate policy changes?
What are the benefits of unleashing the full potential of the open education?
[16march10]
The copyright session will focus on the questions of necessity of more harmonized law and copyright management, in particular clearing of rights for global models for online education, including di
Despite the abundance of EU and Member States funded initiatives for digitising digital content, little thought has been given to the ways in which such content is managed in order to maximise cultura
Educators and institutions are publishing OER at an incredible rate,
- Open Educational Resources in the Catalan Educational Network (XTEC)
+ Open source authoring tools and associated repositories: JClic[1], QV[2], La Prestatgeria [3]
ARIADNE is a European foundation that aims to foster "Share and Reuse'' of educational learning resources.
The Collective Licensing of Music for Online Uses – Role Model or Daunting Example for the Electronic Exploitation of Books and Other Educational Material?
First, I am planning to talk about my previous cross-cultural research findings on Computer Mediated Communication.
Building awareness of Open Education Resources (OERs) in MENA
Case studies of OERs in MENA
Making the case for OERs in MENA
Article on the Case for OERs in MENA:
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