Open Education 2011 Conference

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Open Course, Open Source, Open Publishing

Here are a couple of pieces about Open Courses and Publishing.

First is a piece by Seth Godin, on the Domino Project, about the future of books and publishing.

http://www.thedominoproject.com/2011/10/what-talent-wants.html

Note the part the describes the Domino Project's goals and core beliefs:

http://www.thedominoproject.com/about

Note this in particular:

"Virality first. An idea that requires a direct sale won’t thrive in a world where the most powerful ideas spread from hand to hand. Create content that works best when spread, and then package it so it’s easy to spread."

And, then, there's this:

Tom Caswell posted his NW ELearn Presentation on the Open Course Library on SlideShare:

http://slideshare.net/tom4cam/going-open-lessons-learned-from-the-open-course-library

Something is happening and you don't know what it is, do you Mr. Publisher? Do you, Mr. Faculty?

It's time to get away from publisher-controlled educational content and proprietary and closed learning management systems.

With Goldman's Foray Into Higher Education, A Predatory Pursuit Of Students And Revenues

With Goldman's Foray Into Higher Education, A Predatory Pursuit Of Students And Revenues:

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The Way Forward | NewAmerica.net

The Way Forward | NewAmerica.net:

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The Bamboo Project Blog: Constructing Leadership Experiments

The Bamboo Project Blog: Constructing Leadership Experiments:

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