I’ve been doing some work on the idea of creating a free open kids simple dictionary. Two questions that have been central are: What open dictionary would be best to use as a starting point? How could this be hosted
Proposed blogging law in Italy
A proposed law in Italy would require that all bloggers register with a national database. This is scary. Governments all over the world appear to be hugely out of touch with modern technologies and their uses.
OpenEd-Week 9-Part 2
More on Larry Lessig’s book Code v2….this time on a couple ideas from the book that I have a hard time agreeing with. I agree with many of Lessig’s points. In particular, he is a staunch defender of fair use
Open Ed-Week 8-Sustainability
QUESTIONS: How can you build a sustainable business around giving away educational materials? How can you build a sustainable business model around giving away credentialed degrees? Should governments fund open education? (Do they already?) I’m going to take a different
OpenEd-Week 9 (yes, I’m jumping around)
Two of the best things about the OpenEd course I’ve been blogging about are the conversations among the brilliant and diverse participants and the reading list for the course. In addition to supplemental readings on a variety of issues critical