We spent a lot of time thinking about the license for the Kids Open Dictionary. Ultimately, we decided on public domain license, because we want this to be as easily usable by as many people as possible. After announcing the
Big week for the open dictionary
We’ve had a lot of new activity at the Kids Open Dictionary this week, largely because of several posts others have written about it. New people have been coming to the site every day, adding words, creating glossaries, and helping
Reflections on language
The Kids Open Dictionary has given me many opportunities to reflect on our language. A hundred years ago, our world was much more male-centric. (I know this sounds obvious.) Here are some words that weren’t in the dictionary then: spokesperson,
New Open Ed presentation
I’ve refined my awareness presentation about Open Ed: Free Content + Open Tools + Mass Collaboration = Learning for All view presentation (tags: creative_commons open_source oer xiaohang) This info and all the links (as well as the ODP, handouts, etc.)
Being able to truly reuse OERs
I am very excited that the new build-your-own-glossary feature is up on the Kids Open Dictionary. Try it out and let me know what you think. (We’re still refining and adding features.) I’m excited about this for a couple reasons.