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articles · The Cape Town Declaration on Open Education
26/1/2008 23:33 · 49 votes · no comments
Teachers, Students, Web Gurus, and Foundations Launch Campaign to Transform Education
A coalition of educators, foundations, and internet pioneers today urged governments and publishers to make publicly-funded educational materials available freely over the internet.
The Cape Town Open Education Declaration, launched today, is part of a dynamic effort to make learning and...
blogs · iSummit session on Philosophy of the Commons
appears in Commons Philosophy
29/6/2007 21:24 · no comments
Tom Chance organised a session on the Philosophy of the Commons which was one the liveliest and most interesting session of the conference in my not especially humble opinion.
One of the panelists; Benjamin Mako Hill argued that its necessary for iCommons to define Free Culture, as he has done in A Definition of Free Cultural Works.
The session prompted a number of articles...
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articles · The Hague Declaration calls for global commitment to open standards
by Simon Dingle · voted on 22/5/2008 21:58 · 28 votes · no comments
The founders of the Digital Standards Organization recently convened in The Hague to develop a declaration that calls on governments to further the Universal Declaration of Human Rights with a commitment to the adoption of open standards.
The declaration calls for a consideration of "a society in which full and effective participation in government and society, and access to...
articles · Siyavula to bring free and open resources to education
by Simon Dingle · voted on 22/5/2008 21:58 · 31 votes · no comments
Siyavula is an ambitious project that aims to transform education in South Africa by providing free, open and curriculum-aligned educational resources. Siyavula means ‘we are opening’ in Nguni and is an apt description of the initiative that will provide content via an online portal where educators can collaborate and create resources, leveraging Creative Commons licenses.
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articles · What Bob Marley puts in his Open Access pipe - Smoke this, publishing industry!
by Adrian Woodhead & Philipp Schmidt · commented on 22/5/2008 18:15 · 29 votes · 1 comment
Open Access - feasting on knowledge like manna
Hello hello - tuning in straight from the retirement home computer room, Schmatler and Waldhead are back to rear other peoples' ugly heads. Last week (yes, we know what you want to say - but once you get to our age, months can seem like weeks and vice versa) we spent most of our column wallowing with the wailers over the miseries...
articles · The Growth of Arab Commons
by anas · commented on 9/11/2007 15:34 · 39 votes · 3 comments
Ten months after its official launch, a quick reflection may shed some light on the Arab Commons project and its growth over the year. Arab Commons went live on 1 January 2007 with the ambitious aim of promoting the development of open content in the Arabic language and to educate creative workers in the Arab world about the philosophy of Creative Commons and the benefits they can...
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