• I. Intellectual Property
  • II. Free Software
  • III. Open Source
  • IV. Open Content
  • V. Defining Free
  • VI. Defining Open
  • VII. Open Source Software Licenses
  • VIII. Open Content Licenses
  • IX. Open CourseWare
  • X. Open Educational Resources
  • XI. Open Textbooks
  • XII. Research in Open Education
  • XIII. The Economics of Open
  • XIV. Open Business Models
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    Pages137
    LicenseCC BY
    Year2016
    LanguageEnglish
    Open Educational ResourcesOpen EducationOpen Educational Practices

    An Open Education Reader

    Abstract

    A collection of readings on open education with commentary. Created for IPT 515R Introduction to Open Education, a graduate course at Brigham Young University.

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    A collection of readings on open education with commentary. Created for IPT 515R Introduction to Open Education, a graduate course at Brigham Young University.

    I. Intellectual Property1
    1. James Boyle, “The Why of Intellectual Property”3
    2. James Boyle, “Thomas Jefferson Writes a Letter”7
    II. Free Software9
    3. Richard Stallman, “What is Free Software?”11
    4. Richard Stallman, “The GNU Project”13
    III. Open Source15
    5. Eric Raymond, “The Cathedral and the Bazaar”17
    6. Eric Raymond, “Homesteading the Noosphere”19
    IV. Open Content21
    7. David Wiley, “About the Open Publication License”23
    8. David Wiley, “Open Content: The First Decade”25
    V. Defining Free27
    9. Franklin D. Roosevelt, “The Four Freedoms Speech”29
    10. Richard Stallman, “Four Freedoms”31
    11. Erik Moller, “Freedom Defined”33
    12. Bruce Perens, “Debian Free Software Guidelines”35
    VI. Defining Open37
    13. Bruce Perens, “The Open Source Definition”39
    14. David Wiley, “Open Content”41
    15. OKFN, “Open Definition”43
    16. David Wiley, “The Access Compromise and the 5th R”45
    17. David Wiley, “Open Definitions, Specificity, and Avoiding Bright Lines”47
    VII. Open Source Software Licenses49
    18. GNU General Public License51
    19. BSD License53
    20. MIT License55
    21. Apache License57
    22. Comparison of Open Source Licenses59
    VIII. Open Content Licenses61
    23. Creative Commons Licenses63
    24. GNU Free Documentation License67
    25. Open Publication License69
    IX. Open CourseWare71
    26. Charles Vest, “Disturbing the Educational Universe: Universities in the Digital Age — Dinosaurs or Prometheans?”73
    27. History of MIT OCW77
    28. MIT OCW Evaluation Report (2005)79
    29. MIT Reaches OCW Milestone81
    30. David Wiley, “OpenCourseWars”83
    X. Open Educational Resources85
    31. UNESCO Forum on the Impact of Open Courseware for Higher Education in Developing87
    32. Cape Town Open Education Declaration89
    33. UNESCO, “2012 Paris OER Declaration”91
    34. Wiley, Bliss, and McEwen, “Open Educational Resources: OER Literature Review”93
    35. Boston Consulting Group, “Open Educational Resources: The OER Ecosystem”95
    XI. Open Textbooks97
    36. Nicole Allen, “Open Textbooks: A Cover to Cover Solution: How Open Textbooks are the Path to Affordability”99
    37. Frydenberg and Matkin, “Open Textbooks: Why? What? How? When?”103
    XII. Research in Open Education107
    38. OER Research Hub109
    39. Open Education Group111
    40. Marshall Smith, “Ruminations on Research on OER”113
    XIII. The Economics of Open115
    41. Yochai Benkler, “Coases Penguin, or Linux and The Nature of the Firm”117
    42. Yochai Benkler, “Common Wisdom: Peer Production of Educational Materials”121
    43. Yochai Benkler, “‘Sharing Nicely’: On shareable goods and the emergence of sharing as a modality of economic production”123
    XIV. Open Business Models125
    44. Eric Raymond, “The Magic Cauldron”127
    45. OSI, “Open Source Case for Business”131
    46. Various, “A Summer 2014 Conversation on Business Models in Open Education”133
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    David Wiley

    Lumen Learning

    Dr. David Wiley is the chief academic officer of Lumen Learning, an organization offering open educational resources designed to increase student access and success. Dr. Wiley has founded or co-founded numerous entities, including Lumen Learning, Mountain Heights Academy (an open high school), and Degreed. He was named one of the 100 Most Creative People in Business by Fast Company, currently serves as Education Fellow at Creative Commons, and leads the Open Education Group in Brigham Young University's instructional psychology and technology graduate program. He has been a Shuttleworth Fellow, served as a Fellow of Internet and Society at Stanford Law School, and was a Fellow of Social Entrepreneurship at BYU's Marriott School of Management.

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