OER on Fair Use: A Collaboration to Push Boundaries
1. OER on Fair Use: A Collaboration to Push Boundaries February 6, 2009 Lindsey Weeramuni
2. Purpose and Goals Why now? Scope and Timeframe Methodology Potential Conflicts / Opportunities
3. “ To open up the institution’s vast reservoirs of knowledge is a monumental and inspiring endeavor.” — Student, Canada Purpose and Goals Why now? Scope and Timeframe Methodology Potential Conflicts / Opportunities
10. “ OCW motivates my students and gives them access to a wider knowledge base." — Educator, India Purpose and Goals Why now? Scope and Timeframe Methodology Potential Conflicts / Opportunities
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12. “ The future of our global village looks bright to me when I see this knowledge opened to one and all.” — Self learner, United States Purpose and Goals Why now? Scope and Timeframe Methodology Potential Conflicts / Opportunities
13. Scope and Timeframe Who is in this group? American University Center for Social Media (consultants) Creative Commons Johns Hopkins School of Public Health MIT Tufts University UC Berkeley University of Michigan University of Notre Dame Yale University … and special thanks to the Hewlett Foundation
14. Scope and Timeframe AU Center for Social Media Filmmakers Online video Media literacy
15. Scope and Timeframe How long will it take? February: Kick off project February – April: Research & Interviews Late April: Report on findings May: Draft Code Late July: Legal review of Code September: Code released Summer: Could we do this? MIT and Yale talk September: OpenEd Birds-of-a-Feather Oct. 7 First conference call Oct. 29 Peter Jazsi joins second conference call December: Hewlett grant submitted 2008 2009
16. “ OCW is inspiring me to push harder and enjoy learning with the assurance that I'm getting the best." — Student, Nigeria Purpose and Goals Why now? Scope and Timeframe Methodology Potential Conflicts / Opportunities
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19. “ This is an incredible opportunity to get the feeling that I am still in a university campus!” — Self learner, United Arab Emirates Purpose and Goals Why now? Scope and Timeframe Methodology Potential Conflicts / Opportunities
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22. Thank You! Visit MIT OpenCourseWare online at http://ocw.mit.edu Email Lindsey Weeramuni at lweera@mit.edu
Editor's Notes
Thank you. It’s a pleasure to be here. Thanks to Connexions and the consortium for inviting me to speak about MIT OpenCourseWare. My name is Lindsey Weeramuni and I am the Intellectual Property for MIT OpenCourseWare.
