Special Issue of JCMC on Social Networking Sites
Thought folks here would be interested in the material in the latest Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication. Here are the articles that interest me most, but they all look great:Social Network...
View ArticleLiveDVD -- OLPC & Textbook Revolution Team Up to Distribute Free Content
Took me awhile to figure what was going on here, but after seeing this post on Slashdot I learned that OLPC is teaming up with TextbookRevolution.org to gather a bunch of free content for schools,...
View ArticleThe CC "noncommercial" survey
Lessig has posted a request for Creative Commons users to complete a questionnaire regarding the term "noncommercial."If you are a CC user, take a few minutes and complete the survey.BTW: I've always...
View ArticleAnnouncing the publication of Writing Spaces: Readings on Writing, Vol 1
Writing Spaces: Readings on Writing, Volume 1, is now available for free download. This open textbook collection includes sixteen essays written for the first year composition classroom, all released...
View ArticleCFP: Writing Spaces Seeks Proposals for the 3rd Volume
Writing Spaces: Readings on Writing is an open textbook series for composition seeking proposals for essays for our 3rd volume. Each Writing Spaces book contains peer-reviewed collections of essays all...
View ArticleASCAP Seeking Money from Members to Stop Creative Commons
Yes. As ridiculous as it sounds, it's true. Zeropaid reports that ASCAP is trying to raise money to fight Creative Commons, the EFF, and Public Knowledge. Here's a quote from the letter sent out to...
View ArticleFollow-up: ASCAP Seeking Money from Members to Stop Creative Commons
As a follow-up to my earlier blog post today, here's some additional coverage. EFF and Public Knowledge have responded to the letter. But even better is the transcript of a speech given a little over...
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Open Textbook Publishing vs. Using Creative Commons Licensing as a Gimmick
I teach professional writing and business communication, so I thought I'd check out Flat World Knowledge's Business Communication book by Scott McLean. As a web designer, I was first drawn to see how...
View ArticleAnd the Best File Format for Open Textbook Publishing Is . . .
What is the best file format for publishing open textbook materials? Bill Fitzgerald and the Open Knowledge Definition (as well as others in the OER community) both stress the importance of using...
View ArticleDigital Rhetoricians 9: Negative Spaces and Creative Commons
This week, the Digital Rhetoricians discuss Johndan Johnson-Eilola's "Negative Spaces: From Production to Connection in Composition" and our very own Charlie Lowe's Considerations for Creative Commons...
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