tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36810151.post116254334329287556..comments2020-03-13T08:35:09.705+02:00Comments on eLearning in Africa: Open Access, Free & Open Content & CourswareJames Njengahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11059006576519461081noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36810151.post-90093141592803763432008-03-26T02:28:00.000+02:002008-03-26T02:28:00.000+02:00Hello James,In relation to policy, you may find it...Hello James,<BR/><BR/>In relation to policy, you may find it interesting or useful to see <A HREF="http://wikieducator.org/Otago_Polytechnic/Intellectual_property" REL="nofollow">Otago Polytechnic's IP Policy</A>. Otago Polytechnic is a public training and education provider in New Zealand, and this IP policy in short says that individual creators of content own copyright, but the Polytechnic as a whole uses Creative Commons Attribution licenses. So that means if an individual lecturer wants to use the Polytechnic as a platform for their teaching, (website, classrooms, name) then they should use CC By - unless there are good reasons not to.. such as using restricted 3rd party content.. in which case OP would support the development of suplimentary and free content.<BR/><BR/>To see the results of this IP Policy on our work, visit the <A HREFF="http://wikieducator.org/Otago_Polytechnic" HREF="" REL="nofollow">Otago Polytechnic</A> list of projects in Wikieducator, as well as <A HREF="http://wikieducator.org/Open_access_midwifery_education" REL="nofollow">this paper prepared by a midwifery lecturer</A> who now wants to use the IP Policy to make her midewifery courses open.Leigh Blackallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17845313396595646728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36810151.post-1162567549585246812006-11-03T17:25:00.000+02:002006-11-03T17:25:00.000+02:00Taran, I agree with you that policy and action to ...Taran, I agree with you that policy and action to march the rhetorics and philosophy is what we require to drive openness. I also agree that money is one of the many facets of the challenges and hindrances to open access but not the only one. I think the wider population has not come to appreciate the importance of community approach in dealing with issues. There is the fear of "what others would say if they find the information provided wanting". Ego if you like. And others is just the fear of loosing the title SAGE.James Njengahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11059006576519461081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36810151.post-1162562659761877032006-11-03T16:04:00.000+02:002006-11-03T16:04:00.000+02:00I agree with your views, but I am a part of the ch...I agree with your views, but I am a part of the choir.<BR/><BR/>The key challenge is not so much a matter of property but a matter of compensation. Educators want to be compensated for their work, and traditionally this came about through copyright. And I don't suppose that they have a 401k plan either. <BR/><BR/>So open access to some of them is scarey because what they 'had in the bank' is now being distributed openly, which means that they are less likely to be compensated. Addressing the financial aspects and promoting a cultural shift from the 'copyright piggy bank' requires more than philosophy; it requires policy which may encourage educators to create more open content. Not everyone gets paid well, and this is one of the major stumbling blocks of education as a whole. <BR/><BR/>When a persons concerns are with their own well being, it would be good to address those concerns such that they focus on things other than themselves. Put shortly - hit them in the wallet. Of course this doesn't bode well for people whose entire premise was reducing costs since it doesn't have as dramatic a decrease in a short term solution. <BR/><BR/>But education shouldn't be using that many short term solutions, because the effects are always long term. ;-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com