Whose
Words? Who Owns Student Posts in an Online Course , By Virgil
Varvel - As online education continues to grow, a new question begins
to appear from faculty and students alike. Who owns the words that students
enter into an online course discussion forum?
Open Educational Resources
MIT OpenCourseWare MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW) is a web-based publication of virtually all MIT course content. OCW is open and available to the world and is a permanent MIT activity.
Open CourseWare Consortium A collaboration of higher education institutions and associated organizations from around the world creating a broad and deep body of open educational content using a shared model.
Open Yale Courses Free and open access to a selection of intruductory courses taught by distinguished teachers and scholars at Yale University
OER Commons Open Educational Resources are teaching and learning materials that you may freely use and reuse, without charge. OER often have a Creative Commons or GNU license that state specifically how the material may be used, reused, adapted, and shared.
Connexions - A place to view and share educational materials made of small knowledge chunks. A service of the Connexions Consortium, a leader in open source educational tewchnology and open access educational content.
Open Text Book - A registry of textbooks that anyone can access, reuse, and redistribute
MERLOT.ORG - MERLOT is a program of the California State University, in partnership with higher education institutions,
professional societies, and industry.
Government Copyright Sites
The
United States Constitution , See Article 1, Section 8 for the basis
of the legality of copyright laws in the United States
