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Free Wikipedia course offered through the School of Open 6 May 2013 | 06:56 pm
Have you ever looked at an article on Wikipedia and thought, “this could really use some work”? With the free online course “Writing Wikipedia Articles: The Basics and Beyond,” offered through the Sch...
Now Hiring: LRMI Project Manager 5 May 2013 | 11:37 pm
CC swag IV / Peter Shanks / CC BY Creative Commons is looking for a LRMI Project Manager. This person will play a key role in leading the LRMI project. From the job description: We are looking for a P...
LRMI Accepted into Schema.org 5 May 2013 | 11:22 am
The Learning Resource Metadata Initiative (LRMI) specification (14 properties) has been accepted and published as a part of Schema.org, the collaboration between major search engines Google, Bing, Yah...
PLOS launches open access science award program 2 May 2013 | 05:50 am
Today the Public Library of Science announced the Accelerating Science Award Program (ASAP). The award program seeks nominations of individuals who have used, applied, or remixed scientific research —...
Open Course Library releases 39 more high-enrollment courses 30 Apr 2013 | 06:41 pm
OCL How-to Guide / SBCTC / CC BY A year and a half ago, the Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges (SBCTC) released the first 42 of Washington state’s 81 high-enrollment courses u...
Third Round of TAACCCT Grants Announced by US Department of Labor 26 Apr 2013 | 01:29 am
On April 19, 2013 US Acting Secretary of Labor Seth D. Harris announced the third annual round of the Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training Program (TAACCCT) grant program....
Digital Public Library of America Launches 18 Apr 2013 | 05:14 pm
Creative Commons would like to congratulate the Digital Public Library of America on its official launch today. The DPLA, which has been in planning since 2010, brings together millions of digital res...
Free Music Archive Launches Public Domain Music Contest 17 Apr 2013 | 06:15 pm
Beautiful DreamerStephen Foster / Public Domain Remember the Happy Birthday song contest? Our friends at the Free Music Archive and WFMU are running another challenge to bring more music into the comm...
U.S. States considering public access policies 17 Apr 2013 | 05:32 pm
With the introduction at the federal level of both the Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act (FASTR) and the White House public access directive, several states have begun to think about ...
Open Textbook Summit 12 Apr 2013 | 11:19 pm
On April 8 & 9, 2013 BCcampus hosted, and Creative Commons facilitated, an Open Textbook Summit in Vancouver British Columbia Canada. The Open Textbook Summit brought together government representativ...
