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Open government could lead to open-source textbooks
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| Yes. Free open source textbooks are alive
| and well at both the college and k-12
| level. Check out CK12.org. Initial free
| STEM textbooks are available now and more
| digital materials will be forthcoming as
| the company progresses and leverages more
| of an open source community for standards-
| aligned open digital materials.
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http://fcw.com/blogs/gov-2/2010/02/open-source-textbook.aspx
Open-source Cyberinfrastructure to Aggregate Cancer Research Data
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| The Cyberinfrastructure for Comparative
| Effectiveness Research (CYCORE) project for
| cancer research will be scalable, open-
| source and user-friendly. CYCORE will
| aggregate data from clinical trials,
| patient medical records, self-reported and
| objectively monitored social and behavioral
| data, data on cancer outcomes from regional
| cancer registries, and cost-benefit
| analyses.
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http://www.scientificcomputing.com/news-IN-Open-source-Cyberinfrastructure-to-Aggregate-Cancer-Research-Data-020910.aspx
Introducing TED Fellow: Cesar Harada
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| Cesar Harada is the coordinator of
| Open_Sailing, the open-source group
| developing the International Ocean Station.
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http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/next/archives/2010/02/introducing_ted_13.html
'Anarconomy' and the News Industry
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| In contrast, the Copenhagen "anarconomy"
| vision of anarchy is not particularly
| anarchistic. In fact, it is rather rule-
| based, albeit the collectivist social rules
| of open source copyleft communities. Jaron
| Lanier has called fundamentalist
| manifestations of this "Digital Maoism",
| which is catchier than it is historically
| accurate, but you get the idea... Another
| variant is expressed in the sometimes
| fickle wrath of the tough love inflicted by
| open source gatekeepers when cool new ideas
| conflict somehow with "community
| standards."
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http://www.pbs.org/idealab/2010/02/anarconomy-and-the-news-industry036.html
âOpen-source scienceâ project will seek to improve synthesis of schistosomiasis drug
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| Matthew Todd, a chemist at the University
| of Sydney has obtained funding amounting to
| US$350,000 to support his project. He
| intends to go about the work using an
| approach known as âopen-source scienceâ.
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http://www.tropika.net/svc/news/20100211/Chinnock-20100211-News-PatentPool-Schisto
28 Days, 28 Ideas #14: Open Source Curriculum
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| Process: While the curriculum will be âopen
| source,â in that permission will be given
| to modify, add, etc. to the educational
| products in process, there will have to be
| a screening process for collaborators to
| avoid the wikipedia fallacy, otherwise
| known as the blind leading the blind. Those
| who collaborate will have to have been
| trained and perhaps credentialed in
| recognized ways so that there is a serious
| element of quality control.
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http://jewschool.com/2010/02/14/20945/28-days-28-ideas-14-open-source-curriculum/
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