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WikiPremed: Making Money from Free
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| The virtues of free are pretty inarguable,
| but advocating the open release of stuff
| inevitably begs the question: but how do you
| make a living from it? So it's always great
| to come across a *thriving* business built
| on giving stuff away, like WikiPremed MCAT
| Prep Course, "an open access comprehensive
| course in the undergraduate level general
| sciences".
|
| [...]
|
| But irrespective of the how, the simple fact
| of WikiPremed's success is good news: it
| means that Wetzel is likely to continue to
| offer his content for free, helping who
| knows how many impecunious students in the
| process; it also means that free content has
| another great case study showing how you can
| make money from giving stuff away.
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http://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2010/03/wikipremed-making-money-from-free.html
Association of American Publishers continues its campaign of textbook (mis)information
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| The Open Educational Resource movement,
| based on the idea that educational content
| which is publicly licensed for modification
| and redistribution is a positive innovation
| in education, has just begun to break into
| the mainstream. Conceptually, the idea has
| been in the public sphere for years now with
| projects like the OpenCourseWare growing to
| over 200 schools and universities with over
| 13,000 courses online getting over 100
| million visits from around the world.
`----
http://onopen.net/2010/03/11/association-of-american-publishers-aap-continues-its-campaign-of-textbook-misinformation/
A digital renaissance: partnering with the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage
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| Today weâre announcing an agreement with the
| Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage that
| will push this vision forward. Working with
| the National Libraries of Florence and Rome,
| weâll digitize up to a million out-of-
| copyright works. The libraries will select
| the works to be digitized from their
| collections, which include a wealth of rare
| historical books, including scientific
| works, literature from the period of the
| founding of Italy and the works of Italy's
| most famous poets and writers. It marks the
| first time weâve ever joined forces with
| Italian libraries, and the first time we've
| worked with a ministry of culture.
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http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/03/digital-renaissance-partnering-with.html
Recent:
Spacehack: Open Source Astronomy for All
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| After all the hullabaloo over Balloon Boy,
| itâs reassuring to learn that some Americans
| look up for reasons other than media pranks.
| In fact, whole communities of amateur
| astronomers and citizen scientists look to
| the skies for discovery, education, and
| inspiration. Aiding them in those pursuits
| is Spacehack, an online directory of and for
| people who want to participate in space
| exploration.
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http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/010797.html
Promoting Open Source Science
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| Open Source Science is a collaborative and
| transparent approach to science. To me, it
| means four things:
|
| 1. Open Source: the use of open and
| freely accessible software tools for
| scientific research and collaboration.
| 2. Open Notebook: transparency in
| experimental design and data management.
| 3. Open Data: public accessibility of
| scientific data, which allows for
| distribution, reuse and derived works.
| 4. Open Access: public access to
| scholarly literature.
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http://www.walterjessen.com/promoting-open-source-science/
Making Open Source Communities (and Open Cities) More Efficient
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| My friend Diederik and I are starting to
| work more closely with some open source
| projects about how to help "open"
| communities (be they software projects or
| cities) become more efficient.
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http://eaves.ca/2009/11/23/making-open-source-communities-and-open-cities-more-efficient/
Better world: Share things
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| Looking for a romantic way to do your bit for the
| planet? Then move in with your lover, take baths
| together and snuggle up on the sofa to watch TV
| together.
|
| An awful lot of energy could be saved if only people
| shared things more, especially their homes. The evidence
| comes from the opposite end of the love spectrum.
| According to a recent study, if all the couples who
| divorced in the US had stayed together, in 2005 alone
| they would have used 2373 billion litres less water and
| 73 billion kilowatt-hours less electricity. Each
| divorced person spent 46 per cent more on electricity
| and 56 per cent more on water.
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http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20327261.700-better-world-share-things.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=online-news
At End of Act II: Are we Played for Fools OR Building a Enlightened Digital World?
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| This would be the World Wide Web of Books that we have
| been dreaming of rather than a Monopoly of Books.
| Google has helped build momentumâ lets take it the rest
| of the way without blowing it. This could be done by
| Congress or the Justice Departmentâ both of which are
| working on this right now.
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http://www.opencontentalliance.org/2009/09/20/at-end-of-act-ii-are-we-played-for-fools-or-building-a-enlightened-digital-world/
The Open PhD â What a Concept
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| Did you know MIT has 1800+ courses available for your
| viewing pleasure? You can even download the syllabus
| and assignments (with answers). Some courses even
| provide copies of old exams. How could I have missed
| this? Itâs not just MIT â other schools belong to the
| consortium â Carnegie Mellon, Standford, Oxford, Yale,
| the list keeps going.
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http://openphd.wordpress.com/2009/09/17/the-open-phd-what-a-concept/
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