Comments on: Sir John Daniel of the Commonwealth of Learning: Open Education and Policy https://creativecommons.org/2011/07/27/sir-john-daniel-of-the-commonwealth-of-learning-open-education-and-policy/ Join us in building a more vibrant and usable global commons! Mon, 07 Dec 2015 09:33:01 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.6.1 By: Parag Shah https://creativecommons.org/2011/07/27/sir-john-daniel-of-the-commonwealth-of-learning-open-education-and-policy/#comment-3660 Thu, 28 Jul 2011 07:36:53 +0000 http://creativecommons.org/?p=28384#comment-3660 I found the information shared in this post very useful. I think OER’s have a lot of potential of bringing education to one and all.

Recently, I too have been creating a software solution to help peer communities learn Computer Science topics, and gain social credentials in the process.

I am not doing this as a non-profit, because I am would not like to rely on donations. Rather, I am trying to take my project ahead on a sustainable profit model. However, one of the problems I am facing is in re-using existing OER resources. MIT’s OCW form the bulk of resources available for Computer Science, but because they are licensed with a NC clause, I cannot make use of those resources in my initiative. I am not complaining though… since it is their material, it is absolutely their right to license it in whichever way they seem appropriate 🙂 .

COL’s stance that they will make content available on a CC BY-SA license, comes as a very welcome policy.

Thanks.

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