In the license that a professor signs to permit UCI OpenCourseWare to post his video, there is a mention of “affiliated sites.” These are sites like VideoLectures.net that host copies of some of our video lectures and maintain the original open license. Independent learners, professors looking for materials, and potential UCI students may be able […]
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Open Textbooks: Gaining Traction
Today’s NY Times article, “$200 Textbook vs. Free. You Do the Math.” shows just a few of the growing number of open-license textbook projects. We are sponsoring a talk by one of those mentioned, Flat World Knowledge, in October. In the article, Eric Frank says that even though his company’s textbook’s are offered for free […]