Comments on: Yale Course Material—Rip, Mix, and Burn http://academhack.outsidethetext.com/home/2007/yale-course-materialrip-mix-and-burn/ Thoughts on Emerging Media and Higher Education Tue, 04 Oct 2011 15:17:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Stian Haklev http://academhack.outsidethetext.com/home/2007/yale-course-materialrip-mix-and-burn/comment-page-1/#comment-40504 Stian Haklev Fri, 18 Jan 2008 13:28:56 +0000 http://academhack.outsidethetext.com/home/?p=218#comment-40504 I certainly think that what Yale is doing is great, and while videos might not be perfect for full online courses, they serve an important function. A friend of mine works at a program for unemployed and endangered youth, and she has started tuning them in to some of the online lectures that exist. They have never dreamt about setting foot in a university, and to them it's magic to be able to observe - they even found the part in the beginning when profs discuss course requirements and assignments, really interesting. I don't agree fully though, when you say that CC BY-NC-SA is the broadest license available. This is the same license used by MIT, and it has some problems. Especially NC -- this is a tag that is highly problematic, since nobody seems to be able to define what it means. If I host material on my blog, which has AdWords, is that OK? And why wouldn't we want to support entrepreneurs in Africa printing CDs of this stuff and selling it cheaply? Or printing textbooks from the transcripts? The most open license is CC BY - or now CC-zero which has just launched. I certainly think that what Yale is doing is great, and while videos might not be perfect for full online courses, they serve an important function. A friend of mine works at a program for unemployed and endangered youth, and she has started tuning them in to some of the online lectures that exist. They have never dreamt about setting foot in a university, and to them it’s magic to be able to observe – they even found the part in the beginning when profs discuss course requirements and assignments, really interesting.

I don’t agree fully though, when you say that CC BY-NC-SA is the broadest license available. This is the same license used by MIT, and it has some problems. Especially NC — this is a tag that is highly problematic, since nobody seems to be able to define what it means. If I host material on my blog, which has AdWords, is that OK? And why wouldn’t we want to support entrepreneurs in Africa printing CDs of this stuff and selling it cheaply? Or printing textbooks from the transcripts? The most open license is CC BY – or now CC-zero which has just launched.

]]> By: You too can study at Yale http://academhack.outsidethetext.com/home/2007/yale-course-materialrip-mix-and-burn/comment-page-1/#comment-33365 You too can study at Yale Thu, 13 Dec 2007 20:35:40 +0000 http://academhack.outsidethetext.com/home/?p=218#comment-33365 [...] AcademicHacK has posted (read the entire post since it addresses a number of important issues) that Yale U. has recently established Open Yale Courses. The courses include syllabi, and most importantly, video and audio of classes. While at the present they only have a few courses posted, their intention is to offer more. In the field of Jewish Studies, one can either listen to or watch Christine Hayes teach “Introduction to the Old Testament (Hebrew Bible).” [...] [...] AcademicHacK has posted (read the entire post since it addresses a number of important issues) that Yale U. has recently established Open Yale Courses. The courses include syllabi, and most importantly, video and audio of classes. While at the present they only have a few courses posted, their intention is to offer more. In the field of Jewish Studies, one can either listen to or watch Christine Hayes teach “Introduction to the Old Testament (Hebrew Bible).” [...]

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