<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Steven Muegge</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Monica Mora</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Kamal Hassin</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Andrew Pullin</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">A Flat Network for the Unflat World: Open Educational Resources in Developing Countries</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Open Source Business Resource</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2008</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">08/2008</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://timreview.ca/article/174</style></url></web-urls></urls><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Talent First Network</style></publisher><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ottawa</style></pub-location><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Open educational resources (OER) apply the principles of openness - particularly the freedoms of use, modification and redistribution - to digital materials for teaching, learning, and research.  OER can potentially touch all areas of education, from elementary schools to higher education to professional development all over the world, but we are particularly excited about the potential to expand access to education in developing countries. That is the focus of our research and the topic of this article.</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">August 2008</style></issue><work-type><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Articles</style></work-type><custom1><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Carleton University
Steven Muegge is a faculty member of the Department of Systems and Computer Engineering at Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada. Professor Muegge teaches within the Technology Innovation Management program. His current research interests include open source software, open innovation, and open source ecosystems, and the application of management theory to solving practical problems.</style></custom1><custom2><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">CIDETYS
Monica Mora received a Master's degree in Technology and Innovation Management from Carleton University. She has worked for the Technological University of Panama in different positions, including assistant professor and assistant of the President of this university. She is currently part of the technical committee of CIDETYS which was created to advise the Board of Directors and plan the first activities of the programme.</style></custom2><custom3><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Carleton University
Kamal Hassin received a B.Eng. in electrical engineering from Carleton University in 2004. He is currently a Master's student in Carleton University's Technology Innovation Management program. His research interests include software intellectual property management, intellectual property law, open source licensing, and open educational resources.</style></custom3><custom4><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Carleton University
Andrew Pullin received a B.Sc. in Combined Honours Chemistry and Computer Science from Carleton University in 2006. He is currently a Master's student in the Technology and Innovation Management within the Faculty of Engineering at Carleton University. His research interests include open source project ecosystems, open source licensing and open educational resources. He currently acts as Associate Director for Shad Valley Carleton and serves on the Board of Advisors to Virtual Ventures.</style></custom4></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Andrew Pullin</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Kamal Hassin</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Monica Mora</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Conference Report: Open Education 2007</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Open Source Business Resource</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2007</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">11/2007</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://timreview.ca/article/59</style></url></web-urls></urls><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Talent First Network</style></publisher><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ottawa</style></pub-location><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Open Education Resources (OER) are educational material and resources that the general public can freely use for teaching, learning, and research. Like Open Source Software (OSS), OER contain content that is freely reused and redistributed without the traditional restrictions imposed by copyright. OER also includes the tools used to develop, improve, and distribute this content to communities. 

The Open Education 2007: Localizing and Learning  conference was held at Utah State University in September. The conference focused on the ability of people to learn as simply publishing OER content online does not guarantee that it can be effectively used for learning. This theme was investigated from two perspectives. The first was from the developer perspective with the sharing of efforts to localize the educational content and make it more relevant to the people using it. The second was from the user perspective where organizations utilizing or deploying OER spoke of their experiences, challenges, and successes. 

This report provides an overview of the sustainability, localization, technological, legal and interoperability issues raised at the conference. It concludes with the authors' views regarding the future direction of OERs, based on their research being conducted at Carleton University's Technology Innovation Management program.</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">November 2007</style></issue><work-type><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Articles</style></work-type><custom1><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Carleton University
Andrew Pullin received a B.Sc. in Combined Honours Chemistry and Computer Science from Carleton University in 2006. He is currently a Master's student in the Technology and Innovation Management within the Faculty of Engineering at Carleton University. His research interests include open source project ecosystems, open source licensing and open educational resources. He currently acts as Associate Director for Shad Valley Carleton   and serves on the Board of Advisors to Virtual Ventures.</style></custom1><custom2><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Carleton University
Kamal Hassin received a B.Eng. in electrical engineering from Carleton University in 2004. He is currently a Master's student in Carleton University's Technology Innovation Management program. His research interests include software intellectual property management, intellectual property law, open source licensing, and open educational resources.</style></custom2><custom3><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">CIDETYS
Monica Mora received a Master's degree in Technology and Innovation Management from Carleton University. She has worked for the Technological University of Panama in different positions, including assistant professor and assistant of the President of this university. She is currently part of the technical committee of CIDETYS which was created to advise the Board of Directors and plan the first activities of the programme.</style></custom3></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Kamal Hassin</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Open Source on Trial</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Open Source Business Resource</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2007</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">10/2007</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://timreview.ca/article/66</style></url></web-urls></urls><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Talent First Network</style></publisher><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ottawa</style></pub-location><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The way we develop software is continuously evolving: the everyday processes and practices used to produce software are becoming more efficient, and it is common for a team of developers to change several times over the life of a software project and for the components used to come from a variety of sources. However, the benefits of these changes cannot be fully appreciated unless correct policies and strategies are used to capture value from innovation. This is where the worlds of technology and Intellectual Property (IP) law collide and where license compliance is fundamental in protecting a company's IP and avoiding legal conflicts.</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">October 2007</style></issue><work-type><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Articles</style></work-type><custom1><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Carleton University
Kamal Hassin received a B.Eng. in electrical engineering from Carleton University in 2004. He is currently a Master's student in Carleton University's Technology Innovation Management program. His research interests include software intellectual property management, intellectual property law, open source licensing, and open educational resources.</style></custom1></record></records></xml>