Consortium for North American Higher Education Collaboration (CONAHEC) 2007

Concurrent Session 1F: Distance Education

Rethinking Distance Education in North America: Canadian & Mexican perspectives on Open Access & Online Learning / Repenser l’enseignement à distance en Amérique du Nord : perspectives canadiennes et mexicaines à l’égard du libre accès et de l’apprentissage en ligne

• Abstract Résumé

• Slides (three formats) conahec_slides_04_2007.odp conahec_slides_04_2007.pdf conahec_slides_04_2007.ppt

• PresentationOverview (presenters notes)

NEW

• Bloomsbury Publishing has announced a new OA imprint, Bloomsbury Academic. From today's press release: "..All books will be made available free of charge online, with free downloads, for non-commercial purposes immediately upon publication, using Creative Commons licences. The works will also be sold as books, using the latest short-run technologies or Print on Demand (POD)."

• Canadian Library Association Moves Open Access The Canadian Library Association will make available "virtually all of its intellectual property free of charge, in digital form, online and free of most copyright and licensing restrictions." Via Michael Geist. Heather Morrison, The Imaginary Journal of Poetic Economics June 29, 2007 (via Stephen Downes)

• Open Source Publishing A wiki has been launched on the concept of open source publishing. "Open source publishing refers to the openness of the authoring and reviewing process while open access refers to the openness to the reader." Via Stephen Downes - Wed Jun 20 15:53:19 2007- citing Peter Suber. Eric Mock, iMechanica June 20, 2007

• OpenAccessArguments

• OpenAccessConcepts

• OpenAccessInitiatives

• OpenAccessIssues

• OpenAccessLicenses

• OpenAccessJournals

• OpenAccessStrategies

• OpenAccessReferences

Open Content

• OpenContentReferencesIdeas

Authors

• Renée Fountain : University Laval, Quebec city, Quebec, Canada <renee.fountain AT fse DOT ulaval DOT ca>

• Fernando Mortera-Gutierrez : Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM-CCM), Mexico <nandofer50 AT hotmail DOT com>

• Martine Mottet : University Laval, Quebec city, Quebec, Canada <Martine.Mottet AT fse DOT ulaval DOT ca>

• Michael Power : University Laval, Quebec city, Quebec, Canada <Michael.Power AT fse DOT ulaval DOT ca>