Cathy Anderson has a new post exploring what openness means to various organizations. From the post:

Open Education Resources, Open Knowledge, Open Textbooks, Open Access, Open Source, Open Courseware, these are all terms that define the revolution in how we access information, who has access, and what we access. This revolution was driving by the technology that underpins the Internet and provides ubiquitous access to the world’s knowledge, information and resources.

Last week MIT OCW released short announcement that it would be moving to Plone, an open source content management system. Plone was also the platform for eduCommons. From the post:

Moving 1,981 courses along with all associated PDFs, images and other resources is going to take some time. For the next few weeks, you won’t see any new courses on OCW, and we won’t have a new feature in this space.

Thanks to Dylan Jay for the link.

Melissa Reeder has a new post announcing “catalyst grants” from Creative Commons. From the post:

We are investing up to $100,000 (via grants ranging from $1,000-$10,000) to provide seed funding to projects around the world devoted to increasing access and openness.

Stephen Downes triggered back-and-forth posting between himself and David Wiley regarding the Noncommercial clause of the Creative Commons license. Links as follows: Downes’ initial post, Wiley’s follow-up 1, Wiley’s follow-up 2.

George Siemens has a new post on critiques of the EduFutures open course. From the post:

As a rule, I try to surface conflict and critique that relates to the education technology field and in particular, my own work. Critique and dissent, in spite of the sting, are great learning opportunities.

Dave Cormier also addresses the critiques.

ResourceShelf has a new post on how to receive e-mail alerts from Google Scholar.

Moodle News has a new post providing a short list of where open Moodle courses might be found.