[okfn-discuss] Open University

Wed Dec 5 12:13:53 UTC 2012

Stef,

Your focus on finding ways to certify online courses is great. Thanks for
the feedback.

Another separate idea might be to use Big Data to generate hypotheses for
research that will then be tested.

Best
Chris

On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 12:38 PM, stef <s at ctrlc.hu> wrote:

> On Wed, Dec 05, 2012 at 11:41:59AM +0100, Chris Monaghan wrote:
> > enter into this online content world. For example, I imagine they'd want
> to
> > make some online content for their best program(s) and use the online
> > content of others for programs that dont have the best professors.
>
> get into the business of certifying peoples online-acquired skills, this is
> still the biggest problem with online curricula, it is not accepted as a
> formal educational degree.
>
> alternatively into localizing the online curricula into national language.
>
> > But easier said than done. Also regarding open data,
> >
> > university's current IP regulations...
>
> if it is a publicly funded university, or the research is publicly funded,
> then there should be no IPR whatsoever.
>
> > it's all quite complicated and I'm interesting in different
> > types of solutions that would fit well for conservative schools.
>
> conservative schools should consider becoming less conservative :) else
> similar fate awaits as them entertainment industry/repressive
> governments/etc...
>
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