[Open-education] Friday Chat: Re: Import Lesson

Fri Jul 4 11:35:18 UTC 2014

Link rot is huge, but I wonder if repo people have fixed this.
Would handle URLs, or mirror sites (some form of LOCKSS) help?

On Fri, Jul 4, 2014 at 12:02 PM, Mick - FM <mick at flossmanuals.net> wrote:

>
> On 04/07/14 11:25, Pat Lockley wrote:
> >
> > I think (with no evidence but gut instinct) that most reuse is linking
>
> I think you are right. And with this practice comes the massive problem
> of link-rot. Especially given the influence of venture capital in the
> sector where OER are online for as long at the funding is coming in.
> A case in point is coursefork.org - which stopped before it even really
> started. You'd be forked if you had put all your OER eggs in that basket.
>
> So linking out to resources on a platform that invites user
> contributions with no real commitment to keeping them there is a real
> problem.
> Data portability should mitigate the problem so users of the platform
> can at a minimum archive their own data and upload it somewhere else.
> And ideally it encourages reuse /remix.
>
> Also, as a hack, where the licence permits it, we should grab HTML pages
> and import them into longer lasting community driven OER repositories
> which are in it for the long run. FLOSS manuals is definitely one of
> those for Free Software / Culture related materials.
>
> > Kathi Fletcher's OER ePUB editor is based on github too
>
> This work is great, but I agree, it seems a little while before
> chalk-face editors are up version control.
>
> I think the more we can make tools for remixing that make it easier like
> copy and pasting stuff from one place to the other the better.
>
> If you didn't try it yet try out this grab my books - tool it's pretty
> good.
> http://www.grabmybooks.com/
>
> Also, of course, licences as well as technical formats do effect the
> practicalities of moving your course materials.
>
> http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2014/03/18/if-mooc-instructor-moves-who-keeps-intellectual-property-rights
>
> nice one
> Mick
>
>
>
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