Category: EdTech Fair 2009

  • Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for OpenCourseWare

    Poster Presentation/Demo Abstract Understanding fair use can be frustrating and confusing. Six U.S.-based OpenCourseWare producers reexamined the principle for use in their own publications. This Code has been written to assert fair use rights in response to the chilling effects of over-zealous copyright holders. This session features highlights of the Code. Statement of the problem…

  • The MIT BLOSSOMS Initiative (Blended Learning Open Source Science or Math Studies)

    Poster Presentation/Demo Abstract The vision of BLOSSOMS is to begin to develop a large, free repository of learning videos for high school students, created by gifted volunteer teachers from around the world, seeded initially by MIT faculty members and by partnering educators in Jordan and Pakistan. The goal is to develop deeper and richer skills…