It’s been just over two months since I began an internship in the Science Program at Creative Commons. CC was definitely on my radar as I sought to become more involved in the open access movement, and I’m really grateful for the opportunity to bump shoulders with such driven and dedicated people. But the Science Program? … Continue reading »
Scrolling through my social media feeds, I stumbled across a Google+ post shared with me asking how I was able to attach a Creative Commons license to my blog. I am stoked (yes, I said stoked) to see more people looking into alternative forms of copyright that allow increased sharing, remixing, and collaborating far beyond … Continue reading »
The last six weeks I’ve spent in the Silicon Valley have included a great deal of market research, examining which education companies are really innovating and growing. I’m a bit hesitant to say it, but I’ve spent more time lately reading-up-on and evaluating tools than development processes. Some amazingly-slick tool, app or platform is … Continue reading »
A quick preface: Although I’m a huge supporter of badges, the system at large is still very much under development. These thoughts stem from my own understanding and experience with badges, which is changing by the day. Check it out. So when people think of badges, I tell them about microcredentials. And I tell them … Continue reading »
The title of Kimberly Blessing’s presentation was actually Realizing “One Web” – or, Why I Hate Mobile, which is only slightly less pointed than my abbreviated version. She gave the compelling talk at Open Web Camp 2012 last weekend, held at the eBay/Paypal office in San Jose. Blessing mentioned that she had been trying to summarize … Continue reading »
