Since it is the Year of the MOOC (or was that last year?) I figured I’d post my thoughts and strategies on working with publishers to grant MOOC’s what they often need: textbooks, books, readings, etc. Much of classroom pedagogy relies on the read & lecture model. MOOCs have made…
Tag: copyright
The 2013 Hack IP Challenge
I helped organize the first Hack IP Challenge that introduces students to a “live” intellectual property (IP) challenge facing Harvard University: Thousands of users have already registered for edX/HarvardX, the free online education platform launched in 2012 in partnership with MIT. Courses offered range from the popular Intro to Computer…
New site, new friends
After an eternity in limbo, I am happy to launch this site parallel to some “nice press” about my work from the Library Journal. For those of you that do not know, Cheryl LaGuardia, Research Librarian extraordinaire, is also the columnist for the wildly popular Library Journal column (and aptly named) “Not Dead Yet.” She is an excellent colleague…