UMUC to make all required course materials freely available to all 64,000 undergraduate students
The 2015 WCET Outstanding Work Awards were announced yesterday, and included an award to this program: University of Maryland University College: Open Educational Resources Initiative UMUC has completed the first phase of … Continue reading
How exactly have I missed #FOAMed?
As we rolled out our new multimedia library, we were looking for hashtags that might be useful in spreading the word, and we came across #FOAMed and #FOAMped. A little … Continue reading
Job Opening: IP Specialist
OPENPediatrics is looking for an IP specialist to manage third-party intellectual property clearance for the program. OP materials have a large number of third-party charts, graphs and other intellectual property imbedded … Continue reading
OP’s new multimedia library
Today, OPENPediatrics launched our new multimedia library, which shares animations and illustrations we’ve created for the videos on our clinician community site. The clinician community site is free for medical … Continue reading
Jack Andraka at the 2014 Innovation Summit
BCH has published the video of Jack Andraka’s remarkable presentation at the 2014 Innovation Summit, which I mentioned previously. It not only chronicles his amazing research, but also highlights the … Continue reading
Jack Andraka and the power of Open Access
I had the privilege of hearing Jack Andraka speak at the recent Pediatric Innovation Summit. I’d heard the basics of his story before: He’d had a relative die of pancreatic … Continue reading
A striking statement
This column in the Boston Globe by John E. Sununu supporting Lawrence Lessig in his court battle with Liberation Music is really striking. That a former Republican Senator would come … Continue reading
Stephen Carson 