LA County Museum Makes 20,000 Artistic Images Available for Free Download
from Open Culture by Kate Rix
Here is the link: [collections.lacma.org]
Harvard Secretly Searched Campus Emails in Internal Investigation
from Mashable! by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
Coursera’s Contractual Elitism
If you wonder why your university hasn’t linked up with Coursera, the massively popular provider of free online classes, it may help to know the company is contractually obliged to turn away the vast majority of American universities.
Read more: [www.insidehighered.com] Inside Higher Ed
A Master List of 700 Free Courses From Great Universities
from Open Culture by Dan Colman
73% of Teachers Use Cellphones for Classroom Activities
from Mashable! by Camille Bautista
Evolving History Dissertations
Study looks at how the titles have changed, and suggests shifts in research interests of those entering the profession.
Seven Tips From William Faulkner on How to Write Fiction
from Open Culture by Mike Springer
Will Authors Get Compensated for Used E-Book Sales?
from MediaShift
On January 29, Amazon Technologies Inc. received a patent pertaining to the “secondary market for digital objects.” According to the patent abstract, the technology will enable Amazon customers to transfer — and presumably sell — e-books, MP3s, and other digital files to other customers. And, Apple too has filed for patentson the transfer of owned digital items.
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An edited volume: “Punakademics” – free to download…
An Academic roundup: “Connected Learning” from Henry Jenkins/ 55 free Philosophy Courses/ Netwar 2.0 and more…
World music archive/ William Faulkner’s University of Virginia Lectures ETC
Free lectures from Michel Foucault; The Art of the Occupy Movement… and more..
Ahahah even FBI Employees seem to download pirated stuff…
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