Synchronous sessions: Google Hangouts and Twitter chats

Why Open?
#1

I started this thread because there is lots of space open for the synchronous session with David Wiley TOMORROW!

Please see here for info on the session, including time: Announcements for Why Open?

Please see here for how to participate in this session: Announcements for Why Open?

And please sign up here! https://whyopen.hackpad.com/Signup-for-synchronous-Google-Hangout-sessions-4EHzFpJ4lLq

Or, if you’re having trouble signing up on Hackpad for some reason, reply below and I’ll see if I can help.

– Christina

#2

Here’s the link to watch the recording of the session with David Wiley on Aug. 13. We talked about the history of openness, open vs. free, copyright and the Berne Convention, Wiley’s “5 R’s” of open content (http://opencontent.org/definition/), and more!

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#3

If you’d like to participate in a Twitter chat during week 2 for our course, please fill out a web poll to pick a time! Here’s the poll: http://doodle.com/eefuknu5u3tyzfgs

#4

This was a good session. Looking forward to the next synchronous one. I will miss the tweetchat since I will be up at Athabasca this coming week :smile:

#5

We’ll have another Twitter chat for week 3 if anyone is interested (the one for week 2 was on Tuesday, Aug. 19). If you’re interested, please fill out this poll to pick a day/time:

http://doodle.com/95z6ihmvwixbn7qr

#6

Here are the questions for our Twitter chat on Friday, Aug. 29, 18:00 UTC/21:00 East Africa/11:00 Pacific/14:00 Eastern

  1. We’ll start with introductions, of course…

  2. During week 2, we looked at CC licenses. Anyone have questions about any of them?

  3. Which CC licenses do you use for which kinds of works, and why?

  4. In the #WhyOpen course, we’re asking ppl to aswr “why open?,” here: https://whyopen.hackpad.com/Our-answers-to-Why-Open-1oPZj4uSkTM (1/2)
    Let’s get started in this chat: what are the benefits of open, in any context you want to focus on? (2/2)

  5. And the other side: why not open? What might be some drawbacks to openness, in any context you want to focus on?

  6. What are some obstacles to openness, and can you think of any ways to address them?

  7. How might you convince a colleague in your line of work/play to be more open (if you think that’s important)?