Arguments+for+Fully+Open

Like Tim O'Reilly says, obscurity is a bigger threat to writers than piracy. Saying people can share or remix your work decreases the chance of obscurity. (ref needed) >
 * http://www.edtechpost.ca/wordpress/2008/05/14/arguments-for-fully-open/[[image:https://portal.bccampus.ca/confluence/images/icons/linkext7.gif width="7" height="7" align="absmiddle" link="http://www.edtechpost.ca/wordpress/2008/05/14/arguments-for-fully-open/"]] - my original blog post
 * http://www.wikieducator.org/Open_Educational_Content/olcos/introduction#Expected_benefits_of_open_educational_resources[[image:https://portal.bccampus.ca/confluence/images/icons/linkext7.gif width="7" height="7" align="absmiddle" link="http://www.wikieducator.org/Open_Educational_Content/olcos/introduction#Expected_benefits_of_open_educational_resources"]]
 * http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Casestudies[[image:https://portal.bccampus.ca/confluence/images/icons/linkext7.gif width="7" height="7" align="absmiddle" link="http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Casestudies"]] - creative commons case studies A GOLD MINE!!!
 * http://ocw.mit.edu/ans7870/global/MITOCW_Case_Studies.pdf[[image:https://portal.bccampus.ca/confluence/images/icons/linkext7.gif width="7" height="7" align="absmiddle" link="http://ocw.mit.edu/ans7870/global/MITOCW_Case_Studies.pdf"]] - MIT OCW Case Studies
 * http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/about/stats/index.htm
 * Creative Commons metrics - [|http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Metrics]
 * It could be argued that Yochai Benkler's The Wealth of Networks (cf. http://www.benkler.org/wealth_of_networks/index.php/Main_Page[[image:https://portal.bccampus.ca/confluence/images/icons/linkext7.gif width="7" height="7" align="absmiddle" link="http://www.benkler.org/wealth_of_networks/index.php/Main_Page"]] ) is itself a long, well researched argument on the economic benefits of open networks
 * http://www.ocwconsortium.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=23&Itemid=53
 * http://oerwiki.iiep-unesco.org/index.php?title=OER_stories
 * http://asianvu.com/bookstoread/etp/Educational_Technology_Nov-Dec2007_issue.pdf[[image:https://portal.bccampus.ca/confluence/images/icons/linkext7.gif width="7" height="7" align="absmiddle" link="http://asianvu.com/bookstoread/etp/Educational_Technology_Nov-Dec2007_issue.pdf"]] - issue on OERs, cf. "The Economics of Open Educational Resources" by Catherine M. Casserly, p. 16ff
 * "Another example of possible efficiency comes from the use of open textbooks. In the United States alone, elementary and secondary textbooks are a four billion dollar per year industry.9 California alone spends five hundred million dollars on textbooks for its K-12 system. For California community college students, textbook costs exceed tuition and fees.10 And, while we assume textbooks are of the highest quality with their glossy pages, professional photos, and state adoptions, there exists no validation regarding their effectiveness. If, however, textbooks were openly available online with embedded assessments that allowed teachers and students to provide continuous feedback and suggestions for improvement, we could begin to collect an understanding of specifications that maximize learning and understanding. This cycle of formative assessment would create a user driven feedback loop."

- (May 29, 2009) can't believe I missed http://firstmonday.org/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/1334/1254 - The Value of Openness in An Attention Economy - cf also usgae stats from MIT that Mike sent in email

Note to self: would the question be usefully distributed to the OER mailing list?