Open Learning, Open Networks
Stephen Downes, Half an Hour, 2017/06/07
Open online learning entered the mainstream with the growth and popularity of MOOCs, but while interest in open online courses has never been greater MOOCs represent only the first step in a broader open learning infrastructure. More...

Look for the Seal
Carl Straumsheim, Inside Higher Ed, 2017/06/06
When I was a cash-strapped student I had a simple policy: if it was cheaper to photocopy the book at five cents a page than it was to buy it, I would photocopy the book. My counterfeit books were easy to spot: they were the ones held together with paper clamps. No certification or seal would have changed my policy, because it was grounded in reasonableness. More...

An innovative student loan program in Azerbaijan
Jason Weaver, The World Bank, 2017/06/06
At first glance this student loan program looks like similar programs around the world. Selection is based on need, there is a year's grace after graduation, interest rates are kept reasonably modest, assets or cosigners are not required, and the loans target students who have already shown academic promise. More...

Peerwith
Emerald Publishing Group, 2017/06/06
With retirement, and therefore poverty, looming in my future, I have been looking at ways to supplement my income. Services like Peerwith might fit the bill. Offered by Emerald Publishing, it enlists the services of academic experts to provide a range of services to authors. More...

Are Open Access Journals Immune from Piracy?
Angela Cochran, The Scholarly Kitchen, 2017/06/06

The answer to this question should be yes (particularly if you use CC-by and don't care if someone locks your content behind a paywall) but Angela Cochran wants us to believe it's no. More...

The Silicon Valley method isn’t enough: A better way to build products
Phil Libin, LinkedIn, 2017/06/05
This is a launch announcement by former Evernote founder Phil Libin for All-Turtles, a company he described yesterday on TWiT as "a Netscape for artificial intelligence." More...

Monkey mafia steal your stuff, then sell it back for a cracker
Brian Owens, New Scientist, 2017/06/05
We like to think that certain things are uniquely human, things like language, tools, economy and culture. But we are increasingly seeing that these things are found in living beings generally. More...

MOOCs and Open Ed book Interview in China Ed Tech and Upcoming Preconference Symposium at E-Learn in Vancouver
Curtis J. Bonk, Travelin Ed Man, 2017/06/05
Curt Bonk has written two more books on MOOCs than I have, something I note with some surprise. This post catches us up with the traveling ed man as he prepares for a talk in Vancouver. More...