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In the license that a professor signs to permit UCI OpenCourseWare to post his video, there is a mention of “affiliated sites.” These are sites like VideoLectures.net that host copies of some of our video lectures and maintain the original open license. Independent learners, professors looking for materials, and potential UCI students may be able to find the videos first there, in particular when they are unaware of our site hosted at UCI. Follow this link and you will see a list of universities with like arrangements, including MIT, Yale, and Stanford.

I encourage you to check out VideoLectures.net and don’t forget to stop by UCI’s collection here.

Today’s NY Times article, “$200 Textbook vs. Free. You Do the Math.” shows just a few of the growing number of open-license textbook projects. We are sponsoring a talk by one of those mentioned, Flat World Knowledge, in October. In the article, Eric Frank says that even though his company’s textbook’s are offered for free downloads, 55% of students pay $30 for a printed version. This mix provides the opportunity to incentivize textbook authors while providing no-cost textbooks to those who need it and only want a digital download.

Dean of Continuing Education and OpenCourseWare Consortium Treasurer Gary Matkin has been featured in an interview on Academy of U. In the two part interview, Dean Matkin discusses a variety issues related to OCW including course models, sustainability, and the future of online education. You can view the interview here: part one and part two.

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