[Advisory] Re: [Secondary] UK Consultation on Copyright and Education
Roger Broadie
Roger@BroadieAssociates.co.uk
Fri, 19 Feb 2010 10:18:54 +0000
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It's worth adding to Gary's post, that there are a few other reasons, =20=
in addition to moving into content creation tools and much improved =20
learning platforms, why commercial providers of educational content =20
will continue to be valued by schools and hence have a role to play =20
(and a market).
I would add:
- very well validated content whose accuracy can be 100% relied on.
- real-time or near real-time content that is new and constantly =20
changing.
- large collections of content that are extremely well indexed and =20
related to particular curricula.
- highly interactive content that works in 'brain-centred' ways, which =20=
stay ahead of the content creation capabilities of the public sector.
Roger.
On 19 Feb 2010, at 09:38, Gary Clawson wrote:
> The National Digital Resource Bank ( www.ndrb.org.uk ) which was =20
> announced at last year's NAACE Conference by Jim Knight, on the face =20=
> of it looked like a way to simply populate learning platforms with =20
> full curriculum coverage at an average cost of around =A325 per =20
> school. The reality was that it introduced the concept of 'Open =20
> Content'. Content that was IP checked and could be used under a =20
> creative commons licence by any educationalist or learner in =20
> perpetuity for the purposes of learning. Not poor quality content =20
> but highly interactive, publicly funded, curriculum specific =20
> content. This is exactly what UK education requires if using ICT in =20=
> learning is to break away from the antiquated annual and restrictive =20=
> commercial licences that characterise the vast majority of UK =20
> digital resource provision. How can you embed digital resources into =20=
> learning if you don't know whether the head can afford the licences =20=
> next year?
>
> Once we move away from this restrictive commercial model we can =20
> start to have a community of teachers capable of deriving and =20
> sharing content from a strong base of Creative Commons content =20
> rather than a weak base of inappropriately licenced commercial =20
> content. There won't be any technical barriers as the companies that =20=
> fail to adopt Open Standards simply won't exist any more and the =20
> successful ones will be the ones that have moved into content =20
> creation tools and much improved learning platforms.
>
> Kind Regards
>
> Gary Clawson
> Chief Executive
> North West Learning Grid
> eGovernment National Awards 2006 Winner
> eGovernment National Awards 2009 Highly Commended
> BETT Awards 2010 Finalist
Roger Broadie,
Director,
Broadie Associates
http://www.BroadieAssociates.co.uk
Roger@BroadieAssociates.co.uk
99 High Street, Chatteris,
Cambs, PE16 6NP, UK.
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<html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; =
-webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><br></div><div>It's worth =
adding to Gary's post, that there are a few other reasons, in addition =
to moving into content creation tools and much improved learning =
platforms, why commercial providers of educational content will continue =
to be valued by schools and hence have a role to play (and a =
market).</div><div><br></div><div>I would =
add:</div><div><br></div><div>- very well validated content whose =
accuracy can be 100% relied on.</div><div><br></div><div>- real-time or =
near real-time content that is new and constantly =
changing.</div><div><br></div><div>- large collections of content that =
are extremely well indexed and related to particular =
curricula.</div><div><br></div><div>- highly interactive content that =
works in 'brain-centred' ways, which stay ahead of the content creation =
capabilities of the public =
sector.</div><div><br></div><div>Roger.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div=
><div><br></div><br><div><div>On 19 Feb 2010, at 09:38, Gary Clawson =
wrote:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote =
type=3D"cite"> <div style=3D"WORD-WRAP: break-word; webkit-nbsp-mode: =
space; webkit-line-break: after-white-space"> <div style=3D"font-size: =
14px; "><font face=3D"Arial" color=3D"#0000ff" size=3D"2" =
style=3D"font-size: 12px; "><span class=3D"984310609-19022010">The =
National Digital Resource Bank ( <a =
href=3D"http://www.ndrb.org.uk">www.ndrb.org.uk</a> ) which was =
announced at last year's NAACE Conference by Jim Knight, on the face of =
it looked like a way to simply populate learning platforms with full =
curriculum coverage at an average cost of around =A325 per school. The =
reality was that it introduced the concept of 'Open Content'. Content =
that was IP checked and could be used under a creative commons licence =
by any educationalist or learner in perpetuity for the purposes of =
learning. Not poor quality content but highly interactive, publicly =
funded, curriculum specific content. This is exactly what UK education =
requires if using ICT in learning is to break away from the antiquated =
annual and restrictive commercial licences that characterise the =
vast majority of UK digital resource provision. How can you embed =
digital resources into learning if you don't know whether the head can =
afford the licences next year? </span></font></div> <div =
style=3D"font-size: 14px; "><font face=3D"Arial" color=3D"#0000ff" =
size=3D"2" style=3D"font-size: 12px; "><span =
class=3D"984310609-19022010"></span></font> </div> <div =
style=3D"font-size: 14px; "><font face=3D"Arial" color=3D"#0000ff" =
size=3D"2" style=3D"font-size: 12px; "><span =
class=3D"984310609-19022010">Once we move away from this restrictive =
commercial model we can start to have a community of teachers capable of =
deriving and sharing content from a strong base of Creative Commons =
content rather than a weak base of inappropriately licenced commercial =
content. There won't be any technical barriers as the companies that =
fail to adopt Open Standards simply won't exist any more and the =
successful ones will be the ones that have moved into content creation =
tools and much improved learning platforms. </span></font></div> =
<div><font face=3D"Arial" color=3D"#0000ff" size=3D"2"></font> </div>=
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Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">Gary =
Clawson<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0in; =
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lang=3D"EN-GB" style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; =
mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">Chief =
Executive</span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; =
margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span lang=3D"EN-GB" =
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: =
12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">North West Learning =
Grid</span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; =
margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span lang=3D"EN-GB" =
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: =
12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><font face=3D"Arial" =
size=3D"1">eGovernment National Awards 2006 =
Winner</font></span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0in; margin-right: =
0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font face=3D"Arial" =
size=3D"1">eGovernment National Awards 2009 Highly =
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