On this page the following entries were made in the “Open Content” category.
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Open Social Network Roundup
There seems to be more and more discussion regarding the openness of social networks of late. In trying to follow the discussion, it seems that there are a number of different types of ‘openness’ being discussed. Dare Obasanjo has provided a good overview of the different considerations of what it means to be an open […]
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Accessibility, Availability and Affordability
Of these three, which is the largest obstacle to the free and open flow of online information?
Consider the following:
A 12-year old boy in Western Africa has learned how to read Braille. He has also recently received an inexpensive laptop as part of a corporate initiative to save the world with cheap computers. Unfortunately, he […]
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Access for EVERYONE
I’ve been thinking about accessibility in little different terms lately. More and more I’m embracing a wider concept of accessibility and access that extends far beyond the disability community. It is the idea that wherever content can easily be made freely accessibly to be used by the masses, it should be. Too often, the […]
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