Links of Interest

Other Projects and Organizations

Burrokeet is an open source software project that is building an electronic system for creating Learning Objects. Funded by IBM, Burrokeet's development resides at the University of the West Indies in Trinidad and Tobago.

The Commonwealth of Learning is dedicated to promoting educational and academic improvement throughout the Commonwealth of Nations, especially in the English-speaking developing world. They sponsor a variety of interesting and useful face-to-face conferences and online resources. Their report on a "Virtual University for Small States" is of particular interest.

UNESCO's International Institute for Educational Planning has a set of Virtual University resources.

Open Access Resources

FCC is part of the Open Access community. Our thanks to Dr. Peter Suber of Public Knowledge for the following:

• Open Access Overview: An introduction to Open Access for those who are new to the concept
• Open Access News: Dr. Suber's blog, updated daily
• SPARC Open Access Newsletter: Dr. Suber's newsletter, published monthly
• Timeline of the Open Access movement: Dr. Suber's chronology of the landmark events
• What you can do to help the cause of open access: Dr. Suber's list of what individuals and institutions can do.

Other Academic Open Content

This list is under development; more is coming soon. In the meantime, see:

• The Assayer, an online catalog of free books that allows reader reviews
• Textbook Revolution, a collection of the existing free textbooks and educational tools available online
• Light and Matter, Physics and Astronomy resources by Ben Crowell, as well as Dr. Crowell's articles about free books

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