Session 14

e-Learning Panel on Open Source, Part 1

Presenters: Damon Roth, Assiniboine Community College and Jan Miller, University of Manitoba

Subsession (a) Title: Creative Commons" for the Academic World

Session Description:

Creative Commons (http://creativecommons.org/) is a non-profit organization that offers a flexible range of protections and freedoms for authors and artists and delivers the creations of the artists to the masses. They have built upon the "all rights reserved" of traditional copyright to create a voluntary "some rights reserved" copyright. Areas of the site include Audio, Images, Video, Text and Education specific content such as lesson plans, course packets, etc. The Session will briefly cover the basic license agreement of Creative Commons in terms of Academic use as well it will also provide an overview of the Creative Commons site and how it can be a useful benefit for Academic use.

Presenter: Damon Roth, Assiniboine Community College

Damon Roth is an instructor in the Web Design and Computer System Technology Programs at Assiniboine Community College in Brandon Manitoba. He has been with the college since 1997. His focus is on new media, including digital imaging, advanced web design, and instructional media technologies. He also instructs various workshops in the evening for Assiniboine College as well as Distance education courses. Damon has background in Media Production from Assiniboine College, has a Certificate of Adult Education from Red River College and a Bachelor of General Studies from Brandon University.


 

Subsession (b)Title: MANDOLIN: More than a musical instrument

Session Description:

Representatives of Manitoba’s higher education institutions have formed a loose consortium working towards a provincial Learning Object Repository. Since education is funded at a provincial level, the consortium believes that provincial partnerships are easier to broker and more likely to be sustainable. The Manitoba Digital Objects for Learning on the Internet (MANDOLIN) project began several years ago and has continued as an on-going discussion of what is needed and wanted at the provincial level. This presentation will discuss the desired outcomes of the project, the process to date and current activities of the MANDOLIN group.

Presenter: Jan Miller, University of Manitoba

Jan Miller has worked for Distance Education, University of Manitoba for 7 years. She has been primarily responsible for courses offered in the Net-based delivery format and for online components of courses offered in by other delivery formats. Prior to her position in Distance Education, Jan worked for NOVL Labs, in Winnipeg, and for Internal Medicine at the University Manitoba. Jan has a B. Sc. in Electrical Engineering and a M. Sc. in Biomedical Engineering. She is currently working on a Master of City Planning degree and is considering how to relate planning issues to Distance Education for a thesis topic.