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Copyright Law on Campus

Now with the arrival of the digital age, higher education is expanding beyond books, lectures, and papers to personal computers, email, and the Internet. Copyright Law on Campus is a concise desktop reference about a complex legal subject. Written in a straightforward, easy-to-read style, this new book includes the latest legal developments as they apply […]

Making Decisions About Open Source Software (OSS) for K-12

This site will help you weigh that choice. Access The Site

MIT web site gathers and displays information on government

The site, which utilizes new software and a database developed at the Media Lab, collects information from the general public, as well as from numerous online sources, to provide powerful online resource about our government.Read the Full Article

Schools urged to teach “21st-century” skills

The report, “Learning for the 21st Century,” and its companion, “Milestones for Improving Learning and Education (MILE) Guide for 21st Century Skills,” were released June 30 at the National Education Computing Conference in Seattle. Read the Full Article

Free Public Access to Science: Will It Happen?

The proposed legislation states that copyright protection is not allowed for any work produced as a result of federally funded research. Read the Full Article

CourseWork: A open source course management system

Using CourseWork, instructors and TAs can set up a course Web site that displays announcements, on-line readings, a dynamic syllabus and schedule, on-line assignments and quizzes, a discussion forum for students, and a grade book. CourseWork is designed both for faculty with little Web experience, who can use CourseWork to develop their Web site quickly, […]

Happy Birthday, America!

We invite all nations to celebrate with Americans online this Fourth of July. Happy Birthday, America!

The Internet Democracy Project

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Center for Digital Democracy

To these ends, CDD has four broad goals: o To enhance public understanding of the changing dimensions of the US digital media system, by explaining the communications options and the public-interest resources that citizens should have at their disposal. o To foster the development of a new generation of activists to work on digital media […]

Your Candidates, Your Issues, Your Decision

The DemocracyNet (DNet) is an interactive website designed to improve the quality and quantity of voter information and create a more educated and involved electorate. A project of the League of Women Voters Education Fund, DNet encourages candidates to address a wider range of issues, and to address those in greater depth, than they might […]