OER Research

The Hewlett Foundation has partnered with IssueLab to create a comprehensive OER document repository named OER Research. Their FAQ describes the criteria and process for uploading OERs.

Several articles within the OSBR discuss OER:

Open Educational Resources introduces open content and open educational resources (OER), then compares OER and open source software, and finally discusses issues of OER project sustainability.

Conference Report: Open Education 2007 provides an overview of OER sustainability, localization, technological, legal and interoperability issues.

Why Give Knowledge Away for Free? The Case for Open Educational Resources discusses the reasons why more institutions and individuals are sharing digital learning resources openly and without cost, as open educational resources.

A Flat Network for the Unflat World: Open Educational Resources in Developing Countries explores OER's potential to expand access to education in developing countries.

A Comparison of Open Source Application Servers for the Enterprise

OpenLogic is offering a free Webinar on Thursday, December 11 from 2:00 - 3:00 pm EST. From the description:

Application servers represent strategic investments that can impact enterprise budgets, personnel, and initiatives for years to come. Over the past few years enterprises have increasingly turned to open source application servers over commercial alternatives due to reduced costs and comparable features and reliability. However, recent advances in technology and changes in direction have again altered the landscape, and today the evaluation process for open source application servers is more complex than it was even a few years ago. This webinar will provide a comparison of the most popular open source application servers — JBoss, Glassfish, Geronimo, Tomcat, and the new SpringSource dm Server — and help you make the key initial decisions necessary to narrow the field before more thorough evaluations. In addition to features and reliability, we'll take a look at the important new concerns decision makers should consider.

The full description and registration link are here.

LAMP at Digg (in Ottawa)

Owen Byrne, co-founder and original developer of digg.com, will present "What I learned about LAMP Development at Digg" on Tuesday, December 2nd at 7:00 pm. Owen is currently Senior Manager of TravelPod Labs, where he is leading a team of developers building a large travel-related application for launch in early 2009. He was the primary technical decision maker at Digg for most of its period of explosive growth, from inception to the Series A financing.

The event is free but you have to RSVP. Details are here.