Changing Minds by Using Open Data
This blog has been rewritten from the original post on our Open Education Working Group blog and is co-authored by Javiera Atenas, Erdinç Saçan & Robert Schuwer. The Greek…
Europe’s proposed PSI Directive: A good baseline for future open data policies?
Some weeks ago, the European Commission proposed an update of the PSI Directive**. The PSI Directive regulates the reuse of public sector information (including administrative government data), and has important…
The Open Revolution: rewriting the rules of the information age
Rufus Pollock, the Founder of Open Knowledge International, is delighted to announce the launch of his new book The Open Revolution on how we can revolutionize information ownership and access…
New proposal for the re-use of government held data by the EC
TL;DR The European Commission proposed a new PSI Directive, that describes when and how publicly held data can be re-used by anyone (aka open government data). The proposal contains several…
The Open Data Charter Measurement Guide is out now!
This post was jointly written by Ana Brandusescu (Web Foundation) and Danny Lämmerhirt (Open Knowledge International), co-chairs of the Measurement and Accountability Working Group of the Open Data Charter. It was originally…
Solving the Internet Monopolies Problem – Facebook, Google et al
The good news is that an increasing number of people seem to agree that: Facebook, Google etc are monopolies That is a problem Agreeing we have a problem is always…
The Open Data Charter’s Measurement Guide is now open for consultation!
This blogpost is co-authored by Ana Brandusescu and Danny Lämmerhirt, co-chairs of the Measurement and Accountability Working Group of the Open Data Charter. The Measurement and Accountability Working Group (MAWG) is…
OpenEdu Policies reports: JRC Research Centre
This blog has been reposted from the Open Education Working Group blog and has been written as a joint effort by Javiera Atenas and Paul Bacsich, co-coordinators of the Open Education…
Publication: A Field Guide to “Fake News” and Other Information Disorders
This blog has been reposted from http://jonathangray.org/2018/01/08/field-guide-to-fake-news/ Last week saw the launch of A Field Guide to “Fake News” and Other Information Disorders, a new free and open access resource to help students,…
Educators ask for a better copyright
This blog has been reposted from the Open Education Working Group page. Today we, the Open Education Working Group, publish a joint letter initiated by Communia Association for the Public…