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As the term OER (Open Educational Resources) gains traction the definition of what makes an educational resource Open in terms of licensing is a mixed picture.

An update on the Creative Commons project: ccLearn from the December email Newsletter

Thinking Digital is in the final planning stages for May 2009 and their blog and twitter is worth a look at for updates as the programme and speaker list develops.

Business models around Open Source Software have matured over the last 10 years generating significant revenues for those organisations that open up their intellectual property. This open source approach is now spreading into other areas where collaboration, peering, openness and sharing can bring tangible benefits to all participants.

Tag clouds may have become a little passe for websites but they offer lots of scope for written reports.

Lots of thoughts, blogs etc. on the demise of Web2.0 in conjunction with the global financial crisis which Loren Feldman from 1938media sums succinctly in his own way!

It was my second year at FOWA UK and although I left with a feeling that I saw nothing new or innovative I did leave feeling inspired which to me is what this conference is all about. Ryan Carson and the Carsonified team definitely deliver the best conference in this space and the fact that there will be hundreds of blog articles by people reflecting on the conference this week has got be a great complement.

Steve Balmer was doing the rounds in Europe ealier this week and the BBCs Rory Cellan-Jones conducted a short but wide ranging interview with him on the 2nd October.

Personal Learning Environments (PLEs) have been around for quite a while in conceptual form but various technology implementations are now starting to offer not only the academic but also the commercial workplace some tangible benefits with simple small steps implementation - but should this scary Web2.0 technology be introduced into the workplace!?

VRM can play a pivotal role in the creation of the Personal Platform.