Lynda.com for Open Source Learning: Difference between revisions
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Everyone has free access to materials. | |||
Subscribers pay for content. | Free version includes the OSE brand. | ||
Design for Incorruptability: contributions are VOLUNTARY and in the Gift Economy! Contribution mechanism is purpose-driven. | |||
Open source contributors have free access to all materials based on a gift economy model. So do contributors to Open Source Ecology - OSE contributions are measured via commits to a repository. | |||
Subscribers pay for content. Issue: must resolve access issue by motivating open culture via | |||
Contributors get 90% of all revenue generated from their video. Lean Foundation keeps 10% for operations: funding developers, etc. | Contributors get 90% of all revenue generated from their video. Lean Foundation keeps 10% for operations: funding developers, etc. | ||
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Value-added can be in the form of Distillation: shortening and improving rapid-learning qualities of videos for faster learners. | Value-added can be in the form of Distillation: shortening and improving rapid-learning qualities of videos for faster learners. | ||
This is intended to be the new education system of the world. | |||
Entire repository is OSE-branded for the common future heritage. | |||
OSE content is watermarked. Others are able to use content, but with OSE branding unless they pay a fee to remove OSE branding. | |||
Revision as of 21:32, 28 February 2015
Lynda.com is the most successful education materials site, with revenue of $100M. OSE is interested in doing an open source materials version.
Challenges of Lynda.com
- Keeping content updated is a challenge - [1]
OSE Version
- Because platform is open source and source files are included - continuing updates can be made.
Proposed Governance Model
Everyone has free access to materials.
Free version includes the OSE brand.
Design for Incorruptability: contributions are VOLUNTARY and in the Gift Economy! Contribution mechanism is purpose-driven.
Open source contributors have free access to all materials based on a gift economy model. So do contributors to Open Source Ecology - OSE contributions are measured via commits to a repository.
Subscribers pay for content. Issue: must resolve access issue by motivating open culture via
Contributors get 90% of all revenue generated from their video. Lean Foundation keeps 10% for operations: funding developers, etc.
This contributes to the OSE Campus education.
Value-added can be in the form of Distillation: shortening and improving rapid-learning qualities of videos for faster learners.
This is intended to be the new education system of the world.
Entire repository is OSE-branded for the common future heritage.
OSE content is watermarked. Others are able to use content, but with OSE branding unless they pay a fee to remove OSE branding.