The Chronicle reports that Blackboard will add a “Share” button that will allow faculty to share course materials free and open to nonregistered students. This is a big win for the Open Education Movement and for schools since they will not be charged extra for additional viewing. Blackboard’s “Share” initiative is partnering with Creative Commons where faculty will have the option to attach a Creative Commons license to the content. Cable Green, director of global learning for Creative Commons, says his “goal is to have this kind of option in every commercial learning-management system and also open-source ones,” according to the article.
