<html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>This seems relevant for the p2p community. </div><div><br></div><div>An interesting and aggressive approach to increasing education info access. </div><div><br>DWB</div><div><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><b>From:</b> Rich Jones <<a href="mailto:miserlou@gmail.com">miserlou@gmail.com</a>><br><b>Date:</b> September 7, 2011 9:55:04 PDT<br><b>To:</b> Discussion of Free Culture in general and this organization in particular <<a href="mailto:discuss@freeculture.org">discuss@freeculture.org</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>[FC-discuss] Announcing LectureLeaks - Record and Share Your University Lectures</b><br><b>Reply-To:</b> Discussion of Free Culture in general and this organization in particular <<a href="mailto:discuss@freeculture.org">discuss@freeculture.org</a>><br><br></div></blockquote><div><span></span></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>Hello, all!</span><br><span></span><br><span>I'm writing to you today to announce LectureLeaks, our new platform</span><br><span>for recording and sharing your university lectures. We have released</span><br><span>two applications, one for Android and one for iPhone, which allow you</span><br><span>to record your lectures and send them to our website,</span><br><span><a href="http://LectureLeaks.com">LectureLeaks.com</a>, where anybody can listen to them for free. You can</span><br><span>also listen to other lectures directly through the app. Oh, and of</span><br><span>course, all of the applications and the server software are free and</span><br><span>open source, and the content is Creative-Commons-BY.</span><br><span></span><br><span>You can checkout the website here: <a href="http://www.lectureleaks.com"><a href="http://www.lectureleaks.com">http://www.lectureleaks.com</a></a></span><br><span></span><br><span>and get the apps here:</span><br><span></span><br><span><a href="https://market.android.com/details?id=org.ale.lectureleaks">https://market.android.com/details?id=org.ale.lectureleaks</a> (Android)</span><br><span><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/lectureleaks/id460258898?mt=8">http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/lectureleaks/id460258898?mt=8</a> (iPhone)</span><br><span></span><br><span>We only put the apps up on Sunday night and we're already receiving a</span><br><span>lot of content - at this rate, we could quite possibly become the</span><br><span>largest repository of OpenCourseWare audio within the year.</span><br><span></span><br><span>So we need volunteers! We need people to promote the applications on</span><br><span>campus and people to help us process all of the audio we're receiving.</span><br><span></span><br><span>LectureLeaks is a really easy and convenient way for people at your</span><br><span>school to get involved with the OpenCourseWare movement, so maybe you</span><br><span>could use it as a tool for chapter recruitment!</span><br><span></span><br><span>Questions, comments, concerns? Fire away!</span><br><span></span><br><span>Thanks very much!</span><br><span>Rich</span><br><span></span><br><span>PS</span><br><span></span><br><span>Below is the press release which we'll be sending out, if you know</span><br><span>anybody who might be interested, campus newspapers, etc, feel free to</span><br><span>pass it along!</span><br><span></span><br><span>Cambridge, MA September, 2011 – <a href="http://LectureLeaks.org">LectureLeaks.org</a> is pleased to</span><br><span>announce the premier of its iPhone and Android applications designed</span><br><span>to help students record and upload their college lectures. A</span><br><span>collaborative venture between <a href="http://OpenWatch.net">OpenWatch.net</a> and <a href="http://FinalsClub.org">FinalsClub.org</a>,</span><br><span>LectureLeaks is a 501(c)(3) non-profit open-education project.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Inspired by the popularity of other Open Courseware programs, notably</span><br><span>those at MIT, Yale, and Berkley, LectureLeaks takes a bottom-up rather</span><br><span>than top-down approach to the movement by allowing students to engage</span><br><span>directly in the creation of free educational content. Our tools</span><br><span>specifically empower forward-thinking scholars to capture and share</span><br><span>academic knowledge with the world.</span><br><span></span><br><span>The more lectures our users capture, save, and post, the more</span><br><span>knowledge you (and other curious minds) will be able to stream</span><br><span>directly to your ear buds. Our mission is to make high quality</span><br><span>education available to everyone, for free.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Although our applications are an essential first step, they are simply</span><br><span>tools. The ultimate success of this project relies as much on society</span><br><span>as technology. In short, we must first shift our perception of</span><br><span>education from private and privileged to free and open.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Although affirmative for open education, LectureLeaks also protects</span><br><span>the rights of faculty and students alike. No matter how much</span><br><span>technology we implement, we will never replace the former or</span><br><span>jeopardize the latter. Therefore, we maintain the anonymity of every</span><br><span>contributing user, respond to all legitimate takedown requests, and</span><br><span>share all recordings under a Creative-Commons Attribution license.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Thank you for helping encourage awareness and adoption of this</span><br><span>project. For additional information, please contact</span><br><span><a href="mailto:Andrew@FinalsClub.org">Andrew@FinalsClub.org</a> and <a href="mailto:Rich@anomos.info">Rich@anomos.info</a>.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Previous Press for <a href="http://FinalsClub.org">FinalsClub.org</a> & <a href="http://OpenWatch.net"><a href="http://OpenWatch.net">OpenWatch.net</a></a></span><br><span></span><br><span>“New Social Software Tries to be the Facebook of Higher Education,”</span><br><span>Chronicle of Higher Education, October 2010.</span><br><span></span><br><span><a href="http://chronicle.com/article/New-Social-Software-Tries-to/125542/">http://chronicle.com/article/New-Social-Software-Tries-to/125542/</a></span><br><span></span><br><span>“FreeHarvardEducation.com,” The Boston Globe, December 13, 2009.</span><br><span></span><br><span><a href="http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2009/12/13/freeharvardeducationcom/">http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2009/12/13/freeharvardeducationcom/</a></span><br><span></span><br><span>"Policing the Police: The Apps That Let You Spy on The Cops," The</span><br><span>Atlantic, June 23, 2011.</span><br><span></span><br><span><a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/06/policing-the-police-the-smartphone-apps-that-let-you-spy-on-cops/240916/">http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/06/policing-the-police-the-smartphone-apps-that-let-you-spy-on-cops/240916/</a></span><br><span></span><br><span>"OpenWatch Turns Your Smartphone Into A Reverse Surveillance Camera,"</span><br><span>Forbes, June 22, 2011</span><br><span></span><br><span><a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2011/06/22/openwatch-turns-your-smartphone-into-a-reverse-surveillance-camera/">http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2011/06/22/openwatch-turns-your-smartphone-into-a-reverse-surveillance-camera/</a></span><br><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>Discuss mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:Discuss@freeculture.org">Discuss@freeculture.org</a></span><br><span><a href="http://lists.freeculture.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss">http://lists.freeculture.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss</a></span><br><span>FAQ: <a href="http://wiki.freeculture.org/Fc-discuss"><a href="http://wiki.freeculture.org/Fc-discuss">http://wiki.freeculture.org/Fc-discuss</a></a></span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>