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Monthly Archive September, 2006

More Education Resources Than You Can Shake a Stick At

MIT’s OpenCourseWare: http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/index.htm
MIT’s OpenCourseWare is described on the site as “ a free and open educational resource (OER) for educators, students, and self-learners around the world. It is true to MIT’s values of excellence, innovation, and leadership.” And here is a bit of text from the about page:
MIT OCW’s goals are [...]

A Funny Idea, Nicely Done

A video that needs no introduction.
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The Center for Union Facts; Not!

Speaking of creepy, there’s an ongoing and/or emerging anti-union propaganda campaign centered around a website and organization called The Center for Union Facts. The campaign accelerated with a recent ad in the Chicago Sun Times.
The website is here:
http://www.unionfacts.com/
It’s pretty silly stuff really, but these things can have an impact even when they are basically [...]