First Colloquium on Open Content

December 10th, 2001, Bad Neuenahr

The following issues were presented and discussed at the first COOCIE:

Open Content and Education
Opportunities for applying Open Content solutions in education settings.

Paradigm Shift
Open Content and implications of a paradigm shift.

Business Models
Who will finance open content? Approaches to the "Public Good" problem.

The License Issue
Legal implications of Open Content licenses in view of education stakeholder requirements.

Content formats as a limiting factor
The problem of practical limitations to theoretical content re-use.

Quality Control
How could open content be meaningfully quality controlled and certified?

Open Content vs. traditional scientific publishers
Preprint Servers, PublicLibraryOfScience and high-impact publications as building blocks in academic careers.

Cultural Change
Which major cultural changes are needed in the education or academic system for the open content paradigm to succeed?