I went to MERLOT to rate it five out of five :)
I still fix the two plugins of mine when I've time
On 2017-01-31 16:10, Molly Kleinman wrote:
> Yeah, it's funny that they send such a long email. I'm familiar with
> MERLOT and it's a legitimate OER clearinghouse, so I don't see any
> problems here. It's nice that someone still finds Open Attribute
> useful!
>
> On Tue, Jan 31, 2017 at 11:02 AM, Pat Lockley (Pgogy)
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in...@pgogywebstuff.com> wrote:
>
>> Thoughts on this - seems no big deal to me?
>>
>> On 2017-01-30 20:12, MERLOT Webmaster wrote:
>>
>>> Dear Author,
>>>
>>> One of the members of MERLOT has posted a link to your module,
>>> Open
>>> Attribute: Creative Commons (CC) Attribution Tools, on our
>>> website
>>>
https://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=1270761 [1].
>>> This is
>>> only a link to your website, not the actual material.
>>>
>>> MERLOT - the Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning Online
>>> and
>>> Teaching - is a digital library and an online community of
>>> faculty,
>>> students, librarians, administrators and other staff who
>>> collaborate
>>> to increase the quantity of shareable, high-quality, web-based,
>>> interactive teaching and learning materials. Our primary audience
>>> is
>>> instructors who are interested in using technology in higher
>>> education. When an item is added to the MERLOT repository, such as
>>> yours, only the metadata is added, along with a link, to direct
>>> traffic to your site.
>>>
>>> Authors and developers of modules such as you benefit from being
>>> included in MERLOT because their materials are reviewed by our
>>> rigorous peer review process
>>>
>>
> (
http://info.merlot.org/merlothelp/index.htm#merlot_peer_review_information.htm#Peer_Review_Processes
>>> [2]).
>>> [3])
>>> recognize Excellence in Authorship, Service, and Application of
>>> MERLOT
>>> on an annual basis.
>>>
>>> We recognize the efforts of people like you who have created
>>> learning
>>> materials and have agreed to share their work through MERLOT. To
>>> protect and guide members of the MERLOT community, we have adopted
>>> the
>>> intellectual property policies of the increasingly popular
>>> consortium,
>>> Creative Commons (
www.creativecommons.org [4]). We are doing this
>>> to:
>>>
>>> - Encourage creators of online materials to share their work with
>>> others who might wish to reuse the materials.
>>> - Ensure that contributions of online materials by MERLOT members
>>> are
>>> protected from misuse and abuse.
>>>
>>> We would like to encourage you, as a developer of online
>>> materials, to
>>> declare Creative Commons licenses for all your material so that
>>> others
>>> don't use your work in ways counter to your intentions. Creative
>>> Commons provides an easy process for defining licenses; it also
>>> provides HTML code you can copy directly to your website to let
>>> others
>>> know what license applies to your work. To easily select the
>>> license
>>> of your choice, go to
www.creativecommons.org/license [5].
>>>
>>> If you are not already a member of MERLOT, we invite you to join
>>> the
>>> community. Membership is free and as a member of MERLOT, you can
>>> add
>>> additional learning materials as well as learning exercises and
>>> member
>>> comments to the collection. To join, please go to
>>>
https://www.merlot.org/merlot/join.htm [6]
>>>
>>> Thank you for making your site available to educators! If you
>>> alter
>>> the URL or release a new version of your material, please notify
>>> us
>>> (via
webm...@merlot.org) so we have the most up-to-date
>>> information.
>>>
>>> If you would like more information about MERLOT, please see our
>>> website at
https://www.merlot.org or our online help at
>>>
http://info.merlot.org. You can also contact us directly at
>>>
webm...@merlot.org.
>>>
>>> Sincerely,
>>> The MERLOT Administrative Team
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