Recursos

The North American Regional Association recommend the following resources:

" Models for Sustainable Open Educational Resources." The strength of this essay by Stephen Downs is that it describes the complex context that can make sustainability possible. It helps get away from the the constricted "income and profit" tunnel-vision.

"An Open Source Site for Religious Education Materials" by Dr. Mary Hess.

The Purpose of Copyright by Lydia Pallas Loren in the quarterly, Open Spaces

New book by Dr. Mary Hess, Engaging Technologies in Theological Education . It explains, clearly and with great insight, why churches and centers of religious and theological educations need to attend to media culture. It also gives examples of how to do it.

Belief in Media: Cultural Perspectives on Media and Christianity, co-edited by Peter Horsfield, Mary Hess and Adán Medrano is available from MACC bookstore. It is an updated look at media and Christianity that offers theory and case examples. Suited for Seminaries and religious studies departments.

A great music video by "Los Padrinos." Titled "No Todo Es Malo," it has a strong Texas-Mexican feel and intentionally underscores the melding of religion in popular culture.

This site is by one of Canada's leading authorities and critics of overly concentrated copyright laws. Dr. Michael Geist's website is http://www.michaelgeist.ca/

A good source for up-to-date legal issues, refer to the Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic at the University of Ottawa. This is a leading public interest organization: http://www.cippic.ca/

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