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		<title>Freely ye have received</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was honored to give a speech at the BYU McKay School of Education Commencement today. Below is the transcript. It was connected to my dissertation and is titled, &#8220;Freely ye have received, freely give&#8221; (Matthew 10:8). Those not familiar with the mission of Brigham Young University or its sponsoring institution, The Church of Jesus [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Interviews with ten authors who give away their books</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The very first academic article I worked on has been published by Tech Trends. It&#8217;s called Free: Why Authors are Giving Books Away on the Internet. For the article, David Wiley and I interviewed ten authors who had made some or all of their books available for free on the Internet. Most of the authors [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Free e-books dissertation published</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve posted on my dissertation before. The full version is now available here. Here&#8217;s a little summary of what the dissertation is all about. What Deseret Book placed eight books online for free download. All of these were “backlist” titles. This study tracked what happened as a result of those books being available. When The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Responding to Comments About “The Short-Term Influence of Free Digital Versions of Books on Print Sales”</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For a long time I’ve been hopeful that people would read some of the academic research I’ve been working on. Although I’m new to academia, I’ve heard that one of the dangers of academic publishing is that it’s very possible that nobody will read what you write. Then again, if people will read what you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Short-Term Influence of Free Digital Versions of Books on Print Sales</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s here. The article I&#8217;ve been so excited to see published. David Wiley and I wrote this article and  I am grateful to The Journal of Electronic Publishing for publishing it. Although there is much to be done in the area of how giving away digital copies influence print sales I think this article makes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The four R’s of openness and ALMS Analysis: Frameworks for Open Educational Resources</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As part of an Open Education class last year, David Wiley, Jared Stein, Aaron Johnson and I worked together to write an article explaining different levels of &#8220;openness&#8221; in &#8220;open educational resources.&#8221; As I blogged about early, this article was recently published by Open Learning: The Journal of Open and Distance Learning. A version of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The creation and use of Open Educational Resources in Christian higher education</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I mentioned previously that David Wiley and I had an article published last month. A version of this article is now available through BYU&#8217;s Repository. It&#8217;s available here. Citation for article: Hilton, J. Wiley, D. (2010). “The creation and use of Open Educational Resources in Christian higher education.” Christian Higher Education, Volume 9: No. 1: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two New Articles Published</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m happy to report that two articles I have helped write were published this past month. The articles were: • Hilton, J. Wiley, D. (2010). “The creation and use of Open Educational Resources in Christian higher education.” Christian Higher Education, Volume 9: No. 1: pp. 49-59. and • Hilton, J. Wiley, D. Stein, J., Johnson, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dissertation Draft&#8211;first two chapters</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Not sure that anyone will want to read this; however, if you&#8217;re researching the influence of free digital books on print sales the review of literature may be helpful to you. Below is a version of the first two chapters of my dissertation. I&#8217;ve had to take out a few parts because some of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Creative Commons Christmas Book</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This past year I wrote a book about how to get more of the true meaning of Christmas in our lives at Christmas time. Unfortunately, the way things worked out it was not published this year; however, the publisher has graciously made a free electronic copy of it available (site registration required). Even better they [...]]]></description>
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