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Category Archives: OER
Assessment and Accreditation of Learners using OER
Photo of Athabasca University (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Rory McGreal of Athabasca University presents on assessment of OER and OER University. “This paper examines existing and potential scalable approaches to formal assessment and accreditation to digital learning, comparing and contrasting such … Continue reading
Posted in MOOC, OER, Open Educational Resource
Tagged OER University, opened13, Rory McGreal
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Open Ed 13: OER and Solving th Textbook Crisis
Textbook Stack (Photo credit: greenasian) “The average U.S. college student spends more than $1,000 per year on textbooks and supplies, a significant expense on top of already burdensome college costs. Textbook prices continue to soar four times faster than inflation, … Continue reading
Posted in OER, Open educational resources, Open source
Tagged OpenCourseWare, opened13
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Open Ed 13: OERs Rule, MOOCs Drool: MOOCs and DistRibuted Open Online Learning
Michael Caulfield discussed how MOOCs are being used. “The “wrapped MOOC” has gained attention over the past year as a way to integrate MOOCs into traditional education. This presentation will present results of interviews with practitioners of this method to … Continue reading
OER: Possible Resources for Biology – Human Anatomy & Physiology
human anatomy (Photo credit: Shira Golding) These are some possible resources for developing our own textbook and course for anatomy and physiology. I will use this wiki this summer to sort through some biology textbooks and OERs for possible use … Continue reading
Posted in biology, creativecommons, OER, opentextbooks
Tagged open courseware library, openeducationresources
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Open Textbooks and the Student Debt Crisis
Loans (Photo credit: zingbot) Daniel De Vise at The Washington Post reported that student loan debt is now at “$870 billion nationally, surpassing the nation’s outstanding balance on auto loans ($730 billion) and credit cards ($693 billion).” This is according … Continue reading
Posted in education, MOOC, OER, Open education resources, Open textbooks
Tagged debt, student debt, Student loan
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OER: Neuro-Cloud: a new model of textbooks
I am really excited about Neuro-Cloud. I heard about it in a tweet from Creative Commons this morning and went to take a look. This is a textbook that is being created by a community of neuroscientists who first began … Continue reading
Posted in connectivism, education, OER, Open education, Open educational resources, Open textbooks, Textbook
Tagged neuro-cloud, neurocloud
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OER: Saylor Foundation’s New Bookshelf
Saylor Foundation The Saylor Foundation is making spirits bright and starting the New Year right by ensuring that openly licensed, free textbooks remain freely available to students. You may have seen their press release. Their “Bookshelf” page is already up … Continue reading
Posted in OER, Open education resources, Open textbooks, Textbook, textbooks
Tagged E-book, Saylor Foundation
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Open Textbooks: Community and Sustainability
Redwood Majesty (Photo: MizzD) In our discussions with faculty and administrators about free, openly licensed textbooks, I still get questions about “sustainability.” Those questions really boil down to “who is going to pay for all of that work?” Often the … Continue reading
Posted in Mathematics, OER, Open education resources, Open textbook
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Creative Commons Turns 10!
Cable Green (Photo: DTKindler Photo) This note just in from the ubiquitous Cable Green: As I’m sure you know, this year is Creative Commons’ 10th Birthday! Starting this Friday, we’ll be launching into a 10-day frenzy of celebrations leading up … Continue reading
Inclusive Learning Design Handbook
I am reviewing the “Floe” website today. I am particularly interested in their “Inclusive Learning Handbook.” What is Floe? According to their website: “Learners learn best when the experience is personalized to individual needs. OER is an ideal learning environment … Continue reading
Posted in Instructional Design, OER, Open education, Open Educational Resource, Open textbooks
Tagged Universal Design
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