Category Archives: Open educational resources

Open Education Week from March 5-10, 2012

Posted on February 22, 2012 by geoffcain

Image via WikipediaEfforts to Expand Access to Education and Knowledge to be Featured in Global Events CAMBRIDGE, Mass., – (February 21, 2012) –The OpenCourseWare Consortium announces today the first annual Open Education Week from March 5-10, 2012. Open Education Week … Continue reading →

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Apple Innovates Away Textbook Access and Affordabilty

Posted on January 30, 2012 by geoffcain

I wanted to write a few notes here about many of the questions and comments I have read on Twitter and elsewhere about the iPad and textbook authoring. Two things that Apple does well is marketing and innovation. Sometimes though, … Continue reading →

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Open Education Week Coming in March

Posted on January 23, 2012 by geoffcain

This from Cable Green at Creative Commons: “Join your colleagues around the world to increase understanding about open education! Open Education Week will take place from 5-10 March 2012 online and in locally hosted events around the world. Image via … Continue reading →

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Help Shape Creative Commons 4.0

Posted on December 17, 2011 by geoffcain

Image by jorgeandresem via FlickrThis just in from the ubiquitous Cable Green: Creative Commons has officially opened the public discussion process for version 4.0 of the CC license suite. Please see the announcement below, and join the discussion by subscribing … Continue reading →

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Open Content Licensing for Educators Workshop

Posted on December 12, 2011 by geoffcain

Image via CrunchBaseThis in from Cable Green: Creative Commons, the OER Foundation and Ako Aotearoa announce an international professional development opportunity for all educators. What: Open content licensing for educators workshop (#OCL4Ed)Where: OnlineWhen: 23 -27 January 2012Cost: Free Registration: Open … Continue reading →

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Jim Groom: The Wild Man of OER Made My Year

Posted on October 28, 2011 by geoffcain

I was at the Open Education 2011 conference this week and David Wiley had the good sense to invite Jim Groom in to rattle cages and shake the chains. I have been reading his stuff for sometime. You can follow … Continue reading →

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Assessment and Accreditation of an OER Learner

Posted on October 26, 2011 by geoffcain

Image via WikipediaSpeakers: Rory McGreal, Wayne MacintoshLearners accessing OER can acquire knowledge formally or informally. This project reports on assessment and accreditation policies worldwide. A major function of colleges and universities is to validate and credentialise learning by conferring qualifications … Continue reading →

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Openness and Learning Analytics

Posted on October 26, 2011 by geoffcain

Image by nep via FlickrSpeakers: John Rinderle Norman BierRevise/Remix can build a 1000 points of OER light. Can these lights converge to fire authentic learning analytics & share-alike data models? Conventional wisdom in the OER community maintains that one of … Continue reading →

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UNESCO Chairs in OER Programme and International Network

Posted on October 25, 2011 by geoffcain

Image via WikipediaSpeakers: Rory McGreal Fred Mulder Susan D’AntoniThe UNESCO Chairs in OER explain their programme, goals and objectives in supporting an international network of OER users. In Nov. 2006, ICDE launched its Global Task Force on OER at the … Continue reading →

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The Open Course Library: Bridging the gap between the LMS and OCW

Posted on October 25, 2011 by geoffcain

Speakers: Tom Caswell & Connie Broughton We will share the Open Course Library project, including technical & professional development challenges faced as we developed phase 1. The goal of the Open Course Library is for faculty to design digital, openly … Continue reading →

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