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Open Pedagogy as an Exponential Accelerator in OER Creation
Michael Dabrowski from Athabasca University presented on using open pedagogy to have students create assignments. This was a good workshop because he gave a lot of actual applications of open pedagogy from his classroom. According to the schedule: Attendees will … Continue reading
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Tagged #CascadiaOpenEd, athabasca, oer, Open Pedagogy, spanish
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I can’t do it myself! Collaborating with colleagues around the world on OER
Christina Hendricks and Zoe Wake Hyde presented more on Rebus textbooks using the philosophy projects as an example. According to the schedule: By the end of the session, participants will be able to: Explain how the Rebus Community can facilitate … Continue reading
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Tagged #CascadiaOpenEd, oer, open textbooks, philosophy, rebus
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Community as Infrastructure
My first session at the Cascadia Open Education Summit was Zoe Wake Hyde’s Community as Infrastructure: Building a scalable, sustainable approach to open textbook publishing. I am very excited about this presentation because I have been following the Rebus Foundation … Continue reading
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Tagged infrastructure, oer, open textbooks, rebus, textbooks
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A Math Textbook for Adult Basic Education
I want to thank folks who contacted me about open textbooks for adult basic math. I taught the course last quarter with downloaded worksheets, old textbooks, and out-dated GED teaching materials. My class made it work – I turned it … Continue reading
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Tagged ABE, adult basic education, CNX, Community College, math, mathematics, oer, open textbooks, openstax, teaching
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The Commons and OER: Metaphors Matter
David Wiley in his blog, Iterating Towards Openness, wrote a post on the Commons metaphor and OER: “…is the commons the right metaphor for our work with OER? There are incredibly important – some might argue fundamental – differences between commons and … Continue reading
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Tagged creative commons, David Wiley, oer, open education resources, open textbooks
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Some Thoughts on OER-Enabled Pedagogy
“It is the essence of certainty to be established only with reservations.” ― Maurice Merleau-Ponty Definitions matter. In the September issue of the International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning vol. 19, no. 4, David Wiley and John Hilton published … Continue reading
The Rebus Guide to Publishing Open Textbooks
The Rebus Community has come out with their guide to publishing OER called “The Rebus Guide to Publishing Open Textbooks (so far).” I like the model of the Rebus Community: they are a foundation which means their survival as a … Continue reading
LiDA103: Open education, copyright and open licensing in a digital world
I got this reminder for the free, micro-course from Wayne Mackintosh this morning. I am really looking forward to participating. I will be posting what I learn and about the people I meet here on this blog. Projects like these … Continue reading
How OERs Will Destroy the Future!
LeiLani Cauthen published an opinion piece called “Are you still going to prefer OER? The $2.28 Billion Loss to Publishers & the Future – Part 1” that has been batted around Twitter for the last couple of days (thanks Robin … Continue reading
Open the Gateless Gate: OER and Open Education
One of my New Year’s Resolutions this year (and last, as a matter of fact) was to fight less and celebrate more. I can get really annoyed when I come across a pay-wall when trying to access materials that are … Continue reading