Monthly Archives: October 2011

Open Ed Conference: Cognitive and Cultural Barriers to Openness

Posted on October 25, 2011 by geoffcain

Speaker: Steve Hargadon Image by jdlasica via FlickrWhat are the cognitive and cultural barriers to openness, and how does understanding them help to promote broader openness? A conversation with the desire to identify the core ways in which people are … Continue reading →

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Open Ed Conference: Towards an aggregated profile of the Global OER and OCW audience

Posted on October 25, 2011 by geoffcain

Speakers Mary Lou Forward, Meena Hwang and Una Daly Developing a profile of our global audience through aggregated surveys of OER and OCW users worldwide. What are the demographics of those looking of open education resources and open courses? based … Continue reading →

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Open Ed Conference: A Case Study of OER from within the LMS

Posted on October 25, 2011 by geoffcain

Image via WikipediaSpeakers: John Rinderle, Bill JeromeCan we increase OER uptake with seamless LMS integration?: Realizing opportunities for OER discoverability and data exchange in the LMS. A key factor in OER uptake is the ability of resources to be easily … Continue reading →

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Open Ed Conference: “Which License for OER?”

Posted on October 25, 2011 by geoffcain

Image by kool_skatkat via FlickrSpeakers: Ahrash Bissell, Gary Lopez, Philipp Schmidt Tired of the never-ending debate about “Which license for OER?” We agree! Perhaps we should talk about “Which assets” instead. For too many projects, and for too long, the … Continue reading →

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Open Education Conf. Keynote Speakers Martha Kanter & Jim Shelton

Posted on October 25, 2011 by geoffcain

Image via WikipediaMartha Kanter, Under Secretary of Education, U.S. Dept. of Ed, started off the conference with a keynote address. She is the former chancellor of the De Anza Community College where she was a strong advocate for open education. … Continue reading →

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Connectivism and Agile Software Development

Posted on October 24, 2011 by geoffcain

Image by sjcockell via FlickrAs a director of distance education, I often have multiple projects going on: some with the in-house team or with others at a distance in grant projects. I have been researching how projects get done for … Continue reading →

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OER Session 4 – Funding OER: Sustainability

Posted on October 20, 2011 by geoffcain

Image via CrunchBaseJoin us for a webinar on October 31 hosted by SoftChalk. Space is limited.Reserve your Webinar seat now at:https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/962111696 How do OER projects and programs get started? How are they maintained? Where are funding resources? Can OER projects … Continue reading →

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Six Factors Driving Online Enrollments

Posted on October 14, 2011 by geoffcain

Image by proper dave via FlickrThis was the article that I wrote for the Times-Standard‘s Tech Beat: Many students are taking online classes at College of the Redwoods and Humboldt State University. Even though online learning is called “distance learning,” … Continue reading →

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Bridging the Digital Divide with the Aakash Tablet

Posted on October 7, 2011 by geoffcain

India’s new tablet computer, the Aakash, is the world’s cheapest tablet computer. It will be known commercially in the West as the UbiSlate. The Aakash tablet computer is a project, much like Negroponte’s OLPC project, that is meant to bridge … Continue reading →

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Stay hungry; stay foolish…

Posted on October 6, 2011 by geoffcain
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