Monthly Archives: August 2012

Rubrics for Discussion Posts

Posted on August 30, 2012 by geoffcain

Hierarchy of Instructional Design (Photo: jrhode) I gave a presentation today on discussion forums. I know that LMSs are old-fashioned now in the post web 2.0 social media world, but my goal as an instructional designer is to at least … Continue reading →

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Implementing OERs and Open Textbooks

Posted on August 22, 2012 by geoffcain

The Engineering Building at the University of Leicester. Designed by James Stirling.(Wikipedia) There is still a lot of energy out there around the creation of open content and the licensing of existing content with open licences. There are many worthwhile … Continue reading →

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Parallels in Open Software and Open Textbooks

Posted on August 10, 2012 by geoffcain

Dr. Cable Green speaking to Creative Commons staff (Photo credit: tvol) I was reading this morning about what makes a successful open source project and what makes one not so successful, and I found a number of parallels between successful … Continue reading →

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MOOC Links from NGLC Presentation

Posted on August 1, 2012 by geoffcain

This in from Friend-of-the-Blog, Bosha Struve: If you are interested these were pulled out of the chat window from the webinar… “MOOCs: open onlinecourses as levers for change in higher education.” George Siemens Additional URL’s from Chat: ·         Edward R. … Continue reading →

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Nine Essential MOOC Links

Posted on August 1, 2012 by geoffcain

George Siemens at TEDxNYED. (Wikipedia) A few of us from today’s NGLC presentation “MOOCs: open online courses as levers for change in higher education” by George Siemens on MOOCs were passing around a few URLs, and I thought it would … Continue reading →

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