Monthly Archives: September 2012

Jerry Brown Unlocks the Nation’s Digital Future through Open Source Textbook Innovation

Posted on September 28, 2012 by geoffcain

(Photo credit: Wikipedia) Today, Governor Jerry Brown signed a monumental set of bills that create the nation’s first free online textbook library, an effort aimed at alleviating the burden of rising costs to students attending California’s public postsecondary institutions. California … Continue reading →

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OERs at College of the Redwoods

Posted on September 27, 2012 by geoffcain

These are the slides from my part of presentation “OER Adopter Communities: the Sustainability Factor in Open Education“: Related articles Implementing OERs and Open Textbooks (cain.blogspot.com) OERs and Biology at Collge of the Redwoods (cain.blogspot.com) OER Types, Topics, and Licensing … Continue reading →

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Keeping Open Education Resources Open

Posted on September 27, 2012 by geoffcain

 (Photo credit: Wikipedia) What does the “open” in “open education resources” mean? What it should mean is free to reuse, remix and share. If your open education resources are locked up with a proprietary platform, they are no longer open. … Continue reading →

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OER Adopter Communities: the Sustainability Factor in Open Education

Posted on September 19, 2012 by geoffcain

Open Textbooks from the Open Course Library (Photo credit: caswell_tom) Una Daly has invited you to the event ‘September 25 OER Adopter Communities: the Sustainability Factor in Open Education’ on College Open Textbooks Community! Check out the entire Fall 2012 … Continue reading →

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Seoul Man: Viral Videos and the Shrinking World

Posted on September 16, 2012 by geoffcain

I have been thinking recently about Psy and the K-pop phenomena of his video “Gangnam Style” that broke out of the internet and onto mainstream television and media. This video was destined to become the Numa Numa of the year (Gary … Continue reading →

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