Monthly Archives: April 2019

Some Thoughts on OER or Why Capitalists Can’t Cook

Posted on April 25, 2019 by geoffcain

David Wiley posted on his blog “From here to there: Musings about the path to having good OER for every course on campus.” Part of that path includes the fact that “This work will require us to invest time and … Continue reading →

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The Creative Commons Certificate Course and Open

Posted on April 25, 2019 by geoffcain

Stephen Downes posted some of his discussion about the Creative Commons Certificate Course from various corners of the web. I wanted to share the response I posted to his blog because, as he mentioned, someone wasn’t sure where his comment … Continue reading →

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A Brief History of the Future of Education

Posted on April 24, 2019 by geoffcain

This was a presentation that I did back in 2014 from the DET/CHE conference that I accidentally found on the web . “The presenter will review the history of how education and technology has been viewed in the popular press … Continue reading →

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Open Pedagogy as an Exponential Accelerator in OER Creation

Posted on April 17, 2019 by geoffcain

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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I can’t do it myself! Collaborating with colleagues around the world on OER

Posted on April 17, 2019 by geoffcain

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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Community as Infrastructure

Posted on April 17, 2019 by geoffcain

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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Things go better with print?

Posted on April 12, 2019 by geoffcain

I had some spam article from Skylight Press pushed to my Facebook feed by Business Insider. The clickbait reads “A new study shows that students learn way more effectively from print textbooks than screens.” So first off, it is not … Continue reading →

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NWeLearning Community

Posted on April 5, 2019 by geoffcain

The NWeLearning Community is not just a conference but the collective intelligence and resources of some very remarkable people in elearning from across the North West and beyond. We are currently using Slack as a community building tool. Here is … Continue reading →

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