Category Archives: Innovation

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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Innovation: Of Tide Mills and TED Talks

Posted on April 1, 2012 by geoffcain

Tide mills, along with riverine ship mills, were a major early medieval technological advance, allowing to tap the tidal power along the Atlantic Coast for milling. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)Watching TED Talks this morning made me think about how different the … Continue reading →

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OER, Open Textbooks, and Innovation

Posted on January 22, 2011 by geoffcain

Image via WikipediaIn a recent blog posting from Cable Green, he posted a note on the new grant from the Dept. of Labor which is requiring an open license on all materials built for the grant, which means that the … Continue reading →

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