Category Archives: Open educational resources

Courses at the Free Technology Academy

Posted on February 4, 2011 by admin

Image via WikipediaI was looking for training materials for open texts and open software in general and I found this in Europe. Their classes are a little pricey but their texts are open licensed (e.g. Introduction to Free Software & Gnu … Continue reading →

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Open Education Resources – Free Math Textbooks

Posted on January 13, 2011 by admin

Image via WikipediaCable Green was featured in the Chronicle of Higher Education in an article called “State of Washington to Offer Online Materials as Texts” by Martha Ann Overland. I loved the article because it promotes all of the things … Continue reading →

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An Open Textbook as an Open Community

Posted on November 3, 2010 by admin

Image via WikipediaOpen textbooks can sustain a community of practitioners in a given field. With commercial texts, and texts that are not truly openly licensed, English instructors can’t get together, make decisions about the needs of their students, and change … Continue reading →

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Open Education Resources Require Open Teaching

Posted on October 24, 2010 by admin

Image via WikipediaI have been reading though the Open eLearning Content Observatory Services “Roadmap 2012” and there are some very important points made in the report: “OER are understood to be an important element of policies that want to leverage … Continue reading →

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