Tag Archives: oer

Webinar: Indigenous Open Educational Resources

Posted on April 26, 2022 by admin

This came in over the wire from Amanda Coolidge via Cable Green: Indigenous Open Educational Resources: Respectfully Uplifting Community Voice Date: May 24, 2022 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am Open education is grounded in Western understandings of ownership, protocol, … Continue reading →

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OERcamp.global Starts Next Week

Posted on November 30, 2021 by admin

Jennifer Miller and I are presenting at this event on the Open Science Syllabus. This just in from #OERcampglobal… Dear Everyone interested in Open Education!  It’s only a few days until #OERcampglobal (9–11 Dec)! We’re going to gather for 48 hours … Continue reading →

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An Open Syllabus from OE4BW for Teaching the UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science

Posted on October 1, 2021 by admin

This is from the abstract for a presentation that Jennifer Miller and I did for Open Education Global Conference. I am pretty excited about this work. Open research and open data are often things that scientists and other researchers do … Continue reading →

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Master’s Degree: Leadership in Open Education

Posted on May 21, 2021 by admin

This just in from my contacts from the UNESCO program, Open Education for a Better World: University of Nova Gorica and the UNESCO chair on Open Technologies for Open Educational Resources and Open Learning have launched an international Master’s Degree … Continue reading →

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OER:  Matrix Algebra with Computational Applications 

Posted on May 6, 2021 by admin

This just in from Regina Gong via the Internets. I am particularly interested in interactive, openly-licensed math textbooks and materials: Hello Everyone, I hope you all are having a great almost weekend. I’m here to announce yet another excellent OER … Continue reading →

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Evolving Pedagogy from Crisis to Competency

Posted on March 25, 2020 by admin

This post came out of a brainstorming sketch I did while trying to think of ways to help us adapt our way through this crisis and emerge with stronger courses, programs, and institutions. This isn’t how institutions typically behave: typically … Continue reading →

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Calendar of eLearning Events

Posted on March 20, 2020 by admin

Stephen Downes has created a calendar of free online events for faculty going online due to the Covid19 crisis, his note is here: If you are hosting a live webcast or online event intended to help people create an online … Continue reading →

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Browsing and Downloading Smithsonian CC0 Content

Posted on March 2, 2020 by admin

This is here as a quick note to some faculty I am working with on courses that are (ideally) using open content. The Smithsonian announced that they were removing copyright restrictions to nearly 3 million from their collections. This includes … Continue reading →

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A New Open Textbook on Philosophy

Posted on September 22, 2019 by admin

I got a notice of this last week. It looks like a good introduction to philosophy. I am looking forward to seeing the rest of the series: “Introduction to Philosophy: Philosophy of Mind surveys both historical and contemporary theories and … Continue reading →

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Everything New is Old Again: OER and Assessment

Posted on August 27, 2019 by admin

I have been commenting on “online homework systems” and testing in general as assessment via blog postings and Twitter from David Wiley and Clint Lalonde. Obviously, it is difficult to tease out any kind of real argument on Twitter, so … Continue reading →

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