Tag Archives: oer

Shakespeare and Collaborative Learning

Posted on May 4, 2019 by admin

I am not sure what kind of post this is – a somewhat interesting note about the history of collaborative learning, authorship, and open practices. I am looking a bit into the history of collaborative learning as part of a … Continue reading →

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Some Thoughts on OER or Why Capitalists Can’t Cook

Posted on April 25, 2019 by admin

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 admin

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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Open Pedagogy as an Exponential Accelerator in OER Creation

Posted on April 17, 2019 by admin

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 admin

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 admin

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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A Math Textbook for Adult Basic Education

Posted on December 28, 2018 by admin

I want to thank folks who contacted me about open textbooks for adult basic math. I taught the course last quarter with downloaded worksheets, old textbooks, and out-dated GED teaching materials. My class made it work – I turned it … Continue reading →

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The Commons and OER: Metaphors Matter

Posted on November 19, 2018 by admin

David Wiley in his blog, Iterating Towards Openness, wrote a post on the Commons metaphor and OER: “…is the commons the right metaphor for our work with OER? There are incredibly important – some might argue fundamental – differences between commons and … Continue reading →

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Some Thoughts on OER-Enabled Pedagogy

Posted on November 2, 2018 by admin

“It is the essence of certainty to be established only with reservations.”  ― Maurice Merleau-Ponty Definitions matter. In the September issue of the International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning vol. 19, no. 4, David Wiley and John Hilton published … Continue reading →

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The Rebus Guide to Publishing Open Textbooks

Posted on October 31, 2018 by admin

The Rebus Community has come out with their guide to publishing OER called “The Rebus Guide to Publishing Open Textbooks (so far).” I like the model of the Rebus Community: they are a foundation which means their survival as a … Continue reading →

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