Tag Archives: Open content

Premium Free Range OER

Posted on November 4, 2012 by geoffcain

Free Range Poultry and Shed, near Seisdon, Staffordshire (Photo credit: Wikipedia) I don’t want Flat World Knowledge to corner the market in charging students for free textbooks. I am announcing here that CainCo EduProducts will also be offering premium free … Continue reading →

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Flat World Knowledge Falls Flat

Posted on November 4, 2012 by geoffcain

For use to open – free- education resources. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) I am very disappointed in Flat World Knowledge‘s decision to end free access to students as reported in the Chronicle of Higher Education. I was always very suspect of this company … Continue reading →

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Keeping Open Education Resources Open

Posted on September 27, 2012 by geoffcain

 (Photo credit: Wikipedia) What does the “open” in “open education resources” mean? What it should mean is free to reuse, remix and share. If your open education resources are locked up with a proprietary platform, they are no longer open. … Continue reading →

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Help Shape Creative Commons 4.0

Posted on December 17, 2011 by geoffcain

Image by jorgeandresem via FlickrThis just in from the ubiquitous Cable Green: Creative Commons has officially opened the public discussion process for version 4.0 of the CC license suite. Please see the announcement below, and join the discussion by subscribing … Continue reading →

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Open Content Licensing for Educators Workshop

Posted on December 12, 2011 by geoffcain

Image via CrunchBaseThis in from Cable Green: Creative Commons, the OER Foundation and Ako Aotearoa announce an international professional development opportunity for all educators. What: Open content licensing for educators workshop (#OCL4Ed)Where: OnlineWhen: 23 -27 January 2012Cost: Free Registration: Open … Continue reading →

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Open Ed Conf. Keynotes: Cable Green & Philipp Schmidt

Posted on October 27, 2011 by geoffcain

Image via CrunchBaseThe Obviousness of Open PolicySpeakers: Cable GreenThe Internet, increasingly affordable computing, open licensing, open access journals and open educational resources provide the foundation for a world in which a quality education can be a basic human right. Yet … Continue reading →

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Openness and Learning Analytics

Posted on October 26, 2011 by geoffcain

Image by nep via FlickrSpeakers: John Rinderle Norman BierRevise/Remix can build a 1000 points of OER light. Can these lights converge to fire authentic learning analytics & share-alike data models? Conventional wisdom in the OER community maintains that one of … Continue reading →

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The Open Course Library: Bridging the gap between the LMS and OCW

Posted on October 25, 2011 by geoffcain

Speakers: Tom Caswell & Connie Broughton We will share the Open Course Library project, including technical & professional development challenges faced as we developed phase 1. The goal of the Open Course Library is for faculty to design digital, openly … Continue reading →

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Open Ed Conference: Are commercial publishers friend or foe of open education?

Posted on October 25, 2011 by geoffcain

Image by matthileo via FlickrSpeakers: Eric Frank and Nicole Allen Are commercial publishers friend or foe of open education? This session will challenge five common assumptions about the role of commercial publishers in the open education movement. The presenter will … Continue reading →

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Open Ed Conference: Towards an aggregated profile of the Global OER and OCW audience

Posted on October 25, 2011 by geoffcain

Speakers Mary Lou Forward, Meena Hwang and Una Daly Developing a profile of our global audience through aggregated surveys of OER and OCW users worldwide. What are the demographics of those looking of open education resources and open courses? based … Continue reading →

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