Comments on: USU OCW Development Stalled

By: USU OCW and “Lowriders” «

USU OCW and “Lowriders” « — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 04:35:49 +0000

[...] Siemens has a new post giving commentary on the shutdown of Utah State University OpenCourseWare (reported by OEN). Siemens argues that USU OCW was flawed because openness was done independent of design. From the [...]

By: USU OCW and Institutional Change «

USU OCW and Institutional Change « — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 19:16:04 +0000

[...] Comment John Robertson has a new blog post reacting to the discontinuation of funding for USU OCW (reported by OEN back in July, before the article in the Chronicle of Higher Education). Robertson suggests that the institution [...]

By: jennamcwilliams

jennamcwilliams — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 23:34:47 +0000

Though the OCW project has its weaknesses, the approach itself is wildly radical. I’m a huge fan of opening up academic research and pedagogy, and OCW has moved us toward this goal in productive ways. Part of the problem it tackles is broadening and adjusting how we define “sharing.” I’ve written about this on my blog at http://tinyurl.com/qsj6rk, and I’d love for you to take a look!