Tony Karrer, who recently posted on open content in the workplace, has a new post looking at Creative Commons in professional settings. From the post:
I’m exploring whether Open Content can be used by for-profit companies. And, since Open Content comes in under the Creative Commons license structure.
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Rick Stafford has a new post on technical compatibility and open educational resources. From the post:
So, from a technological perspective, my advice for producing OER resources would be to use industry standard software rather than university standards when initially designing resources.
Matt Jadud has a new post on how students can get credit for open source projects. From the post:
While it is true that they could “just contribute to your project for the greater good of humanity,” the reality is that college students need credits to graduate, and getting credit towards graduation is one of the primary currencies of 4-year undergraduate instutitions.
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Tagged higher education, Open Education, open source, openness
Stephen Wheeler has a new post on the results of an OER focus group at the University of Cumbria. From the post:
The project managers seem pleased with what we’re doing and I’m also pleased with what we’ve done. I think it will prove to be a significant innovation for the University and will be of lasting worth.
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Tagged e-learning, higher education, ocw, oer, Open Education, openness
Tony Hirst has a new post about the Open University’s revised Facebook app strategy. From the post:
For those who don’t remember the apps we developed, there were two: Course Profiles, which allowed students to declare the courses that had taken were taking and intended to take, and then provided a range of services around that information (find friends on a course, find a study buddy, link to course information or course related OpenLearn resources, get course recommendations); and My OU Story, where students could maintain a “status diary” about their progress on a course, along with a mood indicator so they could track their mood over a course, and other app users could add supportive comments.
Anya Kamenetz is announcing that her new book DIY U: Edupunks, Edupreneurs and the Coming Transformation of Higher Education is now available on preorder. From the book description:
The future lies in personal learning networks and paths, learning that blends experiential and digital approaches, and free and open-source educational models. Increasingly, you will decide what, when, where, and with whom you want to learn, and you will learn by doing. The university is the cathedral of modernity and rationality, and with our whole civilization in crisis, we are poised on the brink of Reformation.
Also covered by Stephen Downes.
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Tagged e-learning, higher education, oer, online learning, openness
Patrick McAndrew, Eileen Scanlon, and Doug Clow have published an article through EDUCAUSE on openness in education. From the article:
Openness of education implies new approaches to how we research as well as how we educate.
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Tagged higher education, oer, open content, Open Education, openness
Paula S. McMillen and Cory Tucker have published an article on advocating open access in the Journal for International Counselor Education. From the article:
It is the individual and collective responsibility of scholars to define and shape the digital scholarship world (Magnan, 2007; Wallace, 2008). Individuals can “push the train” through choosing to publish in journals that support OA and by proactively managing their copyrights. Likewise journal editors and reviewers can advocate for economic models that are more likely to expand access and thereby promote research.
Thanks to Eli Edwards for the link.
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Tagged higher education, journal, library, OATP, open content
The .Edu Toolbox has posted a collection of 50 OpenCourseWare video resources.
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Donald Clark has a new post disparaging Moodle. From the post:
A lot of rot is spoken about Moodle supporting a ‘constructivist’ approach to learning. That was always a utopian dream. This Vygotsky-inspired babble is only really spouted by academics with too much time on their hands. It’s really just a standard collection of learning management tools with no real pedagogic innovation or intent.
Thanks to Stephen Downes for the link.
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Tagged e-learning, higher education, K-12, online learning, open source, openness
