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Moving Beyond PDF For Open Access
Posted in Open Education
Tagged higher education, OATP, open access, Open Education, openness
Project Greenfield
Brandon Muramatsu has posted slides from a presentation given today in Hanoi unveiling Project Greenfield, a initiative to enhance the use of OCW.
Posted in Open Education
Tagged higher education, ocw, oer, open content, Open Education
Open Source in Middle School
Máirín Duffy gives a case study of implementing open source in a middle school. From the post:
We also wanted to document our entire process of doing so in an open manner, so that others could pick up where we left off, using our materials, including the students themselves! To this end, all of the materials produced for the class – everything from the lesson plans, exercise sheets, to the T-shirt size signup sheet we gave to Walter so he would have the right sizes in stock – are licensed Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0.
OpenEd 2010 Proposal Deadline May 15
Scott Leslie has a new post announcing that the deadline for open education conference proposals is May 15. From the post:
This is, in my experience, a “welcoming” community, open to all, and this meeting face to face with others active in Open Education has had real positive effects on shifting the focus and execution of the emerging practice.
Posted in Open Education
Tagged e-learning, ocw, oer, online learning, open content, Open Education, openness
Notemonk Interview
Stian Haklev, who has been very voluminous in posting lately, has an interview with Prashanth Ellina, founder of Notemonk. Notemonk is a website for collaboratively studying open textbooks. From the interview:
About 3 years back I felt an urge to re-read my school textbooks hoping to learn the same information but with new perspectives. Simultaneously I was also looking for people with similar motivations online. While searching I came across NCERT’s excellent resource and was thrilled to know that the Indian Government was providing easy access to beautifully designed text books.
Posted in Open Education
Tagged e-learning, ocw, oer, online learning, open content, open learning, open-teaching
Commonwealth of Learning Workshop Recap
Steve Wheeler has a new post reviewing a recent Commonwealth of Learning workshop. From the post:
After lunch, it was my turn to present my invited paper, which dealt with the wider issues surrounding OERs, such as pedagogy, theoretical and philosophical considerations. I outlined two projects, OPAL and CONCEDE which respectively examine Open Educational Practices and user generated content.
Posted in Open Education
Tagged e-learning, higher education, oer, online learning, open content, Open Education, openness
Phase 2 of California Open Textbook Initiative
Jane Park has a new post reporting on the results of Phase 2 of California’s open textbook initiative. From the post:
…15 have so far been reviewed against California’s academic content standards. Of those fifteen, ten carry a CC license (CC BY-SA or CC BY), two carry a GNU FDL license, and one is in the public domain.
More from Cable Green.
Posted in Open Education
Tagged oer, open content, Open Education, open textbook, open textbooks, openness
Confusing Creative Commons License Conditions For OA Journals
Stian Haklev has a new post discussing ongoing correspondence with an open access journal that appeared to have contradictory licensing conditions. From the post:
The blog post was really about a much more general trend, and I didn’t mean to attack e-Century as a “worst case”, but since I’d used them as an example, I felt it was fair to let them know about it.
Posted in Open Education
Tagged cc, CC licenses, copy right, creative commons, higher education, journal, library, OATP.new
The OCW Entrepreneur
Audrey Watters has a new post on OCW Search (reported earlier by OEN) and frames it as one entrepreneurial opportunity among many for OCW. From the post:
Currently, the OpenCourseWare movement is funded in large part by large foundations like the Bill and Melinda Gates and the William and Flora Hewlett Foundations. As more and more students turn to online learning, Far and other are hoping that OpenCourseWare can be both sustainable and innovative and provide opportunities for ed-tech entrepreneurs.
Posted in Open Education
Tagged e-learning, ocw, oer, online learning, open content, Open Education, sustainability
Where Should OER Be Placed?
Wesley Fryer has a new post asking where open education materials should be placed. From the post:
A foundational skill for using Internet resources effectively with students is the ability to create a website with text, hyperlinks, images, and embedded media including videos. I don’t have research statistics to back me up, but I’d estimate fewer than five percent of the in-service teachers in our state today are skilled and comfortable doing this.
Posted in Open Education
Tagged e-learning, ocw, oer, online learning, open content, Open Education, openness
