Karen Fasimpaur has a new post comparing adoption of open educational resources to Google Docs. From the post:
K-12 educators, and even more so administrators and policymakers, are a fairly conservative group and are generally resistant to change. Open textbooks provide a comfortable alternative to traditional proprietary textbooks and provide an easier decision path.
On a related note, Stephen Downes links to a Google Doc that is an OER.
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Tagged e-learning, google docs, Internet, ocw, oer, online learning
Francis Rowe has a new post answering common questions about open textbooks. From the post:
Instructors who are considering open textbook adoption might want to seek advice from instructors who have used open textbooks prior to getting started.
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Tagged e-learning, ocw, oer, online learning, open content, Open Education, open textbook, open textbooks
Barry Sampson has a new post listing 10 open source alternatives to Moodle. Thanks to Symbat Satybaldieva for the link.
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Tagged e-learning, LMS, moodle, online learning, open source
Jane Park has a new post about upcoming events relating to openness in Barcelona. From the post:
CC is making a strong presence in Barcelona at the many open culture and education events that are taking place in the next couple weeks.
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Tagged cc, CC licenses, copy right, copyright, creative commons, open content, Open Education, open source, openness
Jeff Young has a new article on colleges that push students into purchasing e-textbooks. From the article:
Here’s the new plan: Colleges require students to pay a course-materials fee, which would be used to buy e-books for all of them (whatever text the professor recommends, just as in the old model).
Also covered by Slashdot.
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Tagged e-learning, higher education, Internet, online learning, policy
Sarah Bartlett has a new post discussing the relationship between open educational resources and academic libraries. From the post:
Taking on responsibility for OER publishing at the University of Michigan would mean that the existent Open.Michigan project would be either partly or wholly integrated into the library.
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Tagged e-learning, library, ocw, oer, online learning, open content, Open Education, openness, policy
EduKindle has a new post on why CK12 open textbooks are valuable. From the post:
Some of the revolution happened, I think, because someone saw a business model that would work to meet their needs, and some of it happened because the kids had taken to scanning their texts and sharing them online via data torrents.
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Tagged e-learning, oer, open content, Open Education, open textbook, open textbooks, openness
Geoff Cain has a new post arguing that open educational resources requires open teaching. From the post:
we are doing more than just changing the medium from commercial textbooks to open textbooks.
Thanks to Carrie Schneider for the link.
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Tagged e-learning, ocw, oer, online learning, open content, Open Education, open-teaching, openness
Mary Ann Bitter has posted the third part of an interview with Glen Moriarty about open learning site Nixty. From the interview:
The first issue that comes up is the need for an easy way for people to publish, interact with, and modify OER.
Thanks to Martin Bauer for the link. It is unknown just how many pieces this interview with be cut into.
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Tagged e-learning, milkitdry, ocw, oer, online learning, open content, open learning, open-teaching, openness
Karen Fasimpaur has a new post discussing quality in open educational resources. From the post:
The quality and effectiveness of OER resources needs to be judged in the context for which it is intended.
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Tagged e-learning, ocw, oer, online learning, Open Education
