Bridget McCrea has a new post on open source at Chelsea School in Maryland. From the post:
Working primarily with students who have language-based learning differences, a handful of teachers at the school rely heavily on technology to accommodate 86 students, for many of whom syntax, reading comprehension, organization, and writing fluency are severely impacted.
Thanks to Pratham Books for the link.
Martin Weller has a new post on informal learning the disruption of higher education. From the post:
The challenge for universities then is to remain relevant to these learners. This means developing an appropriate curriculum, having flexible course options, using technology effectively and generating interest.
Posted in Open Education
Tagged e-learning, higher education, ocw, oer, online learning, openness
George Siemens has a new post announcing a third iteration of Connectivism and Connective Knowledge, which is starting January 17. From the post:
We are doing away with the central-space of Moodle – our final break from the LMS and will be using only the commenting feature within gRSShopper.
Related: Martin Weller on the Learning Analytics course.
Posted in Open Education
Tagged e-learning, online learning, open course, open-teaching, openness
“Dr. Skeptic” has a new post on Nature Publications Group newly announced open access journal. From the post:
Whilst the entry of the Nature group of journals into the OA field definitely speaks volumes about the fact that the business model that was destined to have met with failure is not, in fact, such a destructive model.
Posted in Open Education
Tagged higher education, journal, library, OA, OATP, open access
Carolina Rossini, Vijay Kumar, Cable Green, Nicole Allen, and David Wiley will take part in an OER panel. The panel will be broadcast Tuesday, January 18 at 10am PST / 1pm EST.
Posted in Open Education
Tagged e-learning, ocw, oer, online learning, Open Education, open textbook, open textbooks, openness
Greg DeKoenigsberg on the value of remixing. From the post:
It’s a funny thing about the public domain: anybody can take any work in the public domain, remix it to their heart’s content, and release it as their own, and they magically become copyright holders of that new work — even if it were orginally 99.9% someone else’s work. Absolutely legal.
Posted in Open Education
Tagged commons, ocw, oer, open content, Open Education, openness, public domain, remix
Diane Peters has a new post about ePSIplatform. From the post:
ePSIplatform is a comprehensive portal showcasing research and projects working to stimulate and promote public sector information (PSI) re-use and open data initiatives in Europe.
MIT OCW has announced more complete OCW courses better suited to independent learners. Steve Carson adds a few thoughts. Philipp Schmidt and “crubasher” discusses the implications.
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Tagged e-learning, higher education, ocw, oer, online learning, open content, Open Education, openness
Casper Grathwohl has a new post on the development of Wikipedia since its inception. From the post:
That development should come as no surprise—a natural progression in any new knowledge system is for it to divide into layers of information authority. Not all information is created equal. The bottom layers (the most ubiquitous, whose sources are the most ephemeral, and with the least amount of validation) lead to layers with greater dependability, all the way to the highest layers, made up mostly of academic resources maintained and validated by academic publishers that use multiple peer reviews, trained editors, and scholarly reviewers.
David Wiley has a new post pointing out a position relating to open education resources at Qatar Foundation International.
