Monthly Archives: February 2011

MIT OCW in Turkish

Steve Carson has issued a press release announcing a Turkish translation of some MIT OCW courses. From the press release:

Turkish Academy of Sciences (TUBA) has launched a site (http://www.acikders.org.tr/) containing Turkish translations of 16 MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW) courses, becoming the sixth OCW translation affiliate.

Google CC Image Search via Google Docs

Alex Chitu has a new post on search for Creative Commons licensed images through Google Docs.

Converting Google Chrome Web Apps

“scottbw” has a new post on converting Google Chrome web apps to W3C widgets. From the post:

With a bit of poking around however I managed to create a simple Greasemonkey script for Firefox that adds a “Download .crx” button to the Chrome Web Store.

Thanks to Stephen Downes for the link.

Open Education Conference 2010 Videos

Videos of presentations from Open Education Conference 2010 is now available at YouTube.

OER University Meeting Recordings

Video recordings of a recent meeting about the OER University are now available on UStream.

Research on MOOCs

Rita Kop has a new post on some results of her research into MOOCs. From the post:

From the data (that we collected using qualitative and quantitative methods) it was clear that there are a number of issues that stand out.

Thanks to Stephen Downes for link.

Future of Education, Then and Now

D’Arcy Norman has a new post critiquing open educational resources.

MIT OCW Turns 10

BostInnovation and ReadWriteWeb both have similar posts on MIT OCW turning 10. Thanks to 21stprincipal for the link.

Edupunk’s Guide to DIY

Anya Kamenetz has a new post announcing that her next book will be titled The Edupunk’s Guide to a DIY Credential. From the post:

I’m excited about doing something I didn’t get to do for DIY U, which is talk to learners. I’ve already interviewed about 35 learners from all walks of life, and plan to do over 100.

Also: Jim Groom writes a critique on the usage of the term “Edupunk.”

Behind DIY

Alan Levine has a new post about the role of DIY in education. From the post:

The need for motivation for everyone to become more learned, to step from the known into the unknown, is to me, a critically under-addressed aspect in the future of education.