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.
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Alex Chitu has a new post on search for Creative Commons licensed images through Google Docs.
“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.
Videos of presentations from Open Education Conference 2010 is now available at YouTube.
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Video recordings of a recent meeting about the OER University are now available on UStream.
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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.
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D’Arcy Norman has a new post critiquing open educational resources.
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BostInnovation and ReadWriteWeb both have similar posts on MIT OCW turning 10. Thanks to 21stprincipal for the link.
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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.”
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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.
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