Online Education Database has published a list of 80 open educational resource publishers and repositories. Thanks to umbgida for the link.
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Monthly Archives: February 2011
80 OER Publishers
Posted in Open Education
Tagged e-learning, ocw, oer, online learning, open content, Open Education, openness
Designing Assessment for Open Learners
Jane Park has a new post on designing assessment for open learners. From the post:
Getting students formal credit for their free and open education is a challenge, but groups and institutions are working around the world to come up with alternative pathways to recognition.
Posted in Open Education
Tagged e-learning, higher education, ocw, oer, online learning, open accreditation, open content, Open Education, openness
UnCollege
Jeff Young has a new post about a young entrepreneur who is starting an organization for self-learners. From the post:
Mr. Stephens is now a freshman at Hendrix College, but not for long. He feels he can learn more outside the traditional college system than as a formal student, and he is leaning toward dropping out at the end of the term and taking his education into his own hands.
Posted in Open Education
Tagged higher education, ocw, oer, online learning, open content, Open Education, openness
Finding and Using OER
Paul Stacey has a new post sharing some activities for finding and using open educational resources. From the post:
Using web-based open educational resource aggregators and repositories participants will be invited to find and select resources pertinent to their academic field of study and instruction.
MIT OCW iOS App
Audrey has a new post noting that MIT OCW has released its own iOS app. From the post:
The free MIT OCW app (iTunes link) lets you access the video lectures, but it also allows you to post discussions and leave ratings and reviews of individual videos.
Thanks to academize for the link.
Posted in Open Education
Tagged e-learning, ocw, oer, open content, Open Education, openness
Open Attribute
Jane Park has a new post on Open Attribute. From the post:
[Open Attribute] a suite of tools that makes it ridiculously simple for anyone to copy and paste the correct attribution for any CC licensed work…
Moodlerooms Partnership With McGraw-Hill
Michael Feldstein has a new post discussing the recent partnership of Moodlerooms with McGraw-Hill. From the post:
The publishers are essentially paying for storefront access. The think they will sell more content if they can expose teachers and students to it through the LMS.
Posted in Open Education
OER Mailing List
Stephen Downes has a new post noting the creation of a mailing list about open educational resources.
Posted in Open Education
Tagged commons, ocw, oer, open content, Open Education, openness
Good, Bad and Ugly in OER
Tony Bates has a new post on the “good, bad and ugly” in open educational resources. From the post:
The main barrier to education is not lack of cheap content but lack of access to programs leading to credentials, either because such programs are too expensive, or because there are not enough qualified teachers, or both. Making content free is not a waste of time (if it is properly designed for secondary use), but it is still a drop in the bucket.
Thanks to Stephen Downes for the link.
Posted in Open Education
Tagged commons, education, higher education, ocw, oer, open content, Open Education, openness
Supporting MIT OCW Through Amazon
Saravanan Thirumuruganathan has a new post on how to support MIT OCW when shopping through Amazon. From the post:
Amazon gives MIT OCW 10% referral when people buy items from Amazon when either clicking on book links from OCW or when they visit to Amazon through the URLs in the referral page.
Posted in Open Education
Tagged e-learning, higher education, ocw, oer, online learning, Open Education, openness, sustainability
