There is an interesting discussion thread on the future and challenges facing open educational resources on GETideas.org.
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Monthly Archives: April 2011
OER Discussion Thread
Posted in Open Education
Tagged e-learning, oer, online learning, open content, Open Education, open source
OA Doesn’t Increase Citations, According to Study
Ben Wieder has a new post reporting on a study that indicates open access does not increase citations. From the post:
Mr. Davis suggests that this may be because access is not a problem for most researchers who would cite the articles in their own work.
Also covered on the Science 2.0 blog.
Posted in Open Education
Tagged higher education, OATP, OATP.new, open access, openness, research
Khan Academy Just Content
Frank Noschese has a new post arguing that the Khan Academy demonstrates what is wrong with education. From the post:
As my students would say, “Don’t hate the player, hate the game.” Khan Academy is merely a player. We need to change the game.
Posted in Open Education
Tagged e-learning, ocw, oer, online learning, open content, Open Education, openness
Open Textbooks and College Students Webinar
Veritas has a new post announcing a webinar with college students discussing open textbooks.
Posted in Open Education
Open Textbook Calculator
David Wiley has a new post announcing the open textbook calculator. From the post:
Today we’ve released the first version of a calculator that provides an interactive way to explore the best case scenario under a very specific assumption – that you want to provide a printed book to every student.
Posted in Open Education
Tagged K-12, open content, Open Education, open textbook, open textbooks, openness
