Tag Archives: higher education

OER Hack Day

Kirsty Pitkin has a new post providing an overview of what happened at OER Hack Day. There are several videos posted as well. From the post:

The OER Hack Day event was jointly organised by JISC CETIS and DevCSI. Participants came from a variety of backgrounds and levels of technical expertise, and included academics, learning technologists, repository managers, developers, and librarians from UK institutions such as Harper Adams, Oxford, Nottingham, East Riding College, the Open University, and other organisations such as Creative Commons, the Learning Registry, Open Michigan, and TechDis.

Ways OCW Has “Freed” Education

Audrey Watters has a new post on the 10 ways OpenCourseWare has “freed” education. From the post:

The decision by the MIT faculty in 2001 to allow anyone to use their course content was a seminal move, one that had a profound effect on democratizing education.

Are Educators Willing to Share?

Sir John Daniel has a new post on whether educators are willing to share. From the post:

The possibilities of opening up universities on new dimensions became clear a decade ago when the Internet burst into the public consciousness in the dot.com frenzy at the turn of the millennium.

Thanks to Stephen Downes for the link.

Favoring Commercial Use of OER

Stephen Downes and David Wiley are participating in debate regarding the commercial use of open educational resources.

OER in the Writing Center

“cel4145″ has posted a video discussing the use of open educational resources in the writing center.

Economics of Open Learning

Bernd Remmele has posted an article on the economics of open learning. From the article:

The article explores the possibility of finding marketable services in relation to the selection function, arguing that degree-providing institutions can offer learners credits for the competences acquired during open learning, in other words, re-formalizing the process.

More Yale OCW

Dan Coleman has a new post noting that Yale has released 10 more open courses.

Go Open Access

Stephen Downes has a new post linking to a humorous video on open access.

OU to Get US Funding

Sean Coughlan is reporting that the Open University will be getting funding from the U.S. From the post:

The $750,000 (£458,000) pilot project will help students in 10 US colleges – and will be extended if successful.

SLOAN-C OER Panel

There will be an OER panel as part of the SLOAN-C Symposium in July.