Stephen Downes has a new post linking to a video introducing gRSShopper, which is open source personal aggregation/publishing software.
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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.
OER U: Institution or Consortium?
Sir John Daniel has a new post discussing the OER University. From the post:
First, I have always followed the advice of Lord Walter Perry, founding vice-chancellor of the UK Open University, that innovating on too many fronts at once scares off students. Second, I believe that radical innovations in higher education must be accompanied by particularly robust frameworks of accreditation and credentialing in order to reassure the public. It’s all very well for evangelists to promote do-it-yourself accreditation from the personal safety of CVs replete with reputable qualifications, but ordinary people want the ‘beef’ of proper recognition too.
Posted in Open Education
Tagged e-learning, higher education, ocw, oer, online learning, open accreditation, Open Education, open learning, openness
Behind P2PU
Philipp Schmidt has a new post on how P2PU works behind the scenes. From the post:
P2PU currently relies on grant funding to cover its expenses. After a small start-up grant from the Hewlett Foundation in 2009, the Shuttleworth Foundation has been our main supporter and sponsor so far. The School of Webcraft is a little bit different – it’s a joint undertaking with the Mozilla Foundation.
Posted in Open Education
Tagged ocw, oer, online learning, open content, open course, open learning, openness, p2pu
University Prep MOOC
Dave Cormier has a new post announcing a Massively Open Online Courses (MOOC) for university preparation. From the post:
If you’ve participated in one of our open courses before, it will be similar, with a bit more structure built in. We’re currently working with a number of folks to try and stitch together analytics for participants in a course so that they a student can track their own participation and compare it to others.
Thanks to Stephen Downes for the link.
Posted in Open Education
Tagged higher education, mooc, ocw, oer, open content, open course, Open Education, open learning, openness
Open Education Conference 2010 Videos
Videos of presentations from Open Education Conference 2010 is now available at YouTube.
Posted in Open Education
Tagged e-learning, ocw, oer, online learning, open content, open data, Open Education, open learning, openness
ds106 Live Call in Show
Alan Levine has a new post on a call-in show for the open course ds106. From the post:
It was fascinating to hear the students honestly call out Jim for the short notice time on announcements and the over use of 80s music (okay, none of them did that)… but what other class has a freaking call-in show?
Posted in Open Education
Tagged ds106, e-learning, online learning, open content, open course, Open Education, open learning, openness, wejamecono
P2PU Facilitator Getting Ready
Karen Fasimpaur has a new post about getting ready for her Entrepreneurial Marketing course at P2PU. From the post:
The biggest thing that’s different about P2PU is the idea that there is no “teacher” — we’re all learning together. Very authentic…and fun. I’m stretching my brain to think about how you design for this. Less content, more good questions and tasks to get at individual objectives.
Posted in Open Education
Tagged e-learning, ocw, oer, online learning, open content, open course, Open Education, open learning, open-teaching, openness
Open Course on Learning and Knowledge Analytics
George Siemens has a new post announcing an open course on “Learning and Knowledge Analytics”.
Posted in Open Education
Tagged open content, open course, Open Education, open learning, open-teaching, openness
Lessons from the Open Source Movement for OER
Andreas Meiszner has posted his dissertation, titled “The Emergence of Free / Open Courses – Lessons from the Open Source Movement”. From the abstract:
This work investigates the nature of Free/Open Education with a particular focus at a course level. Initiatives such as MIT’s OpenCourseWare marked the start of the Open Educational Resource (OER) movement, a movement largely strategically driven at institutional levels. More recently one can observe however a further development within the educational domain that might be broadly characterized as ‘Open Courses’. These attempts, unlike the OER case, seem to be mainly driven at the individual educators’ level, but not be strategically addressed at the institutional level.
Thanks to Antonella Esposito for the link.
Posted in Open Education
Tagged higher education, ocw, oer, open content, Open Education, open learning, open-teaching, openness
