How widely known is the Cape Town Open Education Declaration? #OER #ocw
I’ve been meaning to pass this on for a while… The Cape Town Open Education Declaration calls for free, adaptable learning materials and open technologies to facilitate collaborative learning. It was first ‘issued’ over three years ago, though I only came across it a few months back — so I’m wondering how well this is … Continue reading
OERs in a global context – preview of eLearning Africa debate
I confess to being a little puzzled by Neil Butcher’s defence of OERs, which seems to be based around the same ‘freemium’ model touted to other ‘content industries’ like music. It goes something like: give away your core offering to build your profile, then build revenue from additional products/services sold on the strength of that … Continue reading
Einztein.com – online courses + social network for teachers/peers = rich learning?
We all know that learning is not just about transferring content; dialogue and relationships are key to gaining deep understanding of concepts. So stand-alone online learning resources don’t cut it. But if you took some Open Educational Resources and added some low cost teacher/peer relationships, using social networking tools, would you then have enough to … Continue reading
No ‘one size fits all’ model for education, #OER still only at end of the beginning (excerpts from @donaldclark)
This is a long piece by Donald Clark that touches on many subjects. I’m not attempting a summary of it all here, just excerpting the key lessons that seemed most valuable from an agile learning perspective… Clipped from donaldclarkplanb.blogspot.com 10 lessons learnt at WISE in Doha This culture clash surfaced time and time again at … Continue reading
What’s involved in making university resources available on iTunes U: some experiences
There’s been an interesting discussion today on the ALT members mailing list about the process and benefits of universities ‘launching’ their resources on iTunes U. And also a slightly arid discussion about whether open resources should be made available to be aggregated on a closed platform (how open is it to take an exclusive approach … Continue reading
Does University of the People’s free model rely on #OER & gifted time from retired profs & librarians?
It’s quite difficult to work out from the website quite what the foundation of the model is, but Open Educational Resources and gifted time seems to be part of the mix. This would be a really interesting case of the disruptive potential of OERs. Clipped from http://www.uopeople.org ABOUT US AND HOW TO GET TUITION-FREE ONLINE … Continue reading
Challenging the idea of an academic as a “delivery mechanism” for materials: on OERs in Higher Ed (via @jukesie)
Lots of interesting observations in this piece by David Kernohan about what actually happens with Open Educational Resources and why. Rings true. Clipped from dkernohan.posterous.com In English HE policy we have been trying to get academics to use digital materials created by other academics for at least 15 years. One of my favourite historical policy … Continue reading
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