Pedagogy.ir was founded on July 2005 in Tehran, Iran, as an Open Educational Resources (OER) initiative, is an independent knowledge based expert network towards lifelong learning in knowledge society. pedagogy.ir's conceptual model is developed around two fundamental and interrelated concepts: learning performance and learning environments.
Pedagogy.ir was founded on July 2005 in Tehran, Iran, as an Open Educational Resources (OER) initiative, is an independent knowledge based expert network towards lifelong learning in knowledge society. pedagogy.ir's conceptual model is developed around two fundamental and interrelated concepts: learning performance and learning environments.
A huge variety of resources (info-kits, tools and topic information) to support further and higher education. UK based and focused, but many of the topics will be relevant internationally.
AMC Ltd are specialists in e-learning for the aquatic sciences. Their multi-lingual glossaries, dictionaries, bibliographies and ESP language learning modules are targeted towards users of all ages and needs in the aquatic sciences domain. This is an out-of-the-ordinary marine science website, rich in multi-lingual resources in 10 European languages
The OportUnidad project explores the adoption of strategies and channels that embrace the principles of openness and reusability within the context of educational institutions.
The project intends to foster the adoption and pilot of open educational practices (OEP), and open educational resources (OER) in Latin America as a bottom-up approach to develop a common Higher Education Area. The initiative also opens the possibility to provide free educational resources for self-learners, in terms of informal and lifelong learning.
SURF unites Dutch research universities, universities of applied sciences and research institutions as an initiator of innovation in higher education and research. It is an umbrella for four organisations:
1.SURFnet
2.SURFmarket
3.SURFsara
4.SURFshare
These are concerned with the provision of ICT infrastructure and support for ICT based innovation in higher education and research.
ICORE promotes, supports and enhances Open Research and Open Education worldwide. The main objectives of ICORE are the recognition, progress and application of Open Research and Open Education: ICORE wants to bridge both worlds of Open Research and Open Education. The goal is the mutual re-usage of their results and outcomes, e.g. through the usage of digital resources from Open Research in Open Education.
Educaplay enables you to create activities and then embed in your blog or wiki. You need to set up an account. The default settings are Spanish, so make sure you select English.
Ways to use this in a classroom:
- spelling word activities
- topic word activities
- shared book activities (as shown below)
- making crosswords about topics or books
- specific grammatical activities like changing tense, adding endings, plurals etc
- Comprehension activities
An Aquaculture Community Site focusing on sharing learning resources and themed discussions. Run by the University of Hawaii using a social networking platform
A resource site for e-learning and learning technologies, aimed mostly at the business, public and not-for-profit sectors (i.e. for training and continuing professional development)
Cloudworks is an open participatory and social site for discussing and sharing ideas and resources about teaching and learning. It is based around the idea of "social objects" surrounded by a social space for discussion. These social objects can be cumulatively and collectively improved. Cloudworks is being developed by the Institute of Educational Technology at The Open University, UK.
Free access to learning materials from higher education courses drawn from a wider community of Open Education Resources associated with the UK Open University. Materials can be edited and new versions published and shared.
