Flat Connections Global Project

This site has a video that shows a robot in a remote lab working, and under the "remote laboratories" tab you can find what a remote lab is and their benefits.

Article lists how video, education, and open content are becoming more involved in university teaching.

This short article explains how best to use open content as a teaching tool.

Great example of a prestigious school's sharing of open content.

Explains what open content it, and a lot of facts about it. (such as the biggest websites)

This article is about how researchers of the Amaze project are working to advance 3D printing into using metal to replace plastic.

More reasons why and how 3D printers would benefit education.

Talks about how places with little internet users essentially have zero access to open content; basically the only source of education is absent in these places.

Gives the Objectives, philosophy, and salient features of virtual labs and has links and explanations of specific labs.

This website is an official page where they explain the reasons Virtual Labs exist and work.

Explains how 3D printer work and the history of 3D printers

Provides examples of the way work is being transformed by cloud computing

-People can now work from home -everyone can share documents from their computer -Can work on and edit documents with some at the same time on different devices

This article discusses how cloud computing allows secure access from anywhere by anyone.

Many books are online now and the many contributors to make it happen. Lists the types of things that are open

This is a great source of how book digitalization is advancing.

Its about the books that open content will include.

This site provides resources for 3D printing. Tons of downloadable items to print. Really cool site for ideas.

Example of application of Cloud Computing in a real business practice

According to the latest data, video for homework is on the rise; mobile computing is "beyond the tipping point"; and most kids don't use traditional computers to connect to the Internet at home. Those are just three of the major trends revealed in the 2013 Speak Up Survey from Project Tomorrow, which CEO Julie Evans revealed at the FETC 2014 conference last week. The 2013 results represent more than 400,000 surveys from 9,000 schools and 2,700 districts across the country. Respondents included 325,279 students, 32,151 teachers and librarians, 39,986 parents, 4,530 district administrators and, new to this year's survey, 1,346 community members. Read more at http://thejournal.com/Articles/2014/02/03/10-Major-Technology-Trends-in-Education.aspx?Page=1#xdDhiZ2SqcbqTopz.99

An example of a school shifting away from class sets of hard copies.

Basically what the title says: 7 things to know before using open content resources

Offers information on what open content is and how people around the world use it.