OER Resources

Randy Bass, Assistant Provost and English prof, Center for New Designs in Learning and Scholarship (CNDLS), Georgetown University worked with Malcoml Brown (Director of ELI) on Evidence of Impact project - "what are the conditions for the most meaningful learning inside and outside the formal curriculum?" and "How do emerging digital tools make it possible to see and capture evidence of meaningful learning in new ways?" Post-Course Era = end of self-contained course at center of curric

archive from ELI2011 conference

'Laura B.' was almost certainly Laura Bailey, the daughter of William Shreve Bailey (1806-1886) of Campbell County, a Kentucky mechanic and abolitionist. He published the Newport News (est. 1839), the Kentucky Weekly News (1851-1858), and The Free South (1858-1866).

merging Universal Subtitles with YouTube video

OpenSim quick and simple via Kitely download

1-gather resources 2-add interaction 3-build course

Players see how politicians use the redistricting process to select their voters - wow! Political Science Research Advisor: Kareem Crayton, Assistant Professor of Law and Political Science, USC Gould School of Law, kcrayton [at] law [dot] usc [dot] edu, http://law.usc.edu/ - created at the USC Game Innovation Lab - part of the USC School of Cinematic Arts', Interactive Media Division. It was developed for the USC Annenberg Center for Communications by the following people: Lead Game Designer and Project Lead, Chris Swain, Assistant Professor, Co-Director, EA Game Innovation Lab, Interactive Media Division, USC School of Cinema-Television, cswain [at] cinema [dot] usc [dot] edu, http://interactive.usc.edu/research/games "The game provides a basic introduction to the redistricting system, allows players to explore the ways in which abuses can undermine the system, and provides info about reform initiatives - including a playable version of the Tanner Reform bill to demonstrate the ways that the system might be made more consistent with tenets of good governance. Beyond playing the game, the web site for The Redistricting Game provides a wealth of information about redistricting in every state as well as providing hands-on opportunities for civic engagement and political action."

TodaysMeet - a free online tool to allow for real time online conversations in a closed room with no ads - even good for primary grades. This review also shows examples with pix

This tutorial includes info on Creative Commons licensing

Great picture of David Wiley & Stephen Downes at their summit at Open Education 2009. Includes link to the .mp3's on Stephen's blog. Nice illustration of how two people can be committed to roughly the same goal, but come at it from very oppositional positions.

…national or institutional policies, rules, and practices that encourage or inhibit the development of learning objects and repositories…

Harvard Law School students provide "pro-bono legal services to appropriate individuals, small start-ups, non-profit groups and government entities regarding cutting-edge issues of the Internet, new technology and intellectual property."

focusing on Flat World Knowledge and DoE/DoL call for OER

"The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation"

Daniel E Atkins, John Seely Brown, Allen L. Hammond - for the Hewlett Fndtn

Resources of interest to the Open Learning Network project - curated by OLnet Team

infographic re big initiatives looks great

interesting points re video of prof working out the problem as demo (vs. slide presented with problem already worked out) and issue of SlideSpeech vs. video transcriptions for cost

OEP guide (how to use their maturity model to implement Open Educational Practices in your own institution); submit case to OEP Clearinghouse for best practices; OPAL Awards recognizing OER achievements.

interview with Stephen Downes and George Siemens