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Dana West

Extending the Territory: From Open Educational Resources to Open Educational Practices - 1 views

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    On the theme of moving from access to practice...and ways to measure degree of implementation ... Article by Ulf-Daniel Ehlers in the Journal of Open, Flexible and Distance Learning... "examines the findings of the recent OPAL report Beyond OER: Shifting Focus from Resources to Practices. In doing so, it defines current understanding of open educational resources and open educational practices, and highlights the shift from open content to open practice. The article includes a framework for supporting open educational practices. The conclusions emphasise that open access is a necessary but not sufficient condition for the opening of education, and foreshadows ongoing moves toward changes in educational architectures that promote increased uptake of open educational resources and wider application of open education."
Rebecca Hatherley

What Do We Mean By "Open"? - 0 views

  • I wonder about some of the recent MOOCs this way, for example. Sure, anyone can sign up so they're "open" in that sense. But the materials themselves often aren't openly licensed.
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    The adjective "open" ostensibly makes educational resources more easily accessible. But "open" can mean a lot of things: resources that are free; research that is publicly available on the Web and indexed by search engines; courses that offer open enrollment; materials that are openly licensed; content and code that can be copied and modified and redistributed. "Open" can mean "transparent." Open versus proprietary. Open versus closed.
Nagwa Abou El-Nga

Blackboard CEO Resigns and Rumblings in the LMS Academic Market - 0 views

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    Blackboard CEO steps down. What is next for academic Software?? Can an open source software play a role in the future of the academic LMS. I believe YES it will be a main player for MOOCS and Open Courses acess not only in developing countries but also other wealthy countries.
Helena Capela

Live Stream Open Content Licensing Workshop - OpenCourseWare Europe - 2 views

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    Openness from this side of the Atlantic
Nagwa Abou El-Nga

Event Registration (EVENT: 524269) - 0 views

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    Blackboard President of Academic Plateform will deliver a webinar about the changes in online learningmodels. The webinar intro states: " To stay competitive and drive measurable success, institutions are experimenting with new approaches for online education by launching MOOCs, integrating and sharing open education resources, and enhancing the learning experience for socially connected students. " It is interesting to hear about how Blackboard's new approaches will change the open educational resources that will be stored in the iCloud.
Rebecca Hatherley

Find Open Online Courses ~ MOOC - 1 views

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    "If you are looking for open online courses, please consult one of the sources below. If you are offering a MOOC (that is not from one of the sources listed) please send email to stephen@downes.ca and I will included it in the MOOC Course List."
Rebecca Hatherley

Why Open Education Matters - 1 views

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    Short videos that explain the benefits and promise of Open Educational Resources for teachers, students and schools everywhere.
Dana West

Open to Innovation: Building Better Textbooks with Eleven Learning - 1 views

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    Statement from co-founder... "In a nutshell, we publish free and low-cost print and electronic textbooks, all of which are professionally edited, peer-reviewed, and typeset, under a Creative Commons BY-SA-NC license. My colleague Andrew Bender succinctly calls us the "Red Hat of textbooks." Like Red Hat, we flourish by freely distributing our core content and charging reasonable fees for value-added versions of our books. Most people respond favorably and tell us that what we are doing is exciting and necessary. Even if they do not understand OER or the publishing business, everyone reacts the same way to the 'Textbook Problem'."
Rebecca Hatherley

Can MOOC's Help Sell Textbooks? - Technology - The Chronicle of Higher Education - 0 views

  • Publishers have begun to investigate whether so-called MOOC's, or massive open online courses, can help them reach new readers and sell more books.
  • But online courses do have recommended-reading lists, and enrollments in the tens of thousands. If even a small percentage of those online students buy books, the sales could add up to a nice boost for a textbook.
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    Colleges aren't the only enterprises interested in the possibilities of free, online courses. Publishers have begun to investigate whether so-called MOOC's, or massive open online courses, can help them reach new readers and sell more books.
Rebecca Hatherley

Turning a Resource into an Open Educational Resource (OER) - YouTube - 1 views

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    An animation illustrating the steps involved in embedding open licenses in educational resources, and some of the associated IPR issues.
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