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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.
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."
Peer review essential for faculty participation in OER - 1 views
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from @yayin_ko on tiwtter
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good plug for a shift in focus from quantity to quality and move from principle to practice.
Education in Finland: smart, continuous development (a bit like agile software developm... - 1 views
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Here's a perspective on the Finnish education system from someone who also has a view towards open and free software in education. Suggests we all take a cue from agile software development to improve our own educational culture/system.
OER Myths - 2 views
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Perspective/studies from JISC on the sharing myth and an OER metaphor to explore the roles in the production, use/reuse.
National Symposium on Open Education - WikiEducator - 0 views
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From the Antipodes
Live Stream Open Content Licensing Workshop - OpenCourseWare Europe - 2 views
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Openness from this side of the Atlantic
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."
What Do We Mean By "Open"? - 2 views
Can MOOC's Help Sell Textbooks? - Technology - The Chronicle of Higher Education - 0 views
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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.
What Do We Mean By "Open"? - 0 views
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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.
Gates foundation solicits remedial MOOCs | Inside Higher Ed - 1 views
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Gates, MOOCs and Remediation September 14, 2012 - 3:00am By Paul Fain Early returns show that massive open online courses (MOOCs) work best for motivated and academically prepared students. But could high-quality MOOCs benefit a broader range of learners, like those who get tripped up by remedial classes? That’s the question the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation wants to answer with a newly announced round of 10 grants for the creation of MOOCs for remedial coursework. “We’re trying to seed the conversation and seed the experimentation,” said Josh Jarrett, the foundation's deputy director for education and postsecondary education. MOOCs tend to provoke strong feelings in the academy, and in the wake of Gates's announcement this week, some observers questioned whether free, widely available online courses could be tailored to students with remedial needs. But others, including experts on developmental learning, welcomed the attempt to tackle one of higher education’s most vexing problems. “This has the potential for raising the quality of instruction in developmental education, if used properly,” said Hunter R. Boylan, director of the National Center for Developmental Education.
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Application for low-level courses - $5,000
Our (Work) Education Crisis: Send In the MOOCs - 1 views
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MOOCs going corporate to save workplace learning? Predictions/perspective from Bloomberg/Businessweek: "Less appreciated is how the MOOCs could also change employee skill development and lifelong learning at work. "It will be transformational," says Josh Bersin, chief executive officer of his eponymous consulting firm." "I wouldn't be surprised if we see 10 companies or so in a year, offering MOOC -like courses to corporations," says Bersin."
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