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Mathieu Plourde

Open Education Week - 0 views

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    "Welcome to the first ever Open Education Week! Open Education Week is taking place from 5-10 March 2012 online and in locally hosted events around the world. The purpose of Open Education Week is to raise awareness of the open education movement and its impact on teaching and learning worldwide. Participation in all events and use of all resources is free an open to anyone."
Mathieu Plourde

Mendenhall's Senate Committee Testimony, 2/2/12 - 0 views

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    "WGU President Robert W. Mendenhall testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on February 2, 2012, at a hearing on improving college affordability in the United States. Dr. Mendenhall was one of four higher education leaders who, along with U.S. Undersecretary of Education Martha Kanter, spoke of the need to combat the rising cost of a college education."
Mathieu Plourde

Finding Open Education Resources (OER), Some New Search Options - 0 views

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    One very useful tool for all educators is the Open Courseware Consortium search engine that allows users to search for Open Education Resources (OER) at the university level easily.
anonymous

Aug 13 - Teaching and Learning Weekly | Education Futures | Scoop.it - 0 views

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    An online newspaper that collects together the week's news relating to teaching and learning - particularly for those interested in finding resources and inspirational stories about education. Read and subscribe free at:  http://paper.li/f-1328546324
anonymous

June 9 - "Teaching and Learning Weekly" is out | Education Futures | Scoop.it - 0 views

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    An online newspaper that collects together the week's news relating to teaching and learning - particularly for those interested in finding resources and inspirational stories about education. Read and subscribe free online at: http://paper.li/f-1328546324
anonymous

Education Management Online | Studying Teaching and Learning | Scoop.it - 0 views

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    This page provides information on what is studied in Education management online degrees, where you can study them, prospects, and more ...
anonymous

July 30 - Teaching and Learning Weekly is out | Education Futures | Scoop.it - 0 views

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    An online newspaper that collects together the week's news relating to teaching and learning - particularly for those interested in finding resources and inspirational stories about education. Read and subscribe free at:  http://paper.li/f-1328546324
anonymous

July 16 - Teaching and Learning Weekly is out | Education Futures | Scoop.it - 0 views

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    An online newspaper that collects together the week's news relating to teaching and learning - particularly for those interested in finding resources and inspirational stories about education.   Read and subscribe free of charge at:  http://paper.li/f-1328546324
Mathieu Plourde

Coursera Raises $16 Million To Bring Free Online Education to Millions - 0 views

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    Now, with $16 million in venture capital funding from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB) and New Enterprise Associates (NEA), the two professors officially launched Coursera, their new online education company that includes partnerships with Princeton University, Stanford University, the University of Michigan and the University of Pennsylvania to offer web-based classes on the Coursera platform for free. A total of 37 undergraduate and graduate-level courses across a broad range of disciplines will launch this spring.
Mathieu Plourde

'Free-Range Learners': Study Opens Window Into How Students Hunt for Educational Conten... - 1 views

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    "Ms. Morgan borrows the phrase "free-range learning" to describe students' behavior, and she finds that they generally shop around for content in places educators would endorse. Students seem most favorably inclined to materials from other universities. They mention lecture videos from Stanford and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology far more than the widely publicized Khan Academy, she says."
Mathieu Plourde

Open Educational Resources timeline - 0 views

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    This first story looks at the development of the Open Educational Resources area. Lou McGill talked to Phil Barker and Lorna Campbell about how the OER field has evolved in the last ten years.
Mathieu Plourde

Why aren't open educational resources being used? - 0 views

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    "This is evident in an invitation to discussion in the Guardian, Talk point: Why don't more academics use open educational resources? It is a reflection after a seminar on OER which demonstrated the richness of resources available today and then raised the issue why they are not being sufficiently exploited."
Mathieu Plourde

#OpenBadges: challenges and opportunities for assessment - 0 views

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    The concept of open badges could also pose a challenge to existing educational institutions, given that they might no longer be the chief conduits for awarding qualifications. Will they fight against the concept of badges or make fundamental changes to become part of the lifelong learning ecosystem, recognising badges in the entry process and awarding badges for more than just the core skills set out by a course, e.g. awarding value badges and recognising badges awarded by peers?
Mathieu Plourde

Merit Badges for the Job Market - 0 views

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    What if employers didn't care whether applicants held a college diploma but instead asked what educational "badges" they had collected? Like Boy Scout merit badges for professionals, these marks of achievement would show competence in specific skills, and they could be granted by any number of institutions.
Mathieu Plourde

US Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, & Pensions: Accessibility and Education - 0 views

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    "Full Committee Hearing - The Promise of Accessible Technology: Challenges and Opportunities"
Mathieu Plourde

Home - NTER - 0 views

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    "NTER - the National Training & Education Resource - is an easy-to-access, open source, web-based learning platform that enables learners, instructors, and organizations to be part of an entirely new education community - the next generation of learning. Update your existing knowledge or discover a new field of learning - Get started today!"
anonymous

July 5 - IJEDICT Weekly News is out | Studying Teaching and Learning | Scoop.it - 0 views

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     This publication is a weekly news update on what's happening in the ICT for education and development arena. Read and subscribe free at: http://paper.li/f-1325685118
Mathieu Plourde

Game Changers: Education and Information Technologies - 0 views

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    "Game Changers: Education and Information Technologies is a collection of chapters and case studies contributed by college and university presidents, provosts, faculty, and other stakeholders. Institutions are finding new ways of achieving higher education's mission without being crippled by constraints or overpowered by greater expectations. "
Mathieu Plourde

Utah State Office of Education to Create Open Textbooks - 0 views

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    The Utah State of Office of Education (USOE) today announced it will develop and support open textbooks in the key curriculum areas of secondary language arts, science, and mathematics. USOE will encourage districts and schools throughout the state to consider adopting these textbooks for use beginning this fall.
Mathieu Plourde

Association of Research Libraries (ARL)- Code of Best Practices - 0 views

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    "In addition to specific exceptions for libraries and educators, academic and research librarians use the important general exemption of fair use to accomplish their mission. Fair use is the right to use copyrighted material without permission or payment under some circumstances, especially when the cultural or social benefits of the use are predominant."
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