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Doug Breitbart

Pearson Project Will Let Professors Mix Free and Paid Content in E-Textbooks - Wired Ca... - 0 views

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    "The instructor can then pull together material from various sources into one e-book-two chapters from a published textbook, three videos from MIT's OpenCourseWare, and a research study from Harvard University, for example. The instructor can also upload his or her own material, like a syllabus for the course. The system then calculates a price for the Pearson and third-party content."
Doug Breitbart

7 Widely-Used And Open Source E-Learning Applications - 1 views

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    "Whether it is a university like Albertus Magnus, a company or any other organization, e-learning is a great way to spread knowledge & measure the results efficiently (in means of time & money). There are various open source e-learning applications that can be installed easily, have a wide user community & offers a complete system. Here are 7 of them which you will like:"
Doug Breitbart

Connexions - Sharing Knowledge and Building Communities - 0 views

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    "Connexions is: a place to view and share educational material made of small knowledge chunks called modules that can be organized as courses, books, reports, etc. Anyone may view or contribute: authors create and collaborate instructors rapidly build and share custom collections learners find and explore content"
Doug Breitbart

All Our Ideas - A Suggestion Box for the Digital Age - 1 views

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    "All Our Ideas is a research project that seeks to develop a new form of social data collection by combining the best features of quantitative and qualitative methods. Using the power of the web, we are creating a data collection tool that has the scale, speed, and quantification of a survey while still allowing for new information to "bubble up" from respondents as happens in interviews, participant observation, and focus groups. "
Doug Breitbart

Two companies give faculty more control of online courses | Inside Higher Ed - 2 views

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    Freelance Professors December 14, 2012 - 3:00am By Paul Fain "Self-employed professor" could soon be an actual job title, thanks to two companies that are helping a small group of college professors market their own online courses, set prices for them and share the tuition revenue. Read more: http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2012/12/14/two-companies-give-faculty-more-control-online-courses#ixzz2J7h5IRxb Inside Higher Ed
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    Disintermediating students and teachers.
Doug Breitbart

Venture Capital's Massive, Terrible Idea For The Future Of College | The Awl - 1 views

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    "Can you go to college on your computer? Some say yes, and others respond with a resounding no. But one thing is for sure: there is a boatload of public money to be vacuumed off an overcrowded, underfunded educational establishment desperate for at least the appearance of a quick fix. "
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