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Ted Curran

Why Bother Being Open? « iterating toward openness - 0 views

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shared by Ted Curran on 09 Mar 11 - Cached
  • I’ve always been an “argue by describing the benefits” kind of guy as opposed to an “argue on grounds of moral superiority” kind of guy (which is why I end up in the open camp more often than the free camp).
  • a free-to-access, online “digital publication of high quality university-level educational materials… organized as courses, and often includ[ing] course planning materials and evaluation tools as well as thematic content” that does not use an open license is not an OpenCourseWare.
  • MIT OCW, the website says, “Each course we publish requires an investment of $10,000 to $15,000 to compile course materials from faculty, ensure proper licensing for open sharing, and format materials for global distribution.”
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  • 25% of the per-course publication costs (not technology infrastructure or external outreach costs – I’m talking about costs directly related to publishing a course) derive specifically from the desire for the final publication to employ an open license.
  • what is the return on this investment? What benefit are users deriving from open licensing that they could not derive if MIT published these materials online with a default copyright statement?
  • Would users still receive this benefit if MIT OCW were posted online with a traditional, full copyright statement?
Ted Curran

The Cape Town Open Education Declaration - 0 views

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shared by Ted Curran on 12 Feb 10 - Cached
  • Read the Declaration
  • 1. Educators and learners: First, we encourage educators and learners to actively participate in the emerging open education movement.
  • 2. Open educational resources: Second, we call on educators, authors, publishers and institutions to release their resources openly.
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  • 3. Open education policy: Third, governments, school boards, colleges and universities should make open education a high priority.
  • These strategies represent more than just the right thing to do. They constitute a wise investment in teaching and learning for the 21st century. They will make it possible to redirect funds from expensive textbooks towards better learning. They will help teachers excel in their work and provide new opportunities for visibility and global impact. They will accelerate innovation in teaching. They will give more control over learning to the learners themselves. These are strategies that make sense for everyone.
Ted Curran

Open for Learning: The CMS and the Open Learning Network - 0 views

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  • Ted Curran on 30 Jun 10
     
    Open for Learning: The CMS and the Open Learning Network
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Radical trust - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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  • Ted Curran on 26 Feb 10
     
    A description of the concept of "Radical Trust". "the confidence that any structured organization, including government, library, business, religion and museum, has in collaboration and empowerment within online communities. Specifically, it pertains to the use of blogs, wiki and online social networking platforms by organizations to cultivate relationships with an online community that then can provide feedback and direction for the organization's interest. The organization 'trusts' and uses that input in its management."
Ted Curran

lecture_capture_comparison_chart - 0 views

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  • Ted Curran on 16 Mar 10
     
    . Compiled by Rodney B. Murray, Ph.D. from a survey in December 2008. Products are updated continually, so please check with the vendors for the latest information. For more information and the corresponding podcast, see: . http://www.RodsPulsePodcast.com
Ted Curran

Open Textbooks « Community College Consortium for Open Educational Resources - 0 views

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shared by Ted Curran on 07 Apr 11 - Cached
  • Ted Curran on 07 Apr 11
     
    Open Textbooks View over 500 open textbooks in many subject areas: Art Biology & Genetics Business Chemistry Computer Science Economics Education Engineering & Electronics English & Composition Health & Nursing History Languages & Communications Literature Math Music Philosophy Physics Political Science Psychology Science Sociology Statistics & Probability Find open and free textbooks that may be suitable for use in community college courses from the list of Subjects provided. For descriptions of these open textbooks, see listings in MERLOT and OER Commons. Most of the textbooks on this list have Creative Commons (CC) open licenses or GNU-Free Document License. Others are U.S. government documents in the public domain (PD). Many other textbooks are free to view online but are NOT OPEN for reuse and customization. See Copyrighted Digital Textbooks for a list of learning content without open licenses. Learn more about open textbooks:   FAQs Community College Open Textbook Project OER Commons
Ted Curran

Wiki-style finals - ProfHacker - The Chronicle of Higher Education - 0 views

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  • Ted Curran on 29 Nov 10
     
    Let the students write the test, wiki-style. A great discussion of this constructivist learning activity. 
Ted Curran

Google: Priority Inbox saving Gmail users time | The Digital Home - CNET News - 0 views

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    "According to the company, Gmail users who are utilizing Priority Inbox are spending about 43 percent more of their time "reading important mail." Google added that Priority Inbox users overall are spending 15 percent less time sifting through e-mail than those who aren't tapping the feature. Read more: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-20024822-17.html#ixzz17Rp8z3t0"
Ted Curran

Harvesting Gradebook « Center for Teaching, Learning, & Technology - 0 views

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  • Ted Curran on 20 Sep 10
     
    A secure, flexible, web-interoperable gradebook is the first step at moving beyond the LMS.
Ted Curran

The Future of the LMS | e-Literate - 0 views

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  • Ted Curran on 02 Oct 10
     
    Michael Feldman discusses Sakai
Ted Curran

Alternative Grading Methods for the College Classroom - 0 views

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  • Ted Curran on 02 Nov 10
     
    This would be great for the A&II Blog.
Ted Curran

Google Releases CloudCourse, an Open Source Learning Platform - 0 views

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  • Ted Curran on 26 May 10
     
    Google made a number of announcements in the past week that are of interest to educators: opening Google Wave to the public and extending Google Voice accounts to ...
Ted Curran

ClassroomCaptureTechnology - Keck qwiki wiki @USC - 0 views

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  • Ted Curran on 23 Mar 11
     
    Classroom Capture Technology by RayMosteller - EducationalResources Webcasting and Podcasting Camtasia Relay - Lecture capture and presentation by TechSmith Camtasia Relay Pricing - One time licensing fee Echo 360 - Platform for campus-wide lecture capture, bought by Blackboard Kaltura - Open-source online video platform Kaltura community Mediasite - Global leader for enterprise webcasting and knowledge management Smart Encode - Smart PiP Encoder (used by DEN at USC) Tegrity - Automatically capturing, storing and indexing every class on campus, bought by McGraw-Hill Education Video Capture Software WM Recorder, Capture, Converter - The Ultimate Toolkit to Download, Capture and Convert ANY Streaming Video SDP Downloader - Download mms stream as wmv file WebVideoCap v1.33 - Capture Flash video and RTSP/MMS streams by Nir Sofer Freemake Video Downloader - Download videos from YouTube, Facebook, MTV, other sites in HD, 4K, MP4, FLV, 3GP Video Conversion Software AMV Video Converter - Converts avi, mpeg, mpg, wmv, rm, mov, qt Freemake Video Converter - Convert video between formats, rip DVD, convert to devices, burn DVD, cut, join, rotate, and upload video, photos, MP3 Video Player Software Any FLV Player - play FLV files (MPEG-4 encoded video files for Flash) on the internet Applian FLV Player GOM Media Player - includes XviD, DivX, FLV1, AC3, OGG, MP4, H263 Related: WebTwoTechnologies LearningManagementSystems - OnlineCollaborationTools - FacultyBlackboardCommittee
Ted Curran

Exam Questions: Outsourcing vs. Crowdsourcing - ProfHacker - The Chronicle of Higher Ed... - 0 views

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shared by Ted Curran on 29 Nov 10 - No Cached
  • Ted Curran on 29 Nov 10
     
    This outlines how (and why) to let students create the final exam questions using wikis as a constructivist learning activity.
Ted Curran

Johansen Dissertation on Sustainability of OCW Available « iterating toward o... - 0 views

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shared by Ted Curran on 17 Feb 10 - Cached
  • This dissertation is the first piece of empirical work I am aware of that demonstrates clearly that a distance learning program can simultaneously (1) provide a significant public good by publishing opencourseware and (2) be revenue positive while doing it.
  • In other words, Justin’s study not only demonstrates that it is possible to publish opencourseware without requesting donations from users or foundations, it goes further and demonstrates that it is possible to make money publishing opencourseware.
  • Ted Curran on 17 Feb 10
     
    an actual study of the economic sustainability of open courseware distance learning efforts
Ted Curran

Open Education: A New Paradigm - 0 views

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shared by Ted Curran on 08 Mar 11 - Cached
  • technology has produced inconsistent results
  • Siloed institutions and enterprise applications, lack of data interoperability, escalating total cost of ownership, and absence of industry standards contribute to inefficient processes, creating barriers to collaboration and innovation.
  • more open access to education for more students, regardless of their institution, the region they live in, or any other factor
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  • To address these challenges, the education industry must offer
  • more open data and processes within and across institutions to improve quality and outcomes measurements
  • a more open culture of collaboration to foster reuse and sharing, to ultimately lower costs of operation and delivery within the industry
  • Many educational institutions are taking steps to embrace open education by creating more open, flexible processes and data access to improve quality and performance outcomes, while lowering cost.
Ted Curran

Next Generation Learning Challenges - 0 views

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      Ted Curran on 07 Apr 11
       
      This is a great discussion of how you (the ORIGINATOR of a CC-licensed work) still retain the rights to profit from your work. This might help allay fears that CC licensing work locks authors into giving away IP that they could otherwise make money on.
Ellie Hoffman

http://www.assessment.uconn.edu/docs/HowToWriteObjectivesOutcomes.pdf - 0 views

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  • Ellie Hoffman on 02 Nov 12
     
    Explores differences between outcomes, the three types of objectives (cognitive, affective and behavioral), and goals
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