Iterating Toward Openness
MARCH 11, 2020
In the first installment on Monday, I explained how a fundamental failure to understand copyright makes the definition of OER in the new UNESCO recommendation nonsensical. In the second installment yesterday, I described how it appears that many in the OER community have taken their eye off the ball of student learning.
Edsurge
OCTOBER 24, 2018
Communications librarian Kristen Hoffman oversees much of the OER work at Seattle Pacific University, a Christian university in Washington. From January 2006 to July 2016, the price of college textbooks increased 88 percent , according to the U.S. One course at the university is completely using OER, Whitchurch says.
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Edsurge
APRIL 12, 2018
From 2006 to 2016, the cost of textbooks increased by 88 percent, more than than nearly any other college student expense—including tuition and fees (63 percent) or on-campus housing (51 percent)—according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. But some providers of OER still ask for fees in return, and that has advocates concerned.
NeverEndingSearch
MAY 14, 2020
2005/2006) “The Virtual Library.” I thought quite a bit about how important this virtual presence was to me over the course of 25 years. Virtual Libraries: Their Influence on High School Students’ Information Seeking and Use. Chapter in Mary K. Chelton and Colleen Cool. Youth Information Seeking Behavior. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow. Valenza, J.K.
Iterating Toward Openness
NOVEMBER 13, 2017
[Back in 2012 – 2013] I was impressed (like many others I’m sure) with how Wiley was able to frame the cost-savings argument around open textbooks to build broader interest for OERs. I fear it is OER wanting it both ways. The question we must each ask ourselves is – what is the real goal of our OER advocacy?
The CoolCatTeacher
JANUARY 21, 2016
A toolkit for teachers will be made available at the end of the 2015-2016 school year as an OER (open education resources), allowing other teachers across the world to follow this method of quad engineering. “So This project will happen this semester as teachers develop and share best practices for collaborative app development.
The Learning Revolution Has Begun
AUGUST 13, 2011
In 2006 Lopez created and produced the television special, Voyage to Kure , the inaugural episode of the PBS series, Jean-Michel Cousteau Ocean Adventures. Bush as his inspiration for the establishment of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands National Monument (Los Angeles Time, June 15, 2006).
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