Edsurge
DECEMBER 26, 2019
OER and open books. Two that shine are OER/open books and learning analytics. In the 2010s, faculty started to take back their intellectual power from the publishers by creating and sharing materials that could be freely used, adapted and re-mixed (with appropriate creative commons licensing). Learning analytics. Digital badges.
Iterating Toward Openness
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
After the launches of MIT OCW and Creative Commons were announced, a UNESCO convening decided that we should all start calling open content used in education “open educational resources.” Of course innovation with OER didn’t actually stop with openly licensed traditional textbooks.
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Iterating Toward Openness
FEBRUARY 4, 2019
We have a similar problem in the open educational resources (OER) space. Many people are in the habit of referring to OER as a commons. OER are not like the shared resources at the center of traditional commons. Rule 1: Openly licensed resources cannot be overused or overconsumed. A Different Commons Game.
Iterating Toward Openness
NOVEMBER 16, 2015
In my talk at TEDxNYED in 2010, I argued that the proper role for technology in education is “to increase our capacity to be generous.” Open Educational Resources (OER) are one way in which technology allows us to be more generous. ” I still believe this is true.
Iterating Toward Openness
APRIL 21, 2017
As I’ve written about at some length before, whether you’re talking about open content, open educational resources, open access (to research), open data, open knowledge, open source, or open standards, in all of these contexts “open” means: Free access to the content, resource, journal article, data, knowledge artifact, software, or standard, and.
Edsurge
JULY 3, 2017
In 2010, Northern Arizona University began using a math placement test for incoming students and found many of them struggled to achieve needed proficiency. These peer math coaches provided instruction, encouragement, and “college knowledge,” a sense of what campus life is like and what resources new students should know about.
Wired Campus
OCTOBER 28, 2015
College technology leaders appear more optimistic these days about open-source textbooks and open educational resources — teaching and learning materials that can be used at no cost. And 38 percent report that their institutions encourage faculty members to use open-resource content, compared with 33 percent in 2014. ”
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