Edsurge
AUGUST 9, 2016
It’s been a good year for open educational resources (OER). made commitments this year to establish entire degree programs based solely on OER. Governor Jerry Brown set aside $5 million for OER degree programs in California community colleges. But “free” is not the only important characteristic of OER.
ProfHacker
NOVEMBER 23, 2015
I have to say that the conference organizers’ really welcoming attitude towards the involvement of Virtually Connecting showed true commitment to expanding access and openness (thank you Clint Lalonde and David Wiley). Access is an issue. I wrote last week about a global South view of copyright and open access.
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eSchool News
AUGUST 2, 2017
Easier access to performance data across multiple learning solutions? When school districts build interoperable, device-agnostic learning ecosystems, they offer students access to a wider range of digital learning tools and curricula, as well as provide more effective ways for schools to manage their digital programs.
Edsurge
OCTOBER 24, 2019
And some credit it for helping kick-start a trend—now known as open educational resources, or OER—that has sent shockwaves through the traditional publishing industry. Some professors have aesthetic objections to OER materials. By the nonprofit’s estimates, more than half of U.S. colleges use at least one. Because most U.S.
ProfHacker
AUGUST 15, 2017
(By the way, my part is using the platforms that I have access to to promote this and other projects like it. One of the main challenges to adoption of DiPo was that it was in wiki format, which can be a technical barrier. One of the main challenges to adoption of DiPo was that it was in wiki format, which can be a technical barrier.
Iterating Toward Openness
FEBRUARY 29, 2016
Educational materials published under an open license are called open educational resources (OER). When digital educational materials become OER, they are converted back into public goods. ” ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-sale_doctrine ). Over 1 billion openly licensed materials are published online.
NeverEndingSearch
MAY 14, 2020
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