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16 février 2016

What is an Open Educator? Contribute to the work of the Open Educators Factory project

This post introduces the Open Educators Factory (OEF) project, a research effort aiming to explore how to transform university teachers from “agents of resistance” into “agents of change” for. More...

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16 février 2016

Save the dates for OER16: 19-20 April in Edinburgh

The University of Edinburgh will host the OER16 conference, which will take place in Edinburgh on 19-20 April 2016. More...

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14 février 2016

New OER platform for colleges and universities

By Stefanie Botelho. panOpen has announced the official launch of its learning platform exclusively based on Open Educational Resources (OER), with nearly 100 pilot programs in place at colleges and universities nationwide. panOpen’s comprehensive application allows faculty and students to quickly and easily use trusted, high-quality materials that enhance their course curriculum and overall learning experience. More...

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13 février 2016

Empowering Students in Open Research

By Michael Feldstein. Phil and I will be writing a twice-monthly column for the Chronicle’s new Re:Learning section. In my inaugural column, “Muy Loco Parentis,” I write about how schools make data privacy decisions on behalf of the students that the students wouldn’t make for themselves, and that may even be net harmful for the students. More...

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13 février 2016

LearningStudio and OpenClass End-Of-Life: Pearson is getting out of LMS market

By Phil Hill. Pearson has notified customers that LearningStudio will be shut down as a standalone LMS over the next 2-3 years. Created from the Pearson acquisition of both eCollege and Fronter, LearningStudio has been targeted primarily at fully-online programs and associated hybrid programs – not for simple augmentation of face-to-face classes. More...

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13 février 2016

Students, librarians urge professors to use open-source textbooks

By Katherine Long. A student advocacy group, along with one of the University of Washington’s top librarians, is urging faculty members to take a good look at using more free online textbooks. More...

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13 février 2016

Faculty: A 5-part framework for open courses

By Meris Stansbury. Open course experts have published and revised the 5R Open Course Design Framework, a set of guidelines and best practices for developing courses using open educational resources (OER). More...

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13 février 2016

Creating an Infrastructure for Open Access

By Barbara Fister. I recently had a fascinating conversation with Rebecca Kennison about the ambitious project she and Lisa Norberg first described publicly in a white paper back in 2014. Read more...

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11 février 2016

The Limits of Open

By Carl Straumsheim. Coursera's decision to charge learners in some massive open online courses up front -- viewed by some as inevitable -- has critics asking if the MOOC provider is diverging from its mission of universal access. Read more...

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10 février 2016

Open Source Assignments for Non-Programming Classes

By Amy Cavender. I’ve been flirting with the idea of asking students in my Educational Game Design module to make their projects “open source”. Read more...

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