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27 juin 2015

Message from Paris: Information is not knowledge

ESU - European Students' Union9-11 June 2015, Paris - International Council of Open and Distance Education (ICDE) and United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) hosted a Global High level Policy Forum “Online, Open, and Flexible Higher Education for the Future We Want - From statements to action: equity, access, and quality learning outcomes”
Aim of the Forum was to result in a sustainable vision and strategic directions in support of harnessing the potential of online, open and distance education to support students in the 21st century knowledge society. The Paris message – as it was named – contains 16 actions targeted at governments and institutions addressing the challenges and proposing concrete and urgent actions. More...

23 juin 2015

New research projects on Open Educational Resources in Germany

Résultat de recherche d'images pour "europa.eu/epale"Open Educational Resources have become an integral part of adult learning in Europe. However, many issues concerning quality, legal frameworks and infrastructures remain unclear. In this context, the Federal Ministry of Education and Research provides funding for research projects on OER in Germany. An expert group coordinated by Deutscher Bildungsserver will analyse the needs for digital infrastructures (e.g. E-platforms) for OER. Wikimedia Deutschland’s project Mapping OER aims at identifying recommendations for questions like quality management, the training of practitioners or business models. More...

15 juin 2015

How open resources help infuse Common Core into lessons

http://people.uis.edu/rschr1/wp-content/themes/default/images/kubrickheader.jpgHigher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Open resources can help design attractive, engaging lessons with a Common Core. In 2010, my state, Mississippi, joined the growing list of states adopting the Common Core State Standards for English language arts and math. More...

12 juin 2015

Logiciels open source :: Point d’étape dans les administrations

Résultat de recherche d'images pour "amue"La Direction interministérielle des SI de l’État souhaite avancer dans la voie tracée depuis 2012, entre autres en permettant à des agents de contribuer à du logiciel libre sur leur temps de travail. Chez les éditeurs de logiciels propriétaires, on "s'insurge". Un article a lire sur Zdnet.fr.
En savoir + :: La Disic veut améliorer la politique publique du logiciel libre, les éditeurs propriétaires grincent

31 mai 2015

A Global Education Opens Doors, but Leaves Many Shut Out

By Karin Fischer. Employers say that international experience matters in hiring decisions. Chief executives fret that today’s graduates lack the skills to succeed in a global economy. Even the U.S. secretary of education, Arne Duncan, in recorded remarks to the annual conference here this week of Nafsa: Association of International Educators, called global education a must-have. More...
24 mai 2015

Elsevier sharing policy criticised over its open access credentials

By . But publisher says changes to policy are ‘evidence-based’ and adhere to standard principles on sharing work. More...

18 mai 2015

Weighing Up Anonymity and Openness in Publication Peer Review

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Weighing Up Anonymity and Openness in Publication Peer Review
Hilda Bastian, Absolutely Maybe, 2015/05/15

Should the peer review process be open? I think so, and the result of this study support my view. "Substantiating our statements, and being accountable for what we say and how we say it when we are gatekeepers for publication, is decisive for me. More...

18 mai 2015

AWS Launches Free Educate Service for Academics

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. AWS Launches Free Educate Service for Academics
David Ramel, Campus Technology, 2015/05/15

Amazon has launched AWS Educate, a cloud service specifically for educators. "AWS Educate is Amazon’s global initiative to provide students and educators with the resources needed to greatly accelerate cloud-related learning endeavors and to help power the entrepreneurs, workforce, and researchers of tomorrow." More...

16 mai 2015

Le défi de l’éducation ouverte à tous: un nouveau modèle pour une innovation pédagogique efficace

L’éducation et l’innovation pédagogique attirent d’énormes investissements publics dans le monde entier, mais ces investissements ne produisent pas toujours les effets escomptés.
Cela s’explique sans doute en partie par la nature très centralisée et institutionnelle de la plupart des initiatives pédagogiques. Nous proposons un modèle alternatif, le défi de l’éducation ouverte à tous (Open Education Challenge), qui donne la parole aux entrepreneurs de l’éducation et favorise un écosystème synergique, où les investisseurs privés, les entreprises établies et les entrepreneurs jouent un rôle essentiel aux côtés des gouvernements et des établissements pédagogiques. Voir l'article...

16 mai 2015

Open educational resources and social bookmarking: Connecting Users and Editors

Referatories or reference platform can be filled in three ways: By editorial staff, by automatic aggregation or with user generated content. The article presents two cases of reference plattforms (Elixier and Edutags) using different ways to aggregate the contents. More...

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